It’s a Winner! First AngelHack Vancouver Spreads the Love
The hackathon is no longer new or novel. On any given weekend you’ll find a collection of coders hunched over their laptops,…
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Vancouver’s Lighthouse Labs Coding Bootcamp Tackles the Talent Crunch
“Back in the day”: it’s a growing refrain in the Vancouver technology community. There’s people waxing nostalgically…
Canadian Startup A Thinking Ape Donates $100,000 in Game Proceeds to Typhoon Victims
Update: A Thinking Ape (ATA) has raised $100,000 for the Red Cross. “The generosity of our gamer communities never ceases…
Pipes, Screens, and Filler: Conversations from Merging Media 2013
Vancouver recently played host to the 4th annual Merging Media conference for two days, Canada’s leading Cross-Media Event.…
These Are Canada’s Most Walkable Startup Accelerators
So maybe you’re deciding on which accelerator program to apply to and you think to yourself “I’m kinda lazy…
Unbounce’s Rick Perreault is Leading the Post-Click Marketing Surge
Talking about PC these days can lead us into the minefield of political correctness, which is best left to the “Ivory…
Toronto’s View the Vibe Expands its Restaurant Video Database to Vancouver
For about three years now, Toronto-based View the Vibe has provided its users with a “Video Restaurant Guide,”…
Microsoft Ventures Officially Announces Partnerships with Three Canadian Startup Hubs
Since Microsoft unified several programs for startups into one umbrella “Microsoft Ventures” organization, the…
Microsoft Plants Massive Xbox One in Downtown Vancouver to Celebrate National Launch
Xbox One or Playstation 4, which will you choose? Today Microsoft made a “large” effort to appeal to gamers in…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes to Unveil a Peter Thiel Fellowship-Like Program for Young Canadians
Ryan Holmes, CEO of Vancouver-based social media dashboard startup HootSuite, has unveiled plans for a new program aimed at…
Vancouver-Based Connected Car App Mojio Secures $2.3 Million in Seed Funding
Vancouver’s Mojio has gained $2.3 million in seed funding to further develop its connected car app, which is in the…
BDC Moves into Launch Academy’s Vancouver Office Space
Launch Academy, the Vancouver-based “pre accelerator” program cofounded by Ray Walia and Mike Edwards, is welcoming…
HootSuite Partners with Syracuse University to Offer Social Media Certificate
It seems like HootSuite is always up to something these days. Today the Vancouver creators of a social media dashboard announced…
Three Startups Nominated to Get a Startup Visa From GrowLab
There’s been enough talk about the perceived shortcomings of the federal government’s Startup Visa program since…
EnergyAware’s Neurio is Your Home’s New Brain
50 billion devices. Cisco estimates by 2020, 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet. Our homes will be a key…