Showing all articles in the Featured category
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Participation: Essential fuel for new-age cities
15 October 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured
Smart cities need people like Anna Beard. She blogged a civil, measured critique of Day 1, noting that for all that was said about their importance, millennials (the under-34 cohort) seemed under-represented… Read more
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New appathon aims to unlock value of government data
11 October 2013 | By Communitech in: Featured
The Canadian government will hold an appathon for developers to capitalize on vast amounts of information stored in government databases. The intention is to mirror the success of other nation's appathons,… Read more
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Weather challenges could be opportunities for smart cities
10 October 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured
Flood-control and power-grid investments are expensive, but Hoornweg, who is also Ontario’s chief safety and risk officer, said Toronto and its neighbours in the Greater Golden Horseshoe already have measures… Read more
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CityAge conference explores the big ideas that make city living attractive
09 October 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured
Municipal governments planning attractive urban centres would do well to satisfy Generation Y and they should also build urban features appreciated by women, who will make up two-thirds of the white-collar… Read more
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CityAge conference Oct. 9-10 looks at challenges, opportunities of urbanization
03 October 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured
We are trying to integrate planning and transportation infrastructure. Economic development is intimately related to planning issues and infrastructure issues. The real premise underlying CityAge is that… Read more
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Techtoberfest adds rock-star keynotes to lineup
27 September 2013 | By Meghan Kreller in: Featured
Find out more about the lineup of the Techtoberfest 2013, the two-day celebration of entrepreneurship Read more
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Communitech selected to join Google Tech Hub Network
25 September 2013 | By Communitech in: Featured
Communitech became part of an exclusive Google for Entrepreneurs Tech Hub Network. Comprised of seven hubs throughout North America, the network will support entrepreneurs and provide a stimulus for local… Read more
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BlackBerry sale an opportunity to refocus, tech leaders say
25 September 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
A sale of BlackBerry would offer a break from the spotlight that shines on the company’s every move, but would also allow it to return to where it began. It’s an opportunity for BlackBerry to focus on… Read more
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Where there’s light: P & P Optica broadens uses of spectrometry
24 September 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
P&P Optica is in the spectrometry business, developing better devices for reading the light signatures that compounds and elements give off. The heart of P&P’s success lies inside those discs: A thin layer… Read more
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Breaking fast
24 September 2013 | By Briton Burgio in: Featured, Startups
UpStart Breakfast Series returns Wednesday Oct 2! To kick off the season, we have Jonathan Grover from iNotForProfit, Nick Miller from ESL Explorer (Communitech HYPERDRIVE Alumni) and Trevor Orton from… Read more