Who will disrupt the Netflix model in Canada?

I recently went online to buy one of my favorite television series "La Femme Nikita", Season 5 (circa 2001). With it not being streamable on Netflix, I looked to Amazon and iTunes. Unfortunately due to

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 1st, 2013 Ashley Huffman

Developers get to name their price for outsourced projects

Think of a Web developer's control over the Internet as the same sort of control a player has over their virtual landscape in Sim City. The world is literally in the palm of

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 8th, 2013 Ashley Huffman

Will CIOs become dinosaurs?

It's hard to believe that it was over 30 years  ago the word CIO was first mentioned. And yes during this period, the leadership and value that CIOs contributed to  organizations has changed

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 20th, 2013 Catherine Aczel Boivie

Adobe says ‘we’re not gonna take it anymore’

Marketing geeks all around the world can rejoice, that's if they've found there way to Salt Lake City, Utah.  Today marks the official start of Adobe's Marketing Summit 2013, running from March 4

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 6th, 2013 Ashley Huffman

IBM reaffirms its commitment to Open Standards

Cloud computing customers need the ability to access pools of information from different sources. They must be able to access code and tools from a variety of vendors, ensuring that they use the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 6th, 2013 Michelle Warren

Jolt at MaRS Centre

OLT is a technology accelerator dedicated to building high-growth web and mobile companies that promise to transform the way consumers and enterprises interact with technologies.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 17th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Incubes reveals trio of startups for third cohort

Toronto-based Internet startup incubator Incubes has unveiled the third batch of young firms that will take part in its three-month program.The firms have already been at Incubes’ new downtown location for two weeks,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 17th, 2012 Brian Jackson

SanDisk offers $75 million to innovate flash memory

If you’re looking for an idea to start your next business, SanDisk has a pretty strong incentive to get you thinking about developing Flash memory technology.That incentive comes in the form of a

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 14th, 2012 Brian Jackson

FounderFuel ups the stakes for next cohort

Montreal-based technology accelerator FounderFuel is accepting applications for its next cohort of startup firms, and offering up a bit more coin to those that make the cut.Teams accepted to the mentor-driven accelerator program

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 12th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Tech accelerators become talent magnets

Technology accelerator centres in North America are becoming popular enough to scare well-established corporations into giving them credence, according to directors of the startup development programs.At the Canadian Innovation Exchange Nov. 27, a

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 6th, 2012 Brian Jackson

The subsistence diet of government funding, with a sprinkle of VC

By Francis Moran  Former Canadian Olympic gold medalist and chef de mission Mark Tewksbury gave a keynote address at the National Angel Capital Organization‘s summit in Halifax in late October. In urging that Canadian business adopt

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 26th, 2012 Francis Moran

XConnect: Innovating healthcare IT at MaRS

With the HealthConnect study currently underway we are very excited to present this conversation with the Life Sciences and Healthcare Analyst at MaRS Discovery District. Hadi Salah helps life sciences and health care

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 22nd, 2012 Karim Kanji

Even angels are going enterprise

By Francis Moran  There’s been a growing amount of attention paid recently to the surge in interest by startups in working on enterprise-grade products and services rather than the quick-to-market consumer and web

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 14th, 2012 Francis Moran

What I’m stealing from the startup world

By Christine Wong My new boss woke me up at 2:30 a.m. last night demanding that I do some work for him. After I changed him into dry pajamas, put clean sheets on

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 8th, 2012 Christine Wong