Vancouver’s BitLit Scores Partnership with Harper Collins
Since it’s launch earlier this year Vancouver’s BitLit has been on a roll. With nearly 20,000 titles currently available…
Canada (Finally) Awards its First Startup Visa
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander was in Vancouver Thursday morning at GrowLab and Launch Academy to…
Getting By With a Little Help from MyBestHelper
“Necessity… the mother of invention.” – Plato Beyond death and taxes the world holds few absolute truths. Yet,…
Talking Data with a Really Big Nerd: DataHero’s Chris Neumann
There’s no escaping the fact that data is a hot topic and big business. However, so much of the buzz about data is usually…
At Vancouver’s From Now Conference, CBC’s Nora Young Urges Crowd to Evolve the Connected City into One of Communication
“We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there…
Car2Go is at the Heart of an Entire Transportation Platform
If you call Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, or Montreal home you’ve most likely seen Car2Go’s Smart “fortwo” vehicles…
General Fusion Wants to Deliver the Promise of Clean Energy
When we talk tech moonshots, it’s likely Google X , or maybe Elon Musk’s Hyperloop will jump to mind. But tucked away…
Getting Stuff Done: Startups Now Have More Options with IBM’s BlueMix
Getting stuff done: it’s how most startups roll. Brand affinity or brand loyalty generally isn’t a key consideration, but…
Spheres and Project Tango is Giving the International Space Station a New Set of Eyes
There’s life events where you never forget where you were, or what you were doing. I was almost 7 years old when Neil Armstrong…
PrintToPeer’s Software is Driving 3D Printing Innovation for the Masses
Talk about serendipity. Two guys who don’t know each other move into the same Calgary coworking space discover they’ve…
This Guy’s No Slacker: In Conversation with Slack’s Stewart Butterfield
Having recently raised $42.5 million in new funding Vancouver’s Slack is proving to be anything but a bunch of coffee-sipping…
Your Call to Action Isn’t Working, Says Unbounce’s Oli Gardner
According to Unbounce cofounder Oli Gardner “The research I’ve done, and number that I use is that 98 percent of landing…
Tickit Health Creates a Healthier Dialogue to Promote Healthier Children
Kids these days are sophisticated “technology natives.” Tickit Health (formerly known as Shift Health) knows…
Take Your Bookshelf Anywhere: BitLit Gives Readers an eBook Version of a Book They Already Own
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” – Ernest Hemingway Just hauling around your favourite books, or even worse,…
Watching Earth from Space: UrtheCast is Showing How We’re all in This Together
“It’s a view from space. So it’s a combination of cloud, ocean, nothing to see, or incredibly spectacular,”…