Nicoya Lifesciences, RENOMii and TeTechS graduate from the Accelerator Centre
Kitchener-Waterloo based Accelerator Centre has announced that Nicoya Lifesciences, RENOMii and TeTechS have graduated from…
wireless
Toronto-based Grabb and WhereIPark pitch on #TheDisruptors, focus on customer service and app experience
In the past, without mobile phones that could keep people constantly connected to the Internet, businesses could only go so…
MasterCard’s Masters of Code Developer Competition happening in Montreal this September
You might remember MasterCard Canada’s N>XT Developer Competition from years past. We’ve proudly been judging…
YouTube FanFest happening in Toronto May 2nd
YouTube has more than 1 billion users with 300 hours of video uploaded every minute. To celebrate its user, Google and YouTube…
Slack acquires Screenhero
Slack Technologies, the communication tool that was first started in Vancouver and now located in San Francisco, recently raised…
One Year Later: Looking back at the seven Canadian wearable tech companies changing the world
Back in November of last year I introduced seven Canadian wearable tech companies working on technologies that were set to…
Apple hosting workshops for Hour of Code initiative at retail stores
Apple stores in Canada and around the world will host a free one-hour coding workshop in support of the “Hour of Code”…
Casper, the “outrageously comfortable” mattress, is now available to Canadians
A new mattress has arrived in Canada and its name is Casper. The New York-based company claims to be reimagining the sleep…
LinkedIn says app developers have the “most desirable skills” for employment, Calgary is the most active job market in Canada
Popular business social networking site LinkedIn launched in Canada in 2010 and the company recently announced that its surpassed…
Be inspired: Startup Empire Conference keynote presentations now online
If you missed out on the Startup Empire Conference that took place in Halifax in September you can now watch a few choice clips…
Industry Minister says ‘Alibaba is seriously considering a new campus in Vancouver’
In September, Alibaba Group set a record $25 billion IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. The Chinese-based company is considered…
Square has processed one billion payments
Square, the popular mobile commerce system that was developed by Jack Dorsey, has been live in Canada since October 2012 and…
Slyce partners with Neiman Marcus with ‘Snap. Find. Shop’
Slyce recently secured $12 million in funding and acquired Drivetrain Agency and Pounce. Prior to this news the Toronto-based…
10 Year-Old Toronto Girl Behind the Love Sandal Inspires Entrepreneurship During Small Business Awareness Month [Update]
Meet one of Toronto’s youngest female entrepreneurs: Abi Smithson. Smithson is a 10-year old Toronto native who had an inventor’s…
Famebit has paid out over $500,000 to its YouTube influencers
According to TubeFilter, Famebit has continued its success and announced that its paid out over $500,000 to its creative partners,…