Showing all articles by author: Craig Daniels
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View from the 'Loo: Giving shape to the smart city
18 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Opinion, View from the 'Loo
Is IoT, more specifically smart cities the next big technological 'thing'? Many cities are starting to implement 'smarter' technologies into their cities. City of Kitchener late last November opened its… Read more
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OpenText: Made in Canada, proud of it
10 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Enterprise, Featured, News
With 2017 revenues of US$2.3 billion and 10,000 employees in 40 countries, OpenText is now one of the most important, influential and global software companies in the world. But OpenText will remain a… Read more
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Thinking big at Catalyst137
06 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Catalyst137 has been transformed from a former tire and footwear warehouse into the largest space for hardware manufacturing and development in the world. The brand concept is a facility where the makers… Read more
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Tech Roundup for June 2018
01 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Monthly tech roundup
This month, Miovision announced "the world's smartest intersection" in Detroit. Closer to home, Stratford announced a smart parking pilot project. Waterloo companies, such as Dozr and Applyboard, raised… Read more
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ApplyBoard: putting students at the head of the class
28 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
ApplyBoard’s web-based AI portal streamlines the process of applying for university, college and high school for international students. ApplyBoard announced a US$13 million Series A raise, led by Silicon… Read more
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Stratford rolls out smart parking program
28 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Parking in Downtown Stratford in the summer is near impossible. Solving this problem requires hard data, so last autumn the city installed small sensors in their parking spaces and the real-time results… Read more
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Wawanesa Insurance launches Innovation Outpost
21 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Wawanesa Insurance cut the ribbon on its new Innovation Outpost at Communitech and simultaneously announced a partnership with a local startup, ProNavigator – leveraging a new, local relationship with… Read more
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Makingspace.tech: Home for tech's LGBTQ+ community
19 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Makingspace.tech is a fledgling organization that aims to “carve out safer spaces and curate them for the underrepresented groups in technology.” In short, it exists to give LGBTQ+ individuals who work… Read more
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Interac lifts curtain on innovation lab
19 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Interac officially opened its lab’s doors with a lunchtime event at Area 151. Debbie Gamble, Vice-President of Digital Products and Platforms said that the proximity of those other corporate companies,… Read more
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Ideas: Innovation tailor made for the military
13 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
The Government of Canada rolled out a 20-year, $1.6-billion program designed to efficiently target problems faced by branches of the Canadian security establishment. The program called IDEaS, invites the… Read more