Vancouver’s BroadbandTV (BBTV) has a new partnership with Snapchat. The deal will see two of BBTV’s content owners, Chris Staples and Sheamus, take part in Snapchat’s new Creator Shows program, first-person, personality driven Shows in regularly published and consistent formats. Like all Shows on Snapchat, each episode will average three to five minutes in length […]
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Andrew Reid at it Again as Rival Raises over $8.5 Million
Vancouver’s Rival Technologies announced today that it has raised over $8.5 million from Canadian investors. The new funding, which was double its venture-capital funding target, will be used to continue developing the company’s Chat Lab platform and expanding Reach3 Insights, Rival’s sister company under parent Reid Campbell Group. Rival Technologies and Reach3 Insights were founded […]
Vancouver Leaps in Rankings of Best Cities for Tech Jobs
Commercial real estate firm CBRE has released their 2019 Tech Talent Analyzer and it bodes well for Vancouver. The annual report includes a yearly ranking of the 50 best markets for tech talent based on factors such as labor costs and the percent of jobs in a city that are tech-related. While hotspots such as […]
City of Vancouver Approves Pacific Centre Apple Store Development
A development application for a Vancouver Apple flagship store on the site of the existing CF Pacific Centre glass rotunda has been approved. According to Business in Vancouver, the City of Vancouver’s Development Permit Board passed a proposal to replace the glass rotunda at 701 West Georgia Street — the northeast corner of the intersection […]
Amazon Web Services Announces Cloud Innovation Centre at UBC
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of a Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) at the University of British Columbia, the first of its kind in Canada. Part of an ongoing relationship between AWS and UBC, the CIC will provide students, staff, and faculty access to cloud technology to advance projects, along with training on […]
Recon’s Dan Eisenhardt Launches Augmented Reality Swim Goggles
Vancouver has new player in the wearable tech pool. Sports technology startup Form Swim has developed a pair of swim goggles that allow athletes to view performance metrics underwater while competing. The goggles use a see-through augmented reality display that can show you how you are doing in a timed race in real time. Developed […]
B.C. Government Gives Ride Hailing Services Go Ahead for September 16th
Uber and Lyft could be operating on B.C. roads as early as September 16th, according to the provincial government, which announced today its regulations on licensing and insurance for ride hailing will be in effect as of that date. Ride hailing companies would first need to apply for permission to operate through the Passenger Transportation […]
BC Technology Impact Award Winners Announced
The winners of the 2019 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) were announced last night at a sold-out, gala event at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Produced by the BC Tech Association, the awards represent the cream of an impressive crop of innovative ventures fuelling unprecedented growth and global competitiveness across BC. Now in its 26th year of […]
Navigating Vancouver’s Technology Ecosystem
Tech Vancouver returns on July 9th. Themed Navigating Vancouver’s Technology Ecosystem, the event promises to teach you how to successfully grow your career, launch a startup, and raise venture capital in Vancouver. Among the speakers will be Colin Harris, Fellow and Founding Partner of Creative Destruction Lab. Come out to discover the ins and outs of […]
Canadian Government Invests $25 Million in Carbon Engineering
The Government of Canada has invested $25 million in Squamish’s Carbon Engineering, a clean energy company that specializes in technologies that capture and reuse carbon dioxide. The investment highlights Canada’s support for cleantech innovations and the government’s commitment to deploy technologies supporting a low carbon economy. The announcement was made by Jonathon Wilkinson, Minister of […]