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VentureBeat and DEMO heading to Canada — calling all awesome entrepreneurs!
Starting next week, I’ll be heading up to Canada as part of my quest to find the top entrepreneurs from around the world to launch their new technology at DEMO, the conference VentureBeat co-produces...
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Netflix hits 1 million members in 10 months in Canada
Netflix on Thursday announced that its Canadian branch has reached one million members in just 10 months. The company launched its $7.99/month streaming-only service in Canada in September 2010, and...
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Lawyer Up! Massive RIM outage prompts class action suit
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale A class action lawsuit was filed today against Research in Motion (RIM), the makers of BlackBerry, after a massive, three-day service...
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Buyosphere raises $325K, relaunches as Q&A for shoppers
Buyosphere is web celebrity Tara Hunt‘s greatest gamble, and after some shaky months, it might be starting to pay off. Following a successful rebranding effort, the team has just closed an...
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iPhone beating BlackBerry in Canada shows how bad RIM is broken
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale Research in Motion has lost its home field advantage in Canada to Apple for the first time ever, another sign that RIM is almost hopelessly...
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Vancouver: Hollywood North’s tech scene is growing, growing, not yet grown
Hollywood North? L.A. with rain? The city that riots whenever its hockey team doesn’t win the Stanley Cup? Americans might think of Vancouver in many ways — but typically not as a tech startup mecca....
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Hey Canucks, Spotify is expanding into Canada
After a successful U.S. launch, streaming music service Spotify is now turning its attention to Canada. Spotify’s recently published annual accounts reveal plans to expand further into the North...
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Where’s online payment startup Stripe? In Canada!
Stripe expanded its payment processing platform into Canada today, so Canadian businesses, mounties, and hockey players can integrate the technology into their websites. If they aren’t too busy...
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Frank & Oak rescues men from perils of ‘shop til you drop’
My Dad does not like to shop. Twice a year, he visits a personal shopper at a department store to round out his closet and will not enter a clothing store for the next six months unless under duress....
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Android smartphones now have majority mobile web traffic share
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale In a major turn-around, Android smartphones now account for a majority of mobile web traffic in the U.S and Canada, with close to a 51...
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Square brings its mobile payments powerhouse to Canada
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale Payments processing startup Square has now brought its service to Canada, its first step outside of the U.S. Square has been focused on the...
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FounderFuel Demo Day today: here are the startups
MONTREAL — I’m in Montreal, Quebec, for FounderFuel’s demo day today. Quebec is known as la belle province in Canada, and investors as well as founders are hoping to see both beautiful pitches and...
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Anatomy of a Demo Day: FounderFuel’s fall 2012 cohort graduates (in pictures)
MONTREAL — Everything comes down to this. Every waking moment of the last three months. All the hopes and dreams of the last few years of your life. And all the thousands of hours you and your team...
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Google’s Nexus 4 actually supports LTE — in Canada
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale Despite a spiffy design and some powerful hardware, we were disappointed that Google’s Nexus 4 smartphone didn’t include LTE 4G support....
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With ex-Zynga developer carrying the flag, Kixeye invades Canada
Kixeye has invaded Canada. And it has hired a former Zynga developer to lead the charge. The San Francisco maker of social games for hardcore gamers — known best for its kick-ass recruiting video and...
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Personal training app PumpUp launches to burn off holiday pounds
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale One of the best times to launch a fitness app is right after the holidays. In the aftermath of cookie exchanges, egg nog by the fire,...
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How Canada has become America’s mobile app guinea pig
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale Doug Renert is a co-founding partner of Silicon Valley’s Tandem Capital. Canada has many reasons to be proud. For starters, the country has...
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Amazon brings Prime membership to Canada — but without Instant Video
Online retail giant Amazon is introducing its popular Prime membership program to Canadian consumers, it announced today — but it’s without numerous perks that make this service so appealing. The move...
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360 Incentives smothers incentive programs with $7.65M and happiness
360 Incentives founder Jason Atkins is changing the world one incentive program at a time. Today, this “small-town startup” from Whitby, Ontario received $7.65 million in growth incentives of its own....
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Why Canada is beating the U.S. in startup visas
I read the announcement today that Canada has just launched a startup visa program. By doing so, they are saying to the world, “Welcome, immigrant entrepreneurs — please come start your business in...
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