Ontario gov’t partners with Airbnb to raise consumer rights awareness for the sharing economy
Sharing economy companies butting heads with lawmakers and the industries they’re disrupting are nothing new, but the…
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DMZ panel examines rise of sharing economy and the need for regulation
As Toronto prepares to host NBA All-Star Weekend — the first outside the United States — taxis warned that they would protest…
P2P Travel Aggregators Outpost Travel Releases iOS App
Outpost Travel, the Montreal-based startup that helps people find rooms, rides and experiences all through sites like Airbnb,…
Toronto’s AskForTask Gets $500,000 in Seed Funding, Will Launch App
Toronto-based marketplace for tasks, AskForTask, has raised $500,000 in funding and is announcing an April app launch. The…
Courier Services Meets the Sharing Economy: Zipments Expands to Canada
New York-based startup Zipments launched in Vancouver yesterday, and is a site that provides low cost, same day courier services…
Montreal’s Outpost Travel Claims It’s The Biggest Aggregator in the P2P Travel Industry
Montreal-based startup Outpost Travel said in a release this morning that it is “officially the biggest aggregator in…
Airbnb for Workspaces ShareDesk Adds to Platform to Help Mobile Workers Connect
Billed as the ‘Airbnb for workspaces,’ Vancouver-based ShareDesk recently announced the launch of its ShareDesk CONNECT!…
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San Francisco-based Givengine recently launched its mobile app out of private beta, giving users the ability to share and give…