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Microsoft acquires Maluuba in push to 'democratize AI'
13 January 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Enterprise, Featured, Multimedia, News, Startups, Videos
Microsoft acquires Maluuba and its technology that specializes in teaching machines to think and talk like people. Read more
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A first look at Canon Canada's new headquarters
22 December 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, News, Videos
Canon Canada has a new headquarters in Brampton and Communitech News went on a tour. Read more
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We Built This — TextNow
03 November 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, Videos
In this We Built This, we spotlight TextNow, a phone replacement app. Read more
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Techtoberfest 2016: a venture capitalist playground
20 October 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Event recaps, Featured, Videos
Techtoberfest 2016 just wrapped and it was full of events, attendees and venture capitalists. Read more
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Waterloo Innovation Summit 2016: Day 1 highlights
15 September 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
The first day of the Waterloo Innovation Summit, co-hosted by the University of Waterloo and Communitech included speakers such as Navdeep Bains, David Fransen, Feridun Hamdullahpur, Amanda Lang, Walter… Read more
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Real traction: Three years in, Tulip Retail kicks into growth mode
14 September 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Tulip Retail creates mobile technology that connects sales associates with their company and their customer. Tulip has offices in Kitchener, Toronto, and New York and is seeing significant growth. Read more
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Chamath Palihapitiya: Silicon Valley's social conscience
09 September 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Chamath Palihapitiya is the founder and CEO of Social Capital, whose mission is to advance humanity by solving the world's hardest promblems. The former Facebook senior executive is set to be a keynote… Read more
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Cultural revolution: Patty McCord on workplace innovation
31 August 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
Patty McCord, former chief talent officer at Netflix, and keynote speaker at the 2016 Waterloo Innovation Summit shares her thoughts on the role that employees play in innovation, disruption and growth. Read more
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We Built This — DOZR
24 August 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, Videos
DOZR was created out of the need to need to put sitting equipment to good use. Read more