Montreal-based startup FixMeStick has launched what it is calling the first-ever consumer-ready USB device for removing viruses from infected PCs. The Canadian technology company is enabling "everyday users to do what the pros do" by detecting, destroying, and preventing virus infection with a USB device.
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The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this year utilized technology developed by Montreal's Intellitix to put social media into the hands of attendees. Or wrists, to be exact.
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Best-selling children’s author Leslie McGuirk is teaming up with Toronto-based Skyreader Media to bring Pip the Penguin to the iPad.
The ebook will feature Skyreader’s new draw-along interactivity built on the company’s proprietary ebook authoring platform.
Pip the Penguin has so far sold 600,000 copies in hardcover worldwide.
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Have you ever missed an important date for your relationship? Ottawa's KeepHerHappy can help you out.
Simply pay their $99 annual subscription fee and the creative startup will make three pre-set flower deliveries on your behalf: one for Valentine’s Day, her Birthday, and for your anniversary.
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XMG Studio sits atop the Trader’s Bank building at 67 Yonge Street. Once the highest skyscraper around, today it serves as the beautiful home to young organizations like XMG.
XMG was founded by Ray Sharma in 2009. The focal point of Sharma’s office is the pedestal desk, which really stands out in contrast to his wall decorated with Space Invaders graphics.
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This is part two of our Working at a Startup series, the Fonolo Edition. This series documents the lives of real Canadian entrepreneurs as they endure the trials and tribulations of running a technology startup.
Shortly after I joined Fonolo, I suggested the company revitalize their brand. As a newbie, it was tough to come in and immediately shake things up. However, it was necessary. Fonolo was one of the finalists for the "Best in Show" award at the Enterprise Connect Conference in Orlando and, quite frankly, our brand needed some TLC.
Equals6 is a Halifax-based social network designed to connect students with future employers. Today they announced that they have connected themselves to Innovacorp and secured $250,000 in venture capital financing.
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140 startups from 40 countries want to jump aboard Blueseed, the floating startup incubator that will offer technology entrepreneurs a visa-free enviornment in which to build their company. Seven of those startups are Canadian.
With 5% of the interested startups coming from Canada, that places our country fourth among all nations, Blueseed says. The sea-bound incubator hopes to launch in the third quarter of 2013.
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It's been revealed that the Government of Canada is giving nearly $800,000 to The Next 36, a nonprofit organization located in Toronto that "strives to launch the careers of Canada's most promising and innovative undergraduates." Wladyslaw Lizon, Member of Parliament for Mississauga East-Cooksville, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, today announced a contribution of up to $787,500 for The Next 36 that will provide graduates in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with the skills and support they need to start their own businesses.
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Vancouver startup HootSuite has released HootSuite Teams, a sutie of tools aimed at "serious business collaboration." The social media dashboard company says that Teams offers an "industrial-grade solution for global enterprises and small businesses."
The company, which is now valued at $500 million, says that in the past year corporate clients on HootSuite have tripled, with two-thirds of Fortune 100 companies now active users of the dashboard. And now, corporate teams average 23 team members each on HootSuite.
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