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Surviving BlackBerry and other stories: how Ted Livingston built a unicorn in Waterloo Region
08 October 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Event recaps, Featured, Small to Mid Size
Ted Livingston, co-founder and CEO of Kik Interactive, gives a talk at the University of Waterloo about Kik's journey, and the legal troubles they faced with BlackBerry. Read more
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Vidyard acquires Switch Merge to make video marketing personal
07 October 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
The acquisition brings Switch Merge's technology to the Vidyard platform, which saw 16 times as many click-throughs during testing. Read more
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Art and tech intersect at Fluxible 2015
30 September 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Fluxible wraps the fourth instalment of its festival in the Waterloo Region, gathering UX professionals from across the region. Read more
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Palette takes top honour at UX Design Awards in Berlin
30 September 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, News, Startups
Palette beats out 9 other innovators at the UX Design Awards, taking home the top prize. Read more
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1,000 students descend on UW for Hack the North 2015
19 September 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Ecosystem, Featured
The Hack the North team gets flooded with applications from around the world. Their event is huge, with sponsors from almost every major tech company in Silicon Valley. By the first day, they are already… Read more
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Thomson Reuters Labs to launch data innovation space at Communitech Hub
16 September 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, News, Startups
Humans are creating data at an unprecedented rate. Thomson Reuters decided to launch a data innovation space in Communitech as one of the leading sources of professional information in the world. Read more
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Sober Steering named a top 10 startup at L.A. Auto Show expo
14 September 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, News, Startups
Sober Steering was named one of the top 10 startups by L.A. Auto Show's CCE. Read more
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Open Data Exchange collaborates with ThinkData Works to advance Canada’s open data
21 August 2015 | By Samantha Clark in: Data driven innovation
Canadian Open Data Exchange (ODX) announced a partnership with ThinkData Works. This will provide access to Canada’s open data to Canadian companies, researchers and the public. Read more
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Kik valued at $1 billion after $50-million investment from Tencent
18 August 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Kik has reached a $1 billion valuation after a Series D investment from Tencent. Read more
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Open Data Exchange set to unlock significant opportunities for companies
20 May 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Data driven innovation
ODX is a joint initiative from various parties with $6 million funding that hopes to create real-world applications with open data. Read more