Brainsights knows where ads work best by squeezing your mind grapes
Toronto-based Brainsights is in the business of brain data. The company uses brain-sensing headbands to measure neurological…
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Watch Miovision and Lighthouse Labs pitch on #TheDisruptors
As a show about disruption, BNN’s The Disruptors wouldn’t be worth its salt without presenting the Canadian startups taking…
Uber is prepping UberEats food delivery launch in Toronto
According to emails obtained by MobileSyrup, Uber is in the process of negotiating with several Toronto-based restaurants…
Ryerson University Fashion Zone hosting Hack’n’Talk event this weekend
This coming weekend will see hundreds of makers, developers, designers, engineers, creators and innovators come together to…
Pinch VR aims for ubiquitous virtual reality
Once a technology you would predominantly find in theme parks, arcades or in academic labs, virtual reality (VR) is slowly…
Vodafone Ventures joins Flybits’ $4.75 million Series A
Toronto-based Flybits, a company that originally incubated at Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ), has announced…
Payso wins OCE FinTech Investor Pitch Competiton
The OCE Discovery conference is taking place today in downtown Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. New to the conference…
#WWTO is all about Apple Watch May 5th
The next monthly edition of We Are Wearables is fast descending on the MaRS Discovery District. May 5th’s event will be almost…
These three Canadian companies are helping shape the Apple Watch’s future
With over three thousand applications available at launch, it’s clear that third-party developers are excited about the Apple…
Roger Chabra of Rho Canada Ventures: 9 things I learned from Chango’s acquisition
Earlier this month, Toronto-based Chango announced that it had been acquired by Rubicon Project for the tidy sum of $122 million…
Sarah Prevette launches Future Design School in MaRS
The Future Design School launched in Toronto this week, a new initiative to encourage entrepreneurship in high schools around…
BuzzFeed hires Craig Silverman as Founding Editor for Canadian newsroom
New York-based BuzzFeed, the incredibly popular site that’s built off top-10 lists and viral news, recently announced…
CIBC to launch innovation hub inside MaRS
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce announced today that it will be creating a new innovation hub inside of the MaRS Discovery…
Magniware moves beyond wearable tech to optimize your life
What happens when you bring together a group of academics dead set on taking their studies out of school to drive change in…
Uber claims it will create 8,000 full-time jobs in Toronto this year
Uber’s business practices may be under scrutiny from Toronto’s politicians, but that hasn’t stopped the company…