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This Is Your Out, an 'eject button for bad situations,' launches on Indiegogo
15 July 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, Startups
Billed as “an eject button for bad situations,” Lukianchuk has developed This Is Your Out – TIYO, for short – a Bluetooth-enabled key fob that you can press to make a call to your mobile phone. On Tuesday,… Read more
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Kinect for Windows Hackathon coming to Kitchener Aug. 8-10
11 July 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, Startups
Microsoft’s Kinect for Windows team will be hosting a hackathon in downtown Kitchener Aug 8-10. It’s the only Canadian stop on its world tour in search of exciting new applications for its motion-sensing… Read more
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View from the 'Loo: bitHound house builds on downtown momentum
10 July 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
BitHound, which products enable software developers to produce better code, renovated 42 College St., instead of moving into an existing office building. Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Haven't been hacked? Don't count on it
26 June 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the ‘Loo
J. Paul Haynes, the CEO of eSentire, a fast-growing cyber security firm based in Cambridge, is all about active threat protection – eyes on the inside, scanning for trouble in real time, and resolving… Read more
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Waterloo Region accelerators in line for federal boost, PM announces
20 June 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, Startups
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that Communitech is among four Waterloo Region technology accelerators in line for a multimillion-dollar boost from the federal government as part of the Canada… Read more
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View from the 'Loo: How to help solve the UX talent crunch
19 June 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, View from the 'Loo
Bob Barlow-Busch and Mark Connolly, hosts of Fluxible, a UX design conference in Waterloo Region discuss the UX community in the region and how it is evolving. Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Kevin Lynch on what Canada can learn from Waterloo Region
05 June 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the ‘Loo
Kevin Lynch talks about what Canada needs to do to grow more successful companies at Communitech’s Tech Leadership Conference on May 29. Lynch pointed to the prevalence of a local rather than global mindset… Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Magnet Forensics poised to tackle 'billion-dollar market'
29 May 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
Sitting down with Adam Belsher, co-founder of Jad Saliba, former Waterloo Region Police turned entrepreneur, to talk about Magnet Forensics, their fast-growing digital forensic evidence company. Read more
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Live blog recap: Kirstine Stewart at Tech Leadership Conference 2014
29 May 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured
Kirstine Stewart left a plum post as head of the CBC’s English language services last year to build a team at Twitter Canada. See her recap at Tech Leadership Conference 2014 Read more
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Live blog recap: Scott Bedbury at Tech Leadership Conference 2014
29 May 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured
Nike and Starbucks became globally dominant brands under the guidance of Scott Bedbury, who urges companies to focus on people, not just products. See the recap of Scott Bedbury at Tech Leadership Conference… Read more