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Slack socks
SaaS

Slack launches Enterprise Grid to support businesses with up to 500,000 people

Jan 31, 2017

Everyone’s favourite productivity app isn’t playing in little league anymore. The Vancouver-based company recently announced…

FinTech

SmoothPay first in Canada to integrate with Visa’s developer program

Jan 19, 2017

Smooth Commerce recently announced a partnership with Visa to bring new functionalities to its SmoothPay app. Register with…

canada flag
Funding

CIRA investing $1 million towards projects that improve internet access

Jan 17, 2017

There are currently more than 2.5 million registered .ca domain names, and the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)…

Ottawa

Canadian government will evaluate safety of driverless cars through pilot program

Jan 12, 2017

Transport Canada announced recently that it will evaluate the safety of driverless cars as three test vehicles touch down on…

Reports

Report: Over three million Canadians will own smartphones with machine learning abilities this year

Jan 11, 2017

By the end of 2017, over three million Canadians will own smartphones with machine learning capabilities. Machine learning…

Airbnb
SaaS

Toronto revisiting regulation of Airbnb in 2017

Jan 4, 2017

Following a year of tumultuous court battles with Uber, the city of Toronto will aim to examine Airbnb-like services in 2017.…

University of Waterloo

Facebook partners with University of Waterloo to collaborate on tech research projects

Dec 23, 2016

Facebook announced a new partnership with the University of Waterloo, Harvard, Princeton and 14 other universities on Wednesday,…

amazon echo
Montréal

Amazon opens data centres in Montreal thanks to lower hydro costs

Dec 21, 2016

Fearing the high costs of hydro in Ontario, one of the world’s largest tech companies is fleeing to Quebec. Amazon recently…

john chen
Ottawa

BlackBerry launching connected and autonomous vehicle research centre in Ottawa

Dec 19, 2016

As BlackBerry continues moving away from handsets, the Waterloo-based firm seems increasingly focused on establishing itself…

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FinTech

RBC launches face-to-face video banking for enterprise clients

Dec 14, 2016

RBC believes that video banking is the next step for Canada’s financial institutions. As part of this initiative, RBC recently…

Funding

Montreal-based Element AI first organization to receive investment from Microsoft Ventures

Dec 12, 2016

Microsoft Ventures recently made its first investment as part of a new fund for artificial intelligence initiatives. The Montreal-based…

canada flag

US-based Internet Archive wants to store its data in Canada, citing fear of “restricted internet” under Donald Trump

Nov 30, 2016

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, the security of the web has been called into question. The Internet Archive, a San-Francisco…

uber
SaaS

Calgary becomes latest Canadian city to legalize Uber

Nov 29, 2016

Another Canadian city has officially gone pro-Uber. The city of Calgary announced on November 28 that it had amended its transportation…

Ontario launches pilot program to test self-driving cars

Nov 29, 2016

It wasn’t long ago that the province of Ontario announced that it would allow the testing of autonomous vehicles to take…

John McAfee
FinTech

Equibit: John McAfee joining Toronto-based blockchain security startup (McAfee: definitely not)

Nov 24, 2016

UPDATE: BetaKit has spoken with McAfee, who says Equibit is misrepresenting his role. See the end of the article. BetaKit has…

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