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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
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M-Theory: Curiouser and curiouser: team building lessons from Rob Drimmie
19 December 2013 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Rob Drimmie, Development Manager at Apps Factory shares how he builds teams with co-op students who are just gaining work experience for the first time. Read more
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All hands on deck: Laurier researcher and DATA.BASE take a close look at port traffic
13 December 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
Michael Haughton is a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University who has recently teamed up with Communitech's DATA.BASE program to track the data behind ship movements and make harbours more efficient. Read more
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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
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HYPERDRIVE companies shine brightly in New York City
10 December 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Startups
New York City glittered last week. The Communitech HYPERDRIVE cohort, in town for meetings and events, sparkled while in New York City, but this was no holiday. The five companies were here to hustle.… Read more
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Attack of the green monster: DATA.BASE partner takes on algae threat
05 December 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
A local company now partnered with Communitech’s DATA.BASE program has joined the fight against algae blooms that sap waterways of oxygen and threaten other forms of aquatic life.The Centre for Community… Read more
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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
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Mapping methane, the mystery greenhouse gas
03 December 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
Whiteway was testing the level of methane gas in the air in Fort McMurray, using a spectrometer he had created in the lab at his Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science at York, in collaboration… Read more
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Government launches Concierge Service to connect entrepreneurs to federal support
02 December 2013 | By Communitech in: Featured, Startups
The Canadian government has launched a new Concierge Service to help connect entrepreneurs with information, advice and support programs for small and mid-sized businesses. The service, will make it easier… Read more
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Sounds like a plan: New audio courses focus on modern tech tools
25 November 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured
Egan and Gray are setting out to start an innovative education program at the soon-to-launch Kitchener Studio Project (KSP), teaching the hands-on courses using readily available software popular on today’s… Read more