Shopify launches iOS keyboard to help merchants promote their products on social networks
Shopify has announced the launch of an iOS keyboard that it says can help merchants better promote their products. When a customer…
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500px for Business allows companies to measure which photos turn into purchases
500px has announced the launch of a new service that CEO Andy Yang calls a “natural extension” of its community. The Toronto-based…
PostBeyond wants to help workplaces become more millennial-friendly
Last year, millennials became the largest cohort in the Canadian workforce. And while this generation is known for being a…
Former Vision Critical marketing SVP joins Top Hat as its first CMO
Toronto-based Top Hat has announced the hire of Nick Stein, a former senior vice president of marketing at Vision Critical,…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Shopify won’t be bought
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering the major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. S|W is sponsored by none…
#smallrooms Podcast: Martin Kratky-Katz of Blockthrough on circumventing ad blocking
Rob Kenedi has a coffee with Martin Kratky-Katz, founder of Blockthrough, a technology that allows publishers to circumvent…
Slack CMO Bill Macaitis steps down after less than two years
According to a report from Business Insider, Slack CMO Bill Macaitis — who has been with the company since November 2014…
Wayne Purboo says he sold Quickplay to AT&T because his company no longer fit Canada’s mold
In Canada, tech startups might find it easier to raise capital and access talented management and staff during the incubation…
Shopify’s Satish Kanwar speaks candidly on the long, emotional road of being acquired
On an early morning at the Microsoft Store in Toronto’s Eaton Centre, Satish Kanwar, founder of Jet Cooper (a product design…
Shopify would rather buy Google than be bought by Google
In a recent BNN interview, Shopify’s chief financial officer Russ Jones shot down the idea of a Google acquisition by stating…
Slack publishes full-page open letter in New York Times as Microsoft launches its competitor
The battle of workplace messaging apps is set to begin today now that Microsoft has launched its Teams app, though it seems…
Shopify reports 89 percent YoY Q3 revenue growth as Gail Goodman joins board
Shopify released its results for Q3 2016, which ended on September 30, 2016. Shopify’s total revenue in the third quarter…
Waterloo-based Axonify raises $36 million to accelerate growth of employee knowledge platform
Waterloo-based Axonify, a corporate learning platform that allows businesses to deliver information to employees in a more…
L-SPARK’s Leo Lax says SaaS North is the destination for Canada’s growing SaaS community
SaaS North, Ottawa’s first-ever global SaaS event takes place in the nation’s capital from November 29th to December…
Nectar Desk wants to modernize call centres with the cloud
With a need to house servers and other hardware, operating a call centre can be a costly endeavour. But one Prince Edward County-based…