Toronto Technology News

Canadian company to take on Google Maps?

Posted by Karim Kanji on Wed, March 10, 2010 2:06 AM · Filed under Toronto , Web Development · No Comments
Mapmobility first came on the scene thirty years ago.  At that time they developed the first Canadian map for the Toronto Real Estate Board that used a style of cartography known for its visual cues and colours.  Yesterday, Mapmobility announced a new industry first that will ... [more]

Canpages announces API Contest for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Web Developers

Posted by Rob Lewis on Tue, March 2, 2010 9:48 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Web Development · No Comments
Canpages announced today the launch of its nation-wide Application Programming Interface (API) contest for smart phone application developers on the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and web platforms. The contest kicks off the opening of Canpages' API to provide access to more than 1,000,000 business listings across Canada and will reward one... [more]

Web Apps from Microsoft's WebsiteSpark Program

Posted by Rob Lewis on Tue, February 23, 2010 2:44 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Web Development · No Comments
If you run or work at a small web design or development firm, Microsoft's WebsiteSpark program is worth looking in to. WebsiteSpark is Microsoft’s global program dedicated to helping small web companies succeed.  What do you get when you join WebsiteSpark? Visibility: By being showcased in the WebsiteSpark marketplace as well... [more]

BC Govt Proposes New Tax Credit for Interactive

Posted by Adrian Crook on Wed, February 3, 2010 4:57 PM · Filed under Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria , Wireless, Venture Capital, Web 2.0, Start-up, Web App, Gaming, Facebook, Social Media, Web Development, Digital Media, Telecom, Government, Mobile, iPhone, NewMediaBC · No Comments
Some good news came across the wire today. The BC government, after much consultation with industry, has proposed a labour tax credit package for the interactive digital media sector (as well as some increases to existing film, digital animation and VFX credits). The proposed interactive digital media tax credit is set... [more]

Attention Web Designers: Check out WebsiteSpark

Posted by Rob Lewis on Wed, January 20, 2010 4:51 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Web Development · No Comments
If you run or work at a small web design or development firm, Microsoft's WebsiteSpark program is worth looking in to. WebsiteSpark is Microsoft’s global program dedicated to helping small web companies succeed.  What do you get when you join WebsiteSpark? Visibility: By being showcased in the WebsiteSpark marketplace as well... [more]

Shopify acquires the developers of StoreSync

Posted by Karim Kanji on Sun, January 10, 2010 6:03 PM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Web Development, Digital Media, Mobile, iPhone · No Comments
  One of our "digital people to watch in Ontario" has recently given us a reason why they were included in this list.  TechCrunch is reporting that Shopify has aquired the makers of StoreSync - MNDCreative.  Shopify’s acquisition of MNDCreative allows Shopify  to expand its existing offerings onto mobile devices.  StoreSync extends... [more]

Sacre Bleu! Shutout for French Hockey Canada site

Posted by Warren Frey on Fri, January 8, 2010 2:50 PM · Filed under Toronto, Vancouver , Web Development, Digital Media · No Comments
One of the realities of business in Canada is that if you’re working at a national level, at some point you’ll need to deal with the fact that our country has two official languages. You would think that Team Canada, as representative of our country’s young Olympic hopefuls, would have... [more]

DigitalMediaCamp - Toronto

Posted by Karim Kanji on Sat, December 12, 2009 7:16 PM · Filed under Toronto , Web 2.0, Events, Social Media, Web Development, Digital Media, Government, Mobile, Techvibes Sponsor · 5 Comments
Headed up by Mark Kuznicki of Remarkk Consulting, DigitalMediaCamp hit Toronto for a full day of ideas and intense and interactive conversations.  As they promoted, DigitalMediaCamp was focused around a central question:  "How can we work together to propel Toronto's technology, content and design communities into the future and make... [more]

Microsoft consolidates its Cloud Strategy

Posted by Dilip Tinnelvelly on Fri, December 11, 2009 7:52 PM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver , Web Development, Digital Media, SaaS · No Comments
Microsoft has merged its cloud operating system, Azure, that lets developers create new Microsoft-compatible tools and applications in a cloud-based environment with its Server and tools group. The two groups will be operating under one division tagged Server & Cloud Division (SCD). The idea is to bring the software giant’s... [more]

Creating smart user experiences with Jet Cooper

Posted by Karim Kanji on Wed, November 11, 2009 10:12 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Web 2.0, Start-up, Social Media, Web Development, Digital Media, Twitter · 3 Comments
Toronto, Canada is a hotbed of young entreprenuers starting up companies in the technology space. I recently had the opportunity to interview one of Toronto's most active and energetic people. Satish Kanwar is a partner with start-up, Jet Cooper. Jet Cooper is positioning itself as the go-to... [more]