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Ted Livingston on growth
16 November 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Podcast
The first episode of the Communitech Podcast features a conversation between Mike Kirkup, Director of University of Waterloo's Velocity program, and Ted Livingston, co-founder and CEO of Kik Interactive. Read more
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Remembrance Day: O2 Canada's pollution mask inspired by the past
11 November 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Videos
Peter Whitby, CEO of O2 Canada shares his perspective on wartime technology, focusing on the people who make shelters, shields and masks. Read more
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Plum wins Buffalo startup prize, sets sights on U.S. market
30 October 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured
The Waterloo Region tech company Plum won a prize of $250,000 from a Buffalo-based business competition called 43North. They were chosen as one of 11 winners from 11,000 applicants. Read more
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Toronto, Kitchener mayors speak out on need for better rail
09 October 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Ecosystem, Featured, Videos
Toronto Mayor John Tory and Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic meet to discuss the connectivity between the two cities and its impact on the tech ecosystem. Read more
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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