Coinkite working on future of verified cheque with bitcoin-storing USB device
With all the hype around bitcoin and cryptocurrency, the question remains about how to leverage bitcoin on a daily basis for…
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#ProductHuntTO returns on May 26 with health care focus
From exploring how Canadian companies lead the FinTech global stage, to examining how the slow-to-innovate real estate industry…
Fonolo CEO Shai Berger on whether chat or messaging will dominate B2C communication
Between companies like Facebook announcing its dedication to bots and Shopify announcing that it acquired a social marketing…
Managing director of Facebook Canada speaks on how the company is dominating mobile
Facebook, a company that started only 12 years ago, has swelled to become the one of the world’s most powerful brands. The…
Hack to Start Ep. 95: Assist co-founder and CEO Shane Mac
This week’s guest is Shane Mac, the co-founder and CEO of Assist, bring the best services to your favourite messaging apps.…
#GlobeSBS16: Shopify’s Harley Finkelstein on how large companies maintain startup culture
Harley Finkelstein, Shopify’s passionate COO, kicked off The Globe and Mail’s Small Business Summit important point…
The City of Toronto legalizes Uber (with a few changes)
After months of city council debate and taxi driver protests, ride-sharing services, most notably UberX, are officially legal…
With new seed funding, Hockeystick looks to compete with CB Insights for startup data
Raymond Luk agrees with my conceit that Canadian entrepreneurs have a natural predisposition towards building B2B companies.…
Google acquires Toronto-based Synergse to add to its Apps product suite
Google has reportedly acquired Toronto-based Synergse in order to create a new training tool for its suite of Google apps.…
Influitive adds former Salesforce senior director to its team as it pursues aggressive growth
Influitive has been quietly building its advocate marketing empire over the past few months. In March, the company announced…
AccessNow empowers community of people living with disabilities to find access
Maayan Ziv understanding the struggle to find information on wheelchair accessibility first hand; growing up with spinal muscular…
feeDuck saves home sellers money by making real estate agents compete for their business
Startups are all about removing the middleman to save its users money, and feeDuck, one of the pitches on this week’s…
ecobee founder Stuart Lombard says entrepreneurs should spend time in the Valley, build in Canada
ecobee has come a long way from being a solution for founder Stuart Lombard’s family to save money; the smart thermostat…
StackAdapt adopts CPE model as advertising struggles to keep up with digital content consumption
Marketing is no longer a matter of paying to put an advertisement in front of someone’s face — with endless content…
Ryerson University opens The Music Den incubator where tech and music converge
Incubators are often regarded as the place where software companies quietly work on the next big disruptor in industries like…