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Ian Webster’s rise as the everyday geek hero

Ashley Huffman

Published: June 17th, 2013 Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+
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News flash: National security through obscurity doesn’t work

  How did secrecy become ubiquitous in the Information Age? It looked good on paper. Pervasive surveillance would be needed to protect the populace, and technology could facilitate the enormous challenge of inspecting

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 17th, 2013 Claudiu Popa
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Should female founders target female funders?

For many founders in Canada, particularly the under-represented female founders in our startup scene, it is really difficult to think beyond the question of finding money to the more important question of, "Who's

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 14th, 2013 Michael Cayley
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From human tissue to leather and meat: The future of 3D Printing is here today at IdeaCity

Next week IdeaCity comes back to Toronto for another three days of "smart people talking about big ideas." Every year the audience listens as the world's most renowned thinkers and personalities present on

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 13th, 2013 Karim Kanji
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Software founder drives ‘Ferrari’ of human resources solutions

Michael Nicula is the Founder & CEO “HCM Soft”, a SAP HR based software, the creator of Wi-Py.com, an online payment application similar to Paypal, only free of charge, the founder and leader

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 12th, 2013 Marylka Empey
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Weaving a Webb of love: One entrepreneur’s strategic approach to online dating

Martha Stewart made headlines when she announced on national TV that she was joining an online dating site. Amy Webb could give her a few pointers about looking for love. A storyteller, serial

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 11th, 2013 Kayleigh Platz
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HP unveils EliteOne, EliteDesk Windows 8 desktops

HP is bringing touch to business as it unveils its latest commercial desktops to market. HP’s EliteOne and EliteDesk 800 series are desktop PCs that are designed for the needs of businesses today.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 10th, 2013 Eric Floresca
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UBL seeks to avoid tower of Babel scenario for document exchange

OK, attention out there!  Hands up - who has heard of the OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL)?  Hmmm - not many hands.  What’s that you ask?  What is UBL and what’s it used

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 7th, 2013 Hugh Chatfield
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Does anti-virus software make things worse?

According to the handy Wolfram Alpha search engine, some 24.5 years have passed since the introduction of the first Internet virus. And the first self-replicating malware to exist on the Internet’s precursor, the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 6th, 2013 Claudiu Popa
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6 startups launch as part of JOLT Demo Fest

From wearable technology products to reimagining advertising flyers, tech-driven entrepreneurs gave their best pitch last night  at the Jolt Demo Fest in Toronto as the accelerator showcased its most recent cohort of early stage

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 5th, 2013 Karim Kanji
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Emerging country music star applies Lean Startup lessons

Last year we met Hannah Chapplain, a musician venturing into the world of entrepreneurship and digital media as a new client of Communitech and the Canadian Digital Media Network. Chapplain was a bit of

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 4th, 2013 Kayleigh Platz
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TWG partner Andres Aquino: the man, the mission, the apps

In the last post I talked about TWG’s space, the startups it hosts, and events its done and continues to do. Here I talk with partner Andres Aquino about TWG's apps, vision and

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 3rd, 2013 Eric Floresca
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Entrepreneur designs 3D printing business with low costs in mind

A number of articles have previously been written here on ITBusiness.ca about 3D printing. Today we take an in-depth view of 3D printing from an inside perspective. Nestled in a non-descript building near

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 31st, 2013 Karim Kanji
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TWG navigates startup waters while throwing others a line

In the heart of downtown Toronto and just blocks away from Chinatown lay TWG (The Working Group) a development house that creates Web and mobile products for clients and the community at large.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 30th, 2013 Eric Floresca
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Nicoya Lifesciences wants to help you mend a broken heart

What started as a platform to measure stress levels of grizzly bears in the Alberta wild may just keep you out of the hospital in the future. Ryan Denomme and his team at Nicoya

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 29th, 2013 Kayleigh Platz