Showing all articles by author: Trish Crompton
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Dandy launches event-focused update to Picture This app
28 May 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Speaking with Matt Scobel on the launch of Dandy's new update which expands the original Picture This app to include events integration, helping to generate good photography from events. Read more
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Top tech reporter Matt Hartley offers parting advice to startups on pitching to media
21 May 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Matt Hartley, outgoing editor of the Financial Post Tech Desk, shares his insights on how startups should pitch to media, and on Waterloo Region’s tech scene. Read more
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Wearables, 3D printing and making showcased at Intel’s Digifest Family Day
12 May 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
Intel’s Family Day event Saturday at the Digifest in Toronto, a three-day conference focused on digital creativity, was all fun and games, exposing children to technology through workshops and interactive… Read more
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More than a pipe dream: Invisivision sets out to disrupt Hollywood
08 May 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Invisivision, aptly named PipeDream Interactive, gives attendees an opportunity to experience the next extension of 3D technology, allowing multiple viewers to see alternate perspectives simultaneously. Read more
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Bigger than a billion: Duncan McDowell on how AngelPad changed his startup’s perspective
05 May 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Four months ago we chatted with Duncan McDowell as he finished his stint working for Communitech and prepared with his startup colleagues, for New York and AngelPad. Their company, formerly known as Decision.io,… Read more
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Frustration inspires ‘world’s best, most beautiful’ USB hub
02 May 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Frustrated with what was available on the market, James Morrison, founder of Ara Innovation, designed the AraHub – what he calls “the world’s best, most beautiful USB hub” – and launched it on Kickstarter. Read more
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From robots to paintings, makers do it all
23 April 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
Transcending all other titles is the simple title of maker – applied to those who create things for their form, function, or to simply explore. Telling someone that you’re a maker, that it implies you’re… Read more
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Film on local startup community earns cheers from packed house
15 April 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Startup Community, a film by local photographer Taylor Jackson, was a startup in its own sense. The film raised questions about what is left to be done and what lies ahead – namely, bigger companies and… Read more
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Spirit of artful collaboration shines on Hyphen-U of G partnership
04 April 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
A new partnership between Christie Digtal's Hyphen division and the University of Guelph is helping to create art installations like Christian Giroux's installation called Nyctophilia in the Mt. Dennis… Read more
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Velocity startup PiinPoint announces Y Combinator backing
24 March 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
PiinPoint received funding from Y Combinator as the seventh Waterloo Region startup to complete the prestigious California-based accelerator program. Their software, which has been likened to “Google Analytics… Read more