Pebble CEO to speak at JOLT Uncensored event on September 18th
Migicovsky now lives in Palo Alto, California, but will be coming back to Canada for a fireside chat at MaRS on September 18th.…
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Kickstarter Success ‘The Bradley’ Watch for Vision-Impaired Hits Canada
“The Bradley” watch is coming to Canada. The watch can’t really be described as a “smart” watch…
New Watch on Kickstarter Uses NFC Tech to Automate with Smartphones
There’s yet another watch on Kickstarter developed by Canadian brainiacs, and this one is following along the minimalist…
Toronto’s Kiwi Wearables Releases Glance, A “Smart Accessory” for Regular Watches
Kiwi Wearables, the Toronto-based wearable tech company, has today released Glace, which it calls the first smart accessory…
Why This Smartwatch Startup Chose South Korea over Canada
Two weeks ago we wrote about the remarkable amount of press coverage that Kairos was receiving, a South Korean-based startup…
Pebble Smartwatch Named Second Most Wanted Wearable Among Tech Experts
Canadian Eric Migicovsky’s Pebble Smartwatch, which earned $10.3 million from its 2012 Kickstarter campaign, has been…
$500 Polar Watch to Be “World’s Smartest and Most Advanced Training Computer”
Polar today unveiled what the smartwatch creator is calling “the world’s smartest and most advanced training computer.”…
Canadian-Made Basis Sells to Intel for “Around $100 Million”
Intel has won a sweepstakes of sorts, agreeing to buy Canadian-born startup Basis for “around $100 million,” according…
Pebble AppStore Marks Shift in Wearable Tech
Pebble officially launched their appstore today for iOS users with Android to follow. The store resides within an update to…
Pebble Unveils Smartwatch for Mercedes-Benz Drivers at CES 2014
At CES 2014 this week Mercedes-Benz unveiled a smartwatch that can be used with several car models from the auto-maker. Drivers…
Montreal’s Neptune Pine Smartwatch Smashes Kickstarter Goal
Possibly the most insane smartwatch you’ll hear about in 2013 just finished its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter,…
Pebble SDK Update Positions Smartwatch to Compete with Nike & Fitbit
Watch Out Nike & Fitbit Pebble’s Coming For You! Pebble announced today an update to their SDK which finally gives developers…
With Samsung’s Galaxy Gear, Wearable Technology is Here to Stay
If you think that Samsung’s Galaxy Gear announcement is about a watch, you might have missed the boat. The multinational…
8% of Kreyos Meteor backers are Canadian
The smartwatch space is heating up. According to Canalys, the demand in 2014 is set to exceed 5 million shipments and more…