Waterloo-based MappedIn, the makers of an interactive indoor navigation system that offers mobile app or touchscreen kiosk for shoppers, has announced an investment of…
The government of Canada has invested $1.06 million in the Manitoba Technology Accelerator (MTA). Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages and Minister…
In his opening address Siggraph 2014, Dave Shreiner said “this event is all about technology to enhance peoples lives. But more importantly it’s also about compassion.”…
The government of British Columbia has invested $6 million towards a new innovation centre in Kelowna. Premier Christy Clark and Minister of Technology, Innovation…
Results from a new survey advises that recent tech grads should find an internship and to “keep learning new skills to stay current.” The…
Last week’s Hack’n’Talk event at Ryerson University’s new Fashion Zone brought together entrepreneurs, researchers, designers and developers to participate in a 24-hours open hacking session where…
The most inspiring talk that I watched at NXNE Interactive 2014 was the first person to step on stage: Elliot Kotek, the cofounder of…
In one of the more optimistic stories of the day, nearly three in every five Canadian IT professionals don’t feel that they can stop…
Editor’s note: The Canadian startup community’s (and beyond) greatest attribute is its greatest fault: its positivity. Its inspiring levels of peer encouragement mirror that of its members’ “lionization of seemingly…
NextBC has named its most innovative company in British Columbia, in Burnaby’s General Fusion. NextBC is the award show of DigiBC, a member-supported, non-profit organization that…
Future Shop has committed $150,000 for Canadian high schools through its Future Generation Tech Lab grants program. A total of $150,000 in funding is now available for secondary schools…
Over the past couple of months I’ve been talking to startups in the Kitchener/Waterloo ecosystem. These conversations have mostly surrounded their stories, visions and…
Samsung surprised 40 Canadian school principals last night while they were being honoured Canada’s Outstanding Principals Gala. The massive telecom company told these principals that they…