Showing all articles in the category
Showing all articles by author:
-
HYPERDRIVE grad makes Dandy debut at CES
06 January 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Niger Little-Poole, a second-year student at Columbia University, won the Dandy 60 Day Challenge for his app called PictureThis which he said is "like a scavenger hunt meets Instagram meets Reddit." Read more
-
View from the 'Loo in review: Toasting a fantastic 2013
19 December 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
A look-back at 2013 at Communitech, including highlights from BlackBerry, Thalmic Labs, and eSentire, as well as Communitech programs and events. Read more
-
View from the 'Loo: BufferBox one year after the Google acquisition
12 December 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
Mike McCauley co-founded BufferBox, a student-led startup that was acquired by Google. He discusses the acquisition and the future of BufferBox. Read more
-
25 years of calculated risk pays off for Campana Systems
11 December 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
In 1988 Campana Systems Inc., an enterprise software provider focused on the healthcare and auto club industries was founded in Waterloo Region. Campana was a precursor to what is now a vibrant tech community… Read more
-
View from the 'Loo: Bring on the Waterloo Region-Toronto supercluster
05 December 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
Imagine the potential if we could build stronger links between our ecosystem and greater Toronto’s formidable innovation economy and Waterloo, strengthening both communities and those in between; an innovation… Read more
-
Job loss leads to new opportunity for Tech Jobs Connex client
04 December 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
Jim MacMillan left BlackBerry in late August, and it has since led him to his new role as a business systems consultant at Sun Life Financial. Right Management, Communitech and Tech Jobs Connex were fantastic… Read more
-
We Day shines on faces of future leaders; inspires BlackBerry volunteers
21 November 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
6,000 of the region’s youth danced in their seats Wednesday in celebration of We Day, which was created by Free The Children as a way to engage the younger generation and give them the power to change… Read more
-
How a shattered glass inspired an award-winning innovator
18 November 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Enterprise, Featured
Henry Luo found a clue that would help eliminate the discomfort of acoustic shock, but still leave the user aware of the relevance of the sound Read more
-
View from the 'Loo: The good word on government funding
14 November 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
Ontario’s $15-million pledge to fund Communitech over the next three years, and the federal government’s five-year, $8.75-million contribution to the Canadian Digital Media Network, Communitech’s national… Read more
-
View from the 'Loo: VeloCity Foundry to be a forge for hardware startups
07 November 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
The VeloCity Garage tech incubator is not exactly the place for people to be bending metal and drilling holes. That much became clear in 2012, when a student-led startup called BufferBox moved into the… Read more