Edmonton Technology News

Canadians flee Silicon Valley to start up in Vancouver

Posted by Rob Lewis on Wed, March 17, 2010 1:47 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Start-up · 2 Comments
With all the talk of Canadian brain drain to the United States and the lack of a strong tech startup ecosystem in Canada, it's great to hear about companies like San Francisco-born A Thinking Ape moving the opposite way. Founded by three twenty-something Canadians who met in the Bay Area, A... [more]

Online bookkeeping and accounting solution

Posted by Karim Kanji on Wed, March 17, 2010 1:09 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Start-up · 2 Comments
As a professional in the technology or social media space, chances are that you are an independent contractor or are considered a small business owner. A new online business solution is now available to those of you whose most dreaded job is accounting and bookkeeping: Wave Accounting.  Kirk Simpson is... [more]

Last straw for WIND Mobile?

Posted by Karim Kanji on Tue, March 16, 2010 12:30 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto , Wireless, Start-up, Mobile · 7 Comments
  Late last year Toronto-based Globalive launched it's WIND Mobile brand in Canada.  It was hoped that the emergence of new companies would force companies like Bell and Rogers to lower their fees in the face of new competition. However, earlier this month, the wind stopped blowing in WIND's favour.  It has... [more]

US Startup Visa Bill - Great News For Canadian Entrepreneurs Looking To Head South

Posted by Varun Mathur on Tue, March 9, 2010 11:50 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Venture Capital, Start-up · No Comments
Remember John Kerry, the Democratic Presidential candidate in 2004 ? Well, couple of weeks ago he introduced a bill in the US Congress on a special visa for foreign start-up entrepreneurs. This bill is the result of extensive lobbying efforts by prominent Silicon Valley folks who figured that easing the... [more]

HomeZilla providing Invis with real estate related geo data

Posted by Karim Kanji on Tue, March 9, 2010 11:30 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Start-up · No Comments
Invis recently renewed their annual contract with HomeZilla to provide them with real estate related geo-data.  Invis, Canada's largest mortgage broker, is a leader in using technology to help their brokers. The geo-data is used to help produce an Invis Feature Sheet that outlines all the information a home buyer... [more]

C100 launches and unites Canadian in Silicon Valley

Posted by Rob Lewis on Tue, March 9, 2010 10:05 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Start-up · 1 Comment
Today is the official launch date of C100 in Silicon Valley and they're hosting a reception and dinner in San Francisco to celebrate. C100 is a non-profit, member-driven organization dedicated to supporting Canadian technology entrepreneurship and investment. C100 is comprised of a select group of Canadians based primarily in Silicon Valley,... [more]

FourWhere for Foursquare

Posted by Karim Kanji on Tue, March 9, 2010 8:52 AM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Start-up, Web App, Social Media · No Comments
If you haven't used or even heard of the mobile location-based services such as Foursquare and Gowalla then you are in the minority. Such services, in case you don't know yet, are used to tell the world where you’re visiting, And now a company has created a service that can... [more]

Direct Marketing for Social Media with Radar

Posted by Karim Kanji on Sun, March 7, 2010 8:49 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Start-up, Social Media · No Comments
As a consumer you've been inundated with a barrage of emails from your favourite retailers.  How would you like to pick and choose how and when you receive these messages?  As a service provider or retailer you've been wondering how to use technology to effectively engage... [more]

On Stock Options

Posted by Ian Bell on Fri, March 5, 2010 1:54 PM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Venture Capital, Start-up · 7 Comments
Ian Andrew Bell is a Techvibes Guest Contributor and this post was published on his blog earlier today. Over the past way-too-many years I’ve had occasion to interview north of 250 individuals for dozens of positions at both startups and large companies on both sides of the border.  Having spent... [more]

Launch Party Edmonton A Huge Success

Posted by Doug van Spronsen on Thu, March 4, 2010 8:22 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa , Venture Capital, Web 2.0, Start-up, Web App, Digital Media · 1 Comment
Ten local Edmonton companies launched their products last night at Launch Party held at the Matrix Hotel. Hosted by Startup Edmonton, the inaugural event was attended by a large crowd of curious entrepreneurs, creatives, and investors all on hand to take a sneak peak at Edmonton's next big thing. The format... [more]