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on Wed, February 16, 2011 8:09 AM
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When youth find inspiration in video games where the objective is to steal cars, it’s no wonder that video games get stereotyped as being antisocial and counterproductive.
A small group of developers is trying to bury that stereotype by creating video games that make players better people and...
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on Wed, January 12, 2011 2:20 PM
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Sharon Townsend points to her own use of “daily deal” websites to question just how beneficial their proliferation is to Vancouver retailers.
The South Granville Business Improvement Association executive director bought a 50%-off meal coupon to her favourite Vancouver restaurant a few weeks back from one of...
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on Tue, November 23, 2010 12:04 PM
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Fuel cells and rechargeable batteries are getting bigger as heavy industry discovers their potential for storing and supplying power for everything from tugboats and buses to power plants.
Richmond’s Corvus Energy is commercializing what it says is the first lithium-ion battery that’s scalable to unlimited megawatt sizes.
The...
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on Fri, November 19, 2010 1:19 PM
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Radiant heat: David Buffett is as much at home leading a smaller broadband player like Radiant as he was leading Nortel Networks’ European invasion.
Mission: Capitalize on Radiant’s momentum after being first to market with a suite of new broadband products
Assets: 25 years of climbing the ranks at...
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on Tue, November 16, 2010 11:43 AM
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A Vancouver-based startup claims it has developed a breakthrough technology for debugging chips in the semiconductor industry.
Veridae Systems Inc., which includes former members of technology heavyweights PMC-Sierra Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS) and Teradici Corp., also has some lessons about the importance of adapting to the new realities of ...
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on Tue, November 9, 2010 11:11 AM
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The Mexican government has launched an accelerator program in Vancouver to help Mexican digital media startups expand into Western Canada and other international markets.
Vancouver is the second city in Canada in which TechBA has set up shop since it was launched four years ago. The accelerator program...
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on Tue, November 2, 2010 4:02 PM
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Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1097 - November 2 - 8, 2010.
The flood of new mobile devices to the market in recent years has brought consumers more choice...
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by Curt Cherewayko
on Fri, October 15, 2010 2:37 PM
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Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1094 - October 12 - 18, 2010.
The annual New Ventures BC (NVBC) competition has faced some growing pains in recent years.
“The challenge we’ve had is that...
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on Wed, October 6, 2010 10:36 AM
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Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1093 - October 5 - 11, 2010.
Faronics Corp. looks nothing like it did in 2001.
In that year, the Vancouver company, which was founded in 1996, switched from being a...
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on Tue, September 7, 2010 12:32 PM
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Every week Techvibes republishes an article (or two) from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1089 - September 7 - 13, 2010.
They’re contracts that can provide a zero-maintenance revenue stream for building owners, but there’s more to leasing rooftop real estate for cellphone towers...
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