Toronto's FreshBooks has established itself as a world-class web platform to create, send, and manage invoices online. Ottawa's Sliced Bread has concocted a platform that could achieve the same success in the property management space.
Sliced Bread, an app studio formed in 2010, announced the private beta of RentingWell in April. We snagged a beta code to test the platform and first impressions were strong.
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Vancouver's OpenMedia has published a citizen-made online video and infographic as part of a major campaign following news from the CBC that Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is attempting to resurrect the publicly slaughtered Bill C-30, known as the "internet surveillance bill" or "online spying bill."
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Nearly nine in 10 Canadians fail to complete all planned tasks in a given workday, a new LinkedIn study has found. LinkedIn, which has more than five million members in Canada, discovered that unplanned tasks such as unscheduled phone calls, emails, and meetings are the primary cause for throwing off the completion of a day's to-do list.
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Want to stream an automated playlist of the best music videos for free? Victoria-born Chartbrain has your back.
A solo project built by Canadian developer James Gagan—who was involved in the somewhat similar Songspin startup—Chartbrain's premise is beautifully simple. First, select a music chart. There's Billboard, Last.fm, Hype Machine, and more. Next, choose a countdown (from the bottom of the list up to the top song), a top 10 countdown, or a shuffle. You can also start with a specific song.
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Global manufacturer of IT equipment Chatsworth Products has expanded its North American reach this month with the grand opening of its first Canadian sales office and showroom.
CPI, an employee-owned company that manufactures voice, data and security products, as well as service solutions that optimize, store and secure technology equipment, hosted this company landmark under the theme, “CPI Enters the ‘Great White North.’”
The centre is located in the Toronto suburb of Vaughan and spans 3,800 square feet.
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Teralys Capital has announced a $50 million investment in Rho Canada Venture Fund II, concurrent with its initial closing of $100 million.
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Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland wants city streets to be clear of cellphone towers, parking meters, wifi terminals, and streetlights. And the City of Vancouver is eager to turn his dream into a reality.
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The debacle that has become Facebook's salient IPO is worsening still: following a looming investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Facebook and a group of banks are now being sued by shareholders for hiding material information about weakened growth forecasts.
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Jeff Skoll, who the Calgary Herald has dubbed "the greatest Canadian you never heard of," will be presented with the Order of Canada this week.
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Technology companies still dominate BrandZ's list of the world's top brands, market research agency Millward Brown has revealed. But that's not very shocking—there are technology's glory days. The big news this year is that software titan Google has been knocked off its second-place pedestal.
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