ideaBOOST Narrows List of Potential Cohort Teams to 11
ideaBOOST, the Canadian Film Centre’s (CFC) “business accelerator with a difference” has announced 11 shortlisted…
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Toronto’s OneClass Raises $1.6 Million Series A Round
Former FounderFuel graduate OneClass, the Toronto-based startup that seeks to provide relevant, up to date and personalized…
Ten Themes That Will Define the Next Decade of EdTech
This article was written by James Colliander, Ian Fordham and Aron Solomon. The conversation began, innocently enough, in…
Toronto Hipster Denim Startup Calls out Rob Ford to Wear its Pants
A new Toronto startup that makes cycling jeans for women is telling Toronto mayor Rob Ford that if it succeeds in meeting its…
Toronto Public Library Goes Digital with eBooks and eMagazine Campaign
It turns out that Canada’s daily print newspapers aren’t the only ones betting on a strong digital presence. Today…
New Toronto Mobile Payments Startup Wi-Py is the Free PayPal Alternative
Don’t feel like paying PayPal’s annoying transaction fees? One Toronto-based startup is launching today and wants…
Toronto’s Xtreme Labs Acquired by Pivotal for Huge $65 Million Cash Deal
As per All Things D, Toronto-based mobile agency Xtreme Labs has been purchased for $65 million in cash by San Mateo, California-based…
New ScopifyROM App Gives Royal Ontario Museum Visitors an Augmented Experience
If you grew up in the GTA like me, your elementary school experience was likely filled with perennial trips to the Royal Ontario…
Half of Canadian Consumers Would Switch Doctors If It Meant Access to E-Records
Viva accessible medical e-records! Viva transparency in patient files! That’s what over half of surveyed Canadian consumers…
Canadian Film Centre and Mind Pirate Launch Wearable Tech Program for Startups
I hope all the wearable tech people are paying attention to this cool story that came our way this morning: The Canadian Film…
BEST Funds Makes a $3 Million Bet on Mobile Sales Tool
Oakville-based mobile sales technology company Skura Corporation has received $3 million in venture capital funding from Toronto’s…
Toronto’s SongFreaks Merges Lyrics with YouTube Videos
Toronto-based music startup SongFreaks updated its iOS app this week, and it see’s the app as one that will “change…
PayMint and MovieTickle Win MasterCard NXT Developer Challenge, Each Takes Home $10,000
The winners of the MasterCard NXT Developer Challenge were announced yesterday evening after 20 teams of developers had coded…
Check Out Some of These Ideas from Mastercard’s NXT Developer Challenge
Update: The two “student” teams heading to the semifinals are “The Coyotes” and “Paymint”,…
Toronto’s Snapy Integrates PayPal Data with Quickbooks
Connecting a payment application to credit card processing networks is difficult, expensive and beyond the resources of most…