MaRS adds Interac to its FinTech cluster
Six months after the launch of its FinTech cluster, MaRS announced today that it has added one of Canada’s most venerable…
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#firesideconf offers Canadian tech community a chance to get back to basics
Last week when BetaKit broke news of HIGHLINE and TWG’s Designer Adventure Club, we dubbed it a ‘summer camp for designers’,…
Wearable Technologies Conference takes over MaRS September 10th
Wearable Technologies will be hosting the first Canadian edition of its global Wearable Technologies Conference Series this…
Didn’t attend BattleHack Toronto? Here’s what you missed
Taking place a little less than a month ago, BattleHack Toronto was three days of madness at the MaRS Discovery District. Hundreds…
Accessibility Innovation Showcase: tech assisting lives
Exoskeletons, robots and smartphone controlled wheelchairs were just a few of the innovations to be seen at the Accessibility…
SHOES.COM partners with Slyce to make shoe-buying a snap
Vancouver-based SHOES.COM has partnered with Toronto’s Slyce to help shoppers across the country quickly purchase shoes with…
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…
#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…