3 IBM patents that lead to cyborg future

IBM Corp. registered the most U.S. patents than any other corporation in 2012, including at least three that could be used to create a futuristic cyborg. Well, it's possible. Out of the 6,478

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 11th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Apple imitator ‘Goophone’ highlights IP challenges in China

In China, you can buy iPhone 5 knockoffs before the Apple release this month.  The “Goophone” looks remarkably like the iPhone 5 with the big caveat that it runs the Android OS. Apple,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 17th, 2012 Monica Goyal

Indie game developer incubator to launch in Montreal

The former executive director of the International Game Developers Association is planning to launch a new incubator focused on independent game developers in Montreal this September.Jason Della Rocca, the founder of Perimeter Partners,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 8th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Google’s Galaxy Nexus latest victim in mobile patent wars

Apple and Google end up in many litigation battles over smartphone patents. CNN reported last week that Google has had to remove the Galaxy Nexus from its online store -- replacing the “IN STOCK”

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 9th, 2012 Monica Goyal

Why Toronto region shouldn’t be celebrating Pebble’s Kickstarter success

Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky’s success raising money on Kickstarter after being ignored by venture capitalists is a startup story that warms the cockles of our collective hearts in the entrepreneurial community. But after

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 1st, 2012 Brian Jackson

Oracle, Google both end up losers in latest patent trial

by Monica Goyal Google was once again in the news with another patent dispute, now with Oracle. This time the drama happened in the courtroom, right in the public eye. The question in

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 29th, 2012 Monica Goyal

Do you know how to dance with angels?

By Francis Moran and Leo Valiquette It’s been a busy couple of months for Matt Lemelin, CEO of Genevolve Vision Diagnostics, as he hustles to raise Genevolve’s profile and, ideally, its bank account.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 30th, 2012 Francis Moran

Will Canada Post lawsuit against GeoCoder affect your business?

Are postal codes copyrighted material? Does Canada Post own the copyright to this data? If you are a marketer or a business that collects, curates and uses postal codes, the recent copyright infringement

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 13th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Looking for that sweet spot to get market traction

By Francis Moran Sometimes, you need to take a step back to get two steps ahead. In the almost two months since we last touched base with Matt Lemelin, CEO of Genevolve Vision

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 23rd, 2012 Francis Moran

How good are Canada’s universities at creating startups?

Like many university students, Aditya Bali finds delayed and missed parcel deliveries a “royal pain.”Bali and his friends Mike McCauley and Jay Shah, fourth year engineering students at The University of Waterloo, are

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 14th, 2012 Nestor Arellano

Canadian music publishers sing from SOPA playbook on Bill C-11?

The Canadian Music Publishers Association wants provisions akin to the United States' Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) included in Canada's proposed copyright act Bill C-11, according to an Internet law and privacy expert.The

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 7th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Canadian teens pay for music downloads

Here's more proof that Canada is not a Pirate's Haven after all. A recent survey by market research firm Ipsos Reid Canada indicates that Canadian teens are increasingly choosing to pay for music

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 6th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Music industry group calls for iPod tax, liability risk for ISPs and social sites

Internet service providers, social sites and satirists appear to be in the cross hairs of the Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA).The national trade organization representing English-language Canadian companies in the music, sound recording

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 5th, 2012 Nestor Arellano

Business Software Alliance’s latest weird argument for stronger IP laws

The Business Software Alliance has found a newly imagined detriment of Canada’s supposedly sub-par intellectual property laws – make sure you’re sitting down for this shocker – it’s slowing down the advancement of

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 28th, 2012 Brian Jackson