TELUS Health wants to revolutionize how Canadians experience wearable emergency support in Canada with their new TELUS Health Companion on Apple Watch. A 24/7 emergency monitoring service provided through TELUS Health’s LivingWell Companion national response service combined with the Apple Watch Fall Detection API and proactive monitoring functionalities, this new service enables more Canadians with […]
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FORM Smart Swim Goggles Available on Apple.com in Time for Holiday Shopping
Vancouver’s FORM announced today that their Smart Swim Goggles are now available for purchase on Apple.com. Apple represents a significant channel win for the direct-to-consumer sports technology and comes soon after FORM’s launch of open water features through a free firmware update in the summer of 2020. Through the update, swimmers can view real-time GPS […]
Amazon Takes On More Office Space in Vancouver
Amazon is ramping up in Vancouver and has leased space in one of the city’s most anticipated office towers. According to Bloomberg, the e-commerce giant has leased 120,000 square feet from co-working firm IWG at 400 West Georgia. The short-term deal gives Amazon room to grow and continue to hire in the city while its […]
Apple Plans to Open Office in Westbank’s Glitzy Vancouver Tower
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is planning to open an office in the futuristic tower going up at 400 West Georgia. Apple will join Deloitte and IWG’s co-working brand Spaces as key tenants in the new development from Westbank and Allied Properties, occupying two floors. 400 West Georgia is a 24-storey office […]
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 […]
What Would It Be Like To Be Acquired by Apple Or PayPal?
TechVancouver is back for an April edition with two huge acquisition stories from our hometown. In a session titled “The truth about startup exits”, Dennis Pilarinos and Lisa Shields shed light on what it is like to be acquired by Apple and PayPal respectively. Pilarinos is the co-founder of buddybuild and Shields founded Hyperwallet. Buddybuild […]