Showing all articles by author: Craig Daniels
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Tech Roundup for July 2019
06 August 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Monthly tech roundup, News
The summer in Waterloo Region has been as busy as ever. Faire was named by Forbes to be a potential unicorn, while Kik celebrated its 10th birthday. In addition, many other companies made the news this… Read more
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Tech Roundup for June 2019
02 July 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Monthly tech roundup, News
With True North 2019, the opening of the ION light rail system, and many other events, June 2019 was a busy summertime for everybody. Read more
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Sorry, Bay Area, but Drake may be onto something
27 June 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Opinion, Uncategorized, View from the 'Loo
Toronto is North America’s fourth largest and fastest growing market for tech workers. It is in the position to build a new and improved global tech corridor. There are multiple factors for this, such… Read more
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Tech for good, the finale: Find your true north
20 June 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News, True North
True North 2019 was an exciting event filled with thinkers and doers committed to making the world a better place. The event wrapped up with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, speaking… Read more
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True North 2019, Day 1: A crucial conversation continues
19 June 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News, True North, Uncategorized
True North 2019, the global-in-scale, two-day follow-on to last year’s conference about “tech for good,” kicked off. Attendees heard from various members of the global tech community focusing on the three… Read more
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True North 2019: The curtain is set to rise
18 June 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
True North 2019, Communitech’s show-stopping conference about “tech for good,” will welcome 2,500 attendees from around the world for two days of transformative discussion about the intersection of technology… Read more
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Antonio Zappulla on how tech is making a difference
06 June 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Antonio Zappulla is the CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, an internationally-minded organization that seeks ways to harness technology to solve human problems and improve lives the world over. Zappulla… Read more
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Conestoga College to open campus in Kitchener core
31 May 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
With increased demand, Conestoga College decided to open a new downtown Kitchener campus at the former Market Square mall, at the corner of King and Frederick streets. The college announced that it has… Read more
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From Waterloo to Rideau Hall: Q & A with Jad Saliba
29 May 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Jad Saliba was presented with a Governor General’s Innovation Award in Ottawa. Saliba took a few minutes last week to answer some questions from Communitech News in the wake of learning, on May 13, that… Read more
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ApplyBoard closes CDN$55 million Series B
27 May 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
ApplyBoard has had a busy few weeks, and now to top it off they announced new funding. ApplyBoard, the one-stop startup for international students seeking admission to schools across North America, announced… Read more