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Toronto Startup Uniiverse Launches New Platform for Collaborative Living

Posted by Andrea Wahbe on Thu, February 9, 2012 12:54 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada, Okanagan , Startups, Social Media · Comments
Earlier this week, Toronto-based startup Uniiverse, an online person-to-person marketplace for offline services and activities, launched on a worldwide scale. Built as a layer on top of existing social networking platforms, Uniiverse enables its users to meet people in a trustworthy and authentic way. “Uniiverse is building the sharing economy, where access... [more]

Canadian Tech Communities alive and kicking according to Meetup stats

Posted by Rob Lewis on Thu, February 9, 2012 6:35 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada, Okanagan , Startups · Comments
Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman recently announced that the Bay area tech Meetup groups had more RSVPs in 2011 than those in any other city. New York City had the second-most members of Meetup tech group RSVPers, followed by London, Washington D.C. and Chicago. The fastest-growing tech scene on... [more]

Ottawa-Based AdChop and Thoughts on The State of Digital Marketing

Posted by Dan Verhaeghe on Thu, February 9, 2012 6:01 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada, Okanagan , Startups, Mobile · Comments
While there are sites like Brands of the World and Ads of the World that inspire marketers and celebrate advertising creativity, Justin Clark started AdChop, a growing collection of online and mobile advertising case studies. The Ottawa-based AdChop founder says that it's a place where agencies and online merchants can... [more]

Attend the Red Carpet Canadian Premiere of Startup documentary Ctrl Alt Compete

Posted by Rob Lewis on Wed, February 8, 2012 1:37 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada, Okanagan , Startups · Comments
Join a networking crowd of investors, startups and entrepreneurs in Toronto or Montreal for the Canadian screening of Ctrl Alt Compete – a Microsoft documentary on what it takes to be a startup. Among the cast of Ctrl Alt Complete are Josh Sookman - Founder of Toronto's Guardly. Check out... [more]

The Next 36 is looking for BC's most entrepreneurial students

Posted by Techvibes Newsdesk on Tue, February 7, 2012 2:31 PM · Filed under Vancouver , Startups · Comments
The Next 36 is coming out to BC and will be connecting with over 400 students over two days. If you're a university student come learn about The Next 36 – Canada’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative, supported by over 50 of Canada’s top business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors. This national program... [more]

iSiteWatch monitors Craigslist and Kijiji for hard-to-find items

Posted by Techvibes Newsdesk on Tue, February 7, 2012 12:51 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada, Okanagan , Startups · Comments
Have you ever searched for something on Craigslist or Kijiji only to find NO results?  Considering the breadth of items available between these two popular classified sites, it's safe to say your timing is just off and your unique item will be online again soon. But how do you make sure... [more]

Student Startup #2: Humber College's Students Upload

Posted by Techvibes Newsdesk on Sat, February 4, 2012 10:00 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada, Okanagan , Startups · Comments
Student Startups is a new weekly series created by Techvibes to highlight Canada's talented student entrepreneurs. Across the country, bright minds with brilliant ideas are launching businesses before they even graduate from school. We want to recognize and celebrate these ambitious youngsters, who refuse to let studying for exams hinder... [more]

DealFind Had a Huge $375,000 Tablet Group Deal in 2011

Posted by Dan Verhaeghe on Fri, February 3, 2012 11:46 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada, Okanagan , Startups · Comments
Albert S. Bitton of Group Buying in Canada said at the Dx3 Canada Conference last week there were some massive group deals in Canada in 2011, most notably DealFind's $375,000 Tablet Group Deal, as well as some from TeamBuy and WagJag. • WagJag pulled in $229,000 for an Afternoon Tea at the Windsor Arms... [more]

Wind Mobile Adds Galaxy Nexus, BlackBerry Bold 9790, and BlackBerry Curve 9360 to Lineup

Posted by Techvibes Newsdesk on Fri, February 3, 2012 8:24 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada, Okanagan , Startups, Mobile · Comments
As Canada's startup discount wireless carriers gradually get better at offering higher end devices, Vancouver-based Wind Mobile has added three new smartphones to its product lineup. On the Android front, Wind is is now selling the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. It's $599 or $249 on thw Windtab+. On the BlackBerry front, Wind... [more]

PELVIC PUMP'R: Wind Mobile Unveils Sexual Marketing Campaign, 'Call-A-Sutra'

Posted by Knowlton Thomas on Thu, February 2, 2012 4:13 PM · Filed under Vancouver , Startups · Comments
Smartphones aren't often associated with "sexy," aside from perhaps those who call devices without cases "naked." But Vancouver-based discount wireless carrier Wind Mobile has put a rather sensual spin on things with its latest marketing ploy, dubbed "Call-A-Sutra." A play on words of "kama sutra," an ancient text on human sexual... [more]