VR-focused Kaleidoscope Festival hitting Canada this fall
With VR headsets like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift set to their make their way into consumer homes over the year, the era of…
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#ProductHuntTO celebrates first birthday with Slack Product Manager Simon Vallee as speaker
It’s hard to believe that it has been more than a year since the tweet that launched the Toronto chapter of Product Hunt,…
Uberflip hosting second annual ping pong tournament for Toronto startups
After the success of last year’s event, Uberflip, a Toronto-based content marketing software company, is hosting a second…
Nymi completes first biometrically authenticated wearable payment in new pilot
Toronto-based wearable startup Nymi announced this morning that it has completed something that, just a few years ago, would…
Toronto-based Digital Retail Apps snags $1 million in funding
Digital Retail Apps, a Toronto-based startup focused on mobile shopping and payments, announced that it has raised $1 million…
Dx3 and Concept 7 announce first-ever innovation summit
Dx3, Canada’s leading technology, digital marketing and retail event, and Concept 7, a leading experiential marketing and…
MaRS hosting new OCE assistive device pitch competition this weekend
The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) is launching a new pitch competition to encourage the development of new assistive…
Uber fights Canadian publicity war on two fronts: Toronto and Vancouver
With regulators in Toronto and across the country pressing down on it, Uber has taken to its blog to ask customers to fill…
Wattpad was hacked in May; “a few million” accounts may have been exposed
Wattpad users have been receiving emails today from the company warning them that the storytelling social platform had been…
500px updates iOS app to engage user base beyond photographers
Photographers and photo enthusiasts, take note: the 500px iOS app just got a major update. What you’ll find once…
August #WWTO redefines disability
There’s a perception that tech communities can be self-serving. We read the news that startups like Uber have raised another…
Toronto-based Rumble wants to help video creators and publishers get paid
Since YouTube started taking over the video content space, the Internet has only gotten noisier. Between scrolling through…
UGO Wallet has doubled its user base this year
UGO Wallet was announced back in 2013 before being released last November. Dubbed as “Canada’s First Open Mobile Wallet,”…
The life-changing potential of wearable tech
For many, the term “wearable technology” evokes thoughts of step counting and wrist-vibrating notifications. But the potential…
#MakerFestivalTO gets bigger, better
Following a week of satellite events around the city, Maker Festival Toronto arrived at the Toronto Reference Library this…