Showing all articles by author: Craig Daniels
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At TextNow, make a hiring referral, earn a $13K bonus
24 July 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
TextNow, a Waterloo-based company that offers mobile phone and Internet service, know how difficult it is to find talent in the Waterloo region. Therefore, they are offering $13,000 to employees who make… Read more
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IBM Innovation Incubator launches at Communitech Data Hub
19 July 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Announcements, Ecosystem, Featured, News
Communitech, IBM, and the provincial government come together to unveil the IBM Innovation Incubator. The incubator aims to help small-to-medium startups launch new tech while leveraging big data. Read more
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Sandvine accepts takeover bid by Francisco Partners
17 July 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Announcements, Ecosystem, Featured, News
Sandvine CEO, Dave Caputo, speaks in an interview after the acquisition of Sandvine by private equity firm Francisco Partners in a deal worth CAD$562 million. Read more
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ComIT: A classroom, a helping hand, and newfound programming skills
13 July 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
ComIT co-founder Pablo Listingart brings the tech class program from South America to Canada. The ComIT program provides IT training to individuals who otherwise wouldn't have been able to afford formal… Read more
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Two-day 'WEiRED' conference aims to advance role of women entrepreneurs
15 June 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News
WEiRED, Women Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Regional Ecosystem Development is having a conference that seeks to advance the role of women entrepreneurs. Read more
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The Kin revolution, in Kik CEO Ted Livingston's own words
08 June 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, News, View from the ‘Loo
Kik CEO Ted Livingston has announced this week that Kik plans to roll out a cryptocurrency based on blockchain and the architecture for a payment-and-value ecosystem based on that currency. Read more
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Growth, fit keys to Sandvine's $483M deal with Vector: Caputo
30 May 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Dave Caputo, CEO of Waterloo-based internet traffic management company Sandvine discusses the company's $483 million deal with Vector, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. Read more
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The wildcard in a world of Transformative Tech: People
25 May 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
Transformative Tech – Winners and Losers was an event organized by Communitech and hosted by Steve Patterson, host of CBC Radio's The Debaters. A common theme among the speakers was technology as it relates… Read more
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Blockchain goes mainstream as Kik unveils cryptocurrency 'Kin'
25 May 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
The Waterloo-based social messaging service Kik has announced its own cryptocurrency called Kin which is built on the Ethereum blockchain and is to be embedded in the Kik messaging app. Read more
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Premier pledges high-speed rail for Toronto-Waterloo Corridor by 2025
19 May 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne has promised to build a high-speed rail line along the Toronto-Windsor corridor with a stop in Waterloo region. The first phase of the project which would span downtown Toronto… Read more