Zoom.ca wants to bring transparency to used car purchasing with its platform
Zoom.ca (acquired by Performance & link updated for context) has an online used car platform that it says brings more transparency…
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Win a ticket to #SAASNORTH and one-on-one time with Salesforce
Taking place in the nation’s capital at the end of the month, Canada’s first-ever SaaS conference, SaaS North, is fast…
Deloitte releases its list of Canada’s 50 fastest-growing companies
For almost 20 years, Deloitte has used the Technology Fast 50 program to celebrate Canadian companies that the firm says demonstrate…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The next great SaaS company
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering the major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. S|W is sponsored by none…
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…
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…