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Desire2Learn Named One of “Canada’s Top 100 Employers for Young People”
0By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
Canadian start up, Desire2Learn, released a statement on September 25 that it had been included in Canada's Top 100 Employers for Young People list. The Waterloo based firm is a global leader in cloud learning solutions for higher education, K-12 and large corporations a...
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Meet Alfa, the Incredible Cardboard Bicycle That Can Support Over 400lbs and Costs $9-$12
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 26th, 2012 | Gadgets, Health, Living
An incredibly gifted machine designer and devout bicycle enthusiast named Izhar Gafni has created a bike that is 100% recycled and fortified to be stronger than carbon fiber. The designer, who has created machines in the past that have sewn shoes and peeled pomegranates, became fascinated with the idea of using recycled cardboard to build a bike after hearing that someone had used the material to ...
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SAIL Capital Advisory Board Welcomes Former Toronto Mayor
By: Talha Bhatti | September 25th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
David Miller, former mayor of Toronto and clean technology advocate, has joined the Advisory Board of SAIL Capital Partners, a global investor in clean technologies. Miller's inclusion into the board is not by chance and the former Canadian Mayor has had extensive experience in the field of clean tech when he was selected to chair th...
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Uber Free! Taxi Service Start-Up Uber is Giving Free Taxi Rides in Toronto Today
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 25th, 2012 | Android, Cars, iOS, Living, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Whether you call Toronto home or just happen to be visiting this week, the city has been a little more awesome the past two days. Smartphone based taxi and limo service Uber is providing unlimited free rides around the city until 11:59 tonight as part of a promotion to reward current users and attract future ones in the nation’s largest city. ...
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Telly Labs Raises $13 Million in Funding to Bring Skype to Your TV
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 25th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Living
The company behind an innovative device that allows you to Skype chat from your television has raised $13 Million in new funding from Comcast Ventures and DCM. The news came by way of an SEC filing. Telly Labs flagship product is the aptly named TelyHD. The camera plugs into your...
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Facebook Launches Organ Donor Feature in Canada
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 23rd, 2012 | Health, Living, News, O Canada, Social Media
At the beginning of May this year, Facebook introduced an incredible feature that allowed organ donors to connect with those requiring transplants. The noble initiative leverages the vast reach of Facebook’s user base and was inspired by Mark Zuckerberg’s relationship with his wife, a current medical student as well as his relationship wi...
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Burberry’s Renovated Flagship Store is a Digitally Integrated Marvel
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 23rd, 2012 | Living, News
With a deep and rich history, Burberry is considered and recognized as an iconic luxury fashion brand. Its flagship store located on London’s famed Regent Street has recently undergone a thorough renovation that ...
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VIDEO: Must See Lego Machine is So Awesome it Hurts
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 22nd, 2012 | Gadgets, Living
We have two quick questions for you before we proceed further. Do you like Lego? Do you like awesome? If you answered an emphatic yes to both of those queries than we have got something glorious to share with you. Meet the Lego Great Ball Contraption a labour of love for Lego legend Akiyuki. Built in his home, the project totaled 600 hours of dedicated construction time and i...
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VIDEO: Meet Baxter – The Robot Set to Turn Manufacturing on its Head
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 22nd, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Living, News
Created as the brainchild of a living legend in the robotics world Rodney Brooks, Baxter is the next generation of industrial robots. At six feet tall and 300 pounds, the machine is capable of expressing what it is doing thanks to a screen that serves as its face. A digital pair of eyes is capable of looking concerned when the mach...
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Canadian Government Introduces a New Visa for Foreign Entrepreneurs
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 22nd, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
In an attempt to be forward thinking and attract world class talent, Canada has introduced a new class of visa that is geared towards entrepreneurs in the hope that they will launch successful start-ups in Canada. The visa is to be issued to people who are identified by venture capitalists as being strong candidates to launch and grow start-ups in Canada. The only requirement is that ...
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