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on Tue, January 12, 2010 1:43 PM
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Thoora, a new and promising start-up based in Toronto, is aiming to shake up the real-time news aggregation market. It uses its proprietary technology to identify the "buzz" around the web and puts the spotlight on what people are talking about. By tracking the entire blogosphere (81 million blogs and...
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by Varun Mathur
on Thu, November 19, 2009 12:18 PM
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Dave McClure came up north from Silicon Valley to Toronto last month to give the keynote address at the Canadian National Angel Summit. Here's his bio:
Dave McClure has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for over twenty years as a software developer, entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, blogger, and internet...
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on Fri, November 13, 2009 5:29 PM
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Things are getting hot in the Canadian wireless industry with the continuing Globalive saga. Globalive, a Toronto-based company, has been eager to launch a national wireless service called Wind Mobile. Whatever their offering, at the end of the day choice is good for consumers. But its not being allowed to...
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on Tue, November 10, 2009 10:55 PM
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Small web publishers know one thing too well - that often times, that little space on their website 'could' be monetized with ads, that there are potential advertisers who could be willing to pay something for that space. Problem is that ad networks like Google AdSense pay a small, pitiful...
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on Tue, November 10, 2009 1:08 PM
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How do you keep track of news on specific topics ? For example, if you are interested in what various tech VCs are saying - sure, you could subscribe to the different RSS feeds in your reader and track the updates. Or, you can do it the Eqentia way -...
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on Thu, November 5, 2009 12:48 PM
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Telus has debuted the iPhone today. Drumrolls..
Apple initially launched the iPhone in Canada exclusively with Rogers as it was the only GSM network in the country. Bell and Telus, however, had together been building up their next generation HSPA network (which could support the iPhone) so it was only a...
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on Tue, November 3, 2009 11:58 AM
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The following are selected excerpts from the bi-weekly MaRS Centre newsletter dated Nov 3rd '09:
Six successes in New York City
Last week, MaRS took six Ontario companies on a trip to the 2009 Life Sciences and Healthcare Venture Summit in NYC. The Ontario delegation made up 10 per cent of all...
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on Mon, November 2, 2009 7:12 AM
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The 3rd annual GameOn Finance organized by Interactive Ontario wrapped up in Toronto last week - after two days of various sessions and panel discussions on the gaming industry which brought together game developers and investors alike.
Scott Dodson, Chief Executive of Divide by Zero Games and a serial, wait.."chronic" entrepreneur...
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on Thu, October 29, 2009 3:26 PM
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Toronto-based TicketFlow is increasingly becoming the place to go if you are looking to find the best deals on tickets - whether it be sports or some concert. They recently launched a new feature called "SuggestionFlow" to help users find events based on their preferences and other criteria such as...
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on Thu, October 29, 2009 11:05 AM
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Entrepreneurship 101 is a free program offered by the MaRS Centre in Toronto - designed to teach budding entrepreneurs the ins and outs of getting started with a business. Over the course of the program they cover topics ranging from how to write a business plan to protecting your intellectual...
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