by David H | Sep 14, 2015 | News
Several teams of hackers “got their bot on” at the MaRS center over the weekend as part of a robotics hackathon aimed at creating robots that promote healthy people and environments. Teams of four could choose either a beginner base kit with an Arduino or...
by David H | Sep 8, 2015 | News
Newsana, an online news aggregator aimed at getting experts to recommend news stories, has been bought by Toronto-based creative agency Relish Interactive. In a message to Newsana members Tuesday, Newsana co-founder Ben Peterson noted: Newsana is in good hands. Relish...
by David H | Sep 5, 2015 | News
Toronto’s Bubl Technology, the maker of a spherical camera for capturing 360-degree images and video, closed a $4.6 million seed round Wednesday. The round was led by Samsung Ventures, J-Tech Capital, and other unnamed investors. At the time of the funding...
by David H | Sep 3, 2015 | News
Don’t call MealSurfers “the Uber for food.” Co-founder Ali Jiwani says it’s more akin to Etsy It’s been extensively argued that the rise of the so-called “gig” economy has disadvantaged employees, who shoulder more risk and...
by David H | Aug 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
More than 400 people registered for the Tech Toronto Meetup in August for a variety of topics concerning the business of technology startups. Dessy Daskalov of Nudge Rewards, a mobile app that provides actionable data to businesses, explained that it was often cheaper...
