Government of Ontario Announces first four recipients of the Youth IAF: PUSH, Soapbox, Rubikloud and Greengage Mobile
The Youth Investment Accelerator Fund (Youth IAF) was officially announced in 2013 with a goal to help entrepreneurs under…
TELUS embraces M2M with new smartphone passcode technology for entry into corporate buildings
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) is increasing in Canada and TELUS, Canada’s second largest wireless carrier, sees value in allowing…
WeSellSocks will deliver awesome socks to your front door every month
Socks are boring, right? This extra layer of protection for your feet usually comes in black and white, but Toronto’s…
Toronto’s Whirlscape scores $500,000 in funding from Y Combinator, BDC and others for its Minuum virtual keyboard
Toronto-based Whirlscape, creators of the one-dimensional Minuum virtual keyboard, have announced that they’ve successfully…
Keep the ‘Startup City’ alive: City of Kitchener proposes ‘Landing Pad Grant’ for property owners to renovate
The Waterloo region has raised some of the brightest startups that Canada has ever seen. Pebble, BufferBox and Thalmic Labs…
The first Bitcoin ATM opens up in Montreal
It’s spreading. Bitcoin, the cryptography currency of the future that has the internet riled up, has found another home…
Montreal’s PixMob lit up Super Bowl XLVIII
Now that the winner of Super Bowl XLVIII has been crowned (congratulations Seattle) it’s time to focus on the magical…
Real Ventures invests $1.1 million into California-based atVenu
California-based atVenu speaks to the thousands of artist and organizers who are on the road touring and attempting to maximize…
A Thinking Ape hires ex-Pixar Canada exec as its new Creative Technology Director
Pixar Canada shut down their Vancouver office in Gastown last October and left 100 people jobless. It seems that Pixar’s…
FreshGigs starts accepting Bitcoin as payment for Canadian job postings
Bitcoin has gained a great deal of press as several companies and non-profits have started to accept the digital currency.…
Calgary’s Slyce acquires YorkU tech to improve its retail e-commerce app
Calgary’s Slyce has acquired a computer vision technology that was developed by YorkU. There’s no indication on…
Over 80 glorious pictures from the #HTML500 Learn-to-Code Event
Vancouver was home to a spectacular event this past weekend. The #HTML500 learn-to-code event hosted 500+ eager coders and…
Gener8 plans to hire 20 by March, signs 3D conversion deal with Vancouver’s Rainmaker
Vancouver-based Gener8 Media is having a strong 2014 so far. The company recently announced that they acquired a 48% stake…
Axiom Zen giving an 8-week paid internship to an attendee at the Vancouver #HTML500 Learn-to-Code Event
According to the #HTML500 website, Lighthouse Labs professor Khurram Virani will lead a morning lecture, followed by 3 hours…
Voting now open “Doodle 4 Google” Challenge
Google Canada has vetted thousands of doodles and announced that public voting is now open for their Doodle 4 Google challenge.…