Commercialization of research from the lab bench into real world applications has long been identified as a missing piece of Canada's economy. Across the country, a network of incubators and accelerators are working
Angry Birds is more than just your average mobile video game – it’s a veritable popular zeitgeist. It’s hard to exaggerate the success of this simple game, in which birds are slingshot through
The University of Toronto is holding its first startup job fair for students and grads of tech related faculties.The Startup Career Expo is slated forOct. 11 at U of T's Hart Houseand organized by
Here's the startup news making headlines today on other Web sites and blogs.WattPad scores more fundingWattPad announced another fundraising round of $17.3 million led by Khosla Ventures and also including Jerry Yang, Union
by Ashley Huffman If you’ve been staying on top of the latest buzz in Canadian small business, it’s that there’s a lull of professionals to fill the holes in all these new startups.
It’s a little bit different from the shoe phone that satirical spy Maxwell Smart used, but the team at ShoeSense has a modern take on how your footwear could be used to control
Canada has many government programs designed to pump funding into the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. Between the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation
By Francis Moran and Leo Valiquette Recently, we’ve talked about how Canada falls short when it comes to commercializing university IP and the leadership from the business community that is needed to address the gap. We’ve
E-mail and online collaboration used to be problematic for many students at the University of Toronto, but thanks to a recent partnership with Microsoft Canada the post-secondary learners will have access to a
You have to assume that Dr. Goldie Nejat has never seen the Terminator movies nor was a fan of Battlestar Galactica, any of the other fictions depicting a dystopian future after the likes
Karl Martin isn't abashed to show off surveillance camera footage of himself sauntering through an underground Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) corridor. The president of newly-minted Toronto firm KMKP Engineering is twinned on side-by-side
The Women's Health Center at the Ann Myers Medical Center might be a virtual healthcare facility, but the nurses and physicians that volunteer here are real. They work here to reach out beyond
The Canadian government should move quickly to prevent improper use of the Internet by state agencies, businesses and organized crime rings across the world.That's an urgent plea being made by the group of
Max Weinryb suffered asphyxiation when he was born and lack of oxygen caused irreversible damage to his brain. Now 15-years-old, he is “trapped-in” – unable to communicate by speech or movement – and
