Amazon today announced its continued investment in British Columbia’s economy and Metro Vancouver through an expansion that includes five new buildings: a fulfillment centre, sortation centre and three delivery stations. The investment will create more than 2,000 safe jobs with competitive pay, industry-leading benefits and career growth opportunities starting on day one. “We’re thrilled to […]
WELL Health Is First Canadian Telehealth Platform To Offer Health Records On iPhone
WELL Health now allows patients to safely view and store their available medical records in the Health app on their iPhone with their privacy protected. The Health Records feature is available within Apple’s Health app, available for download from the App Store. Patients can access Health Records from within the Health app and can download […]
Innovate BC Awards $325,000 To Three B.C. Aquaculture Innovations
Innovate BC and the B.C. government announced the award of $325,000 to three BC aquaculture innovations in yesterday’s inaugural Aquaculture Innovation Awards event. Top 10 finalists, selected through a rigorous judging process, pitched at the online awards event and then responded to questions from selected customer advisors. The customer advisors could see first-hand upstream innovations […]
Electronic Arts Acquires Victoria’s Metalhead Software
Victoria’s Metalhead Software has been acquired by Electronic Arts. Metalhead is the developer of the fan-favorite Super Mega Baseball franchise. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Metalhead co-founders Scott Drader and Christian Zuger started the company in 2009, and have since developed Super Mega Baseball into a highly rated and beloved gaming franchise, with […]
Nano One Enters Into Development Agreement With Brazilian Niobium Producer CBMM
Burnaby’s Nano One has entered into an advanced lithium-ion battery cathode materials coating development agreement with Brazil’s CBMM, the global leader in the production and commercialization of niobium. Nano One is a clean technology company with a patented low carbon intensity process for the production of low cost, high-performance cathode materials used in lithium-ion batteries. […]
Procurify Lands Two Seasoned Tech Executives to Expedite Growth
Vancouver’s Procurify announced today that they have landed two significant hires from Canadian tech unicorn ApplyBoard and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Alicia Bedard, the former Senior Director of Marketing at ApplyBoard, has joined Procurify as the VP Marketing. Manohar Ganesan, former Senior Product Manager at Amazon, has joined as the VP Product and Engineering. Procurify […]
Food-X Technologies Commences Operations With Carrefour Group In Belgium
Online grocery fulfillment platform Food-X Technologies has reached an important milestone in its strategic partnership with Carrefour Group with the commencement of operations of Carrefour’s new e-commerce fulfillment centre in Belgium. In October 2020, Carrefour’s Willebroek warehouse was completely empty. Barely seven months later, Carrefour Belgium can proudly announce that its new e-commerce distribution center […]
East Side Games Announces Partnership with Game Masons
East Side Games (ESG) has entered into a multi-year publishing and IdleKit partnership agreement with Santa Barbara’s Game Masons for the global release of a mobile game on iOS and Android. Game Masons is a trailblazer in the mobile esports world and is best known for the Mini Golf Stars game series which has combined […]
Thinkific Launches the App Store For Online Course Creators
Newly publicly traded Thinkific Labs announced the official launch of the Thinkific App Store today. Thinkific’s App Store is the first marketplace of its kind to address the surging online course industry, and an ambitious new component of Thinkific’s growing commerce ecosystem. The Vancouver-headquartered company virtually rang the opening bell at the Toronto Stock Exchange […]
CubicFarms, Damon Motorcycles, & PrecisionOS Receive Fast Company World Changing Ideas Awards
Three Vancouver companies have been recognized by Fast Company magazine with a 2021 Fast Company World Changing Idea Award. CubicFarms, Damon Motors, and PrecisionOS were all recognized with Honorable Mentions. The Fast Company World Changing Ideas Awards honor the businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to pursuing innovation when it comes […]