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First look at SAS Viya’s new cloud analytics applications

Brian Jackson -
Cary, N.C.-based analytics software firm SAS Institute announced on Monday that its Viya cloud platform is ready to ship and showcased two solutions that...

Sharing economy: It’s a wild ride but it’s here to stay, says Zipcar co-founder

Christine Wong -
One of the sharing economy's global innovators came to Canada on Tuesday to proclaim that the trend is not only here to stay, but...

How Thalmic Labs’ open source approach helped a man regain use of his arm

Brian Jackson -
When Thalmic Labs made the decision to go open source with its Myo arm band, it probably never imagined that doing so would lead...

Jewelbots: girl power packaged in an Arduino wearable

Jackie Atkins -
The future of the technology industry is in the hands of tween girls, according to the founders of Jewelbots, a new startup that is...

Microsoft acquires firm dedicated to building on open-source code

Brian Jackson -
Microsoft Corp. is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to embracing the open-source community and acquiring Mountain View, Calif.-based Revolution...

New Toronto accelerator seeks ‘Bitcoin 2.0’

Brian Jackson -
The Toronto-based Bitcoin Decentral building that's become the hub for everything related to cryptocurrency in Canada announced today a new accelerator program dedicated to...

Could BlackBerry learn from WebOS’ open source life support system?

Brian Jackson -
You can't help but wonder if we're seeing the last days of the BlackBerry platform as an active and healthy member of the mobility...

Get more out of your Canon dSLR with open source software

Brian Jackson -
It doesn't take long working with video until you realize the most critical quality element is also a counterintuitive lesson in production. The most...

AVG snags Canadian CEO from Mozilla

Brian Jackson -
Amsterdam-based security software vendor AVG Technologies N.V. has a new head honcho - Canadian Gary Kovacs will be the firm's new CEO and managing...

Why I did the open interview that TechCrunch wouldn’t do

Brian Jackson -
As a journalist, its pretty common to be conducting interviews on a daily  basis and I've done hundreds in my career, but interviewing Chad...

Gittip takes ‘open source’ to new levels, finds limits

Brian Jackson -
Pittsburgh-based entrepreneur Chad Whitacre is approaching his online cash gift-giving startup with an earnest interpretation of being transparent. The founder uses volunteer coders as his...

Expensify offers to reimburse your employees with Bitcoins

Brian Jackson -
In a world where cash is king, where does a digital currency rank? Highly enough for San Francisco-based Expensify to support it, apparently. The firm...

How to scale your video sharing service to handle 6 million users in 30 days

Brian Jackson -
Who doesn’t have time to watch a 36 second long video? Not many people it turns out, as the Toronto-based video sharing service Keek...

Upverter makes electrical design social

Brian Jackson -
Cloud-based product for engineers and hobbyists is like Google Docs for hardware design.

Big data a ‘Holy Grail’ of opportunity for startups in cloud era

Brian Jackson -
Feature story: Venture capitalists are funding startups that can help businesses turn the massive amount of data at their finger tips into decision-making action items. But the big data revolution was born almost a decade ago.
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