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BC Hydro website contractor related to company that oversaw troubled ObamaCare rollout

BC Hydro website contractor related to company that oversaw troubled ObamaCare rollout

Ottawa-based CGI Information Systems contracted to maintain Hydro website that crashed during weekend windstorm
B.C. banknote security firm prepares to ramp up nanotechnology after raising $2.6m

B.C. banknote security firm prepares to ramp up nanotechnology after raising $2.6m

For any counterfeiter looking to pass off fake money as legit, Doug Blakeway has a couple of untapped ideas about how to stop them:Banknotes implanted with nanotechnology, bills printed with pinhead-sized images at maximum resolution or even coins that can store of data.
Firm helps doctors, patients with data-sharing technology

Firm helps doctors, patients with data-sharing technology

B.C. technology company Equicare Health Inc. finds success in U.S. market with system that processes and summarizes complex medical information
Profile of Pete Smyth, CEO, Iamota

Profile of Pete Smyth, CEO, Iamota

Founder helps company lead Vancouver’s digital pack
How companies can harness the art of split testing to improve their online business

How companies can harness the art of split testing to improve their online business

A while ago we wrote about testing being one of the biggest Internet marketing secrets. However, that secret doesn’t just apply to online businesses. Testing is now ubiquitous, and it is becoming a new way of doing business.
Life Lessons: Kate Hiscox, Venzee

Life Lessons: Kate Hiscox, Venzee

A serial entrepreneur has learned to do her homework before starting a new business
PayPal partners with Vancouver startup Control for mobile app

PayPal partners with Vancouver startup Control for mobile app

A B.C. tech startup is partnering with PayPal to create a mobile app geared not toward consumers, but merchants who want to monitor online payments remotely.
Canada’s Valeant Pharmaceuticals buys maker of female libido pill Addyi

Canada’s Valeant Pharmaceuticals buys maker of female libido pill Addyi

Quebec-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals is prepared to pony up US$1 billion to acquire the makers of the Addyi drug — otherwise known as the “female Viagra” pill.
PlentyOfFish, Peer 1 founders lead $10.2m funding round for Grouplend

PlentyOfFish, Peer 1 founders lead $10.2m funding round for Grouplend

The CEO and founder of online dating service PlentyOfFish is keeping busy after agreeing to sell his company for US$575 million in July.
Surrey puts supercomputer to work

Surrey puts supercomputer to work

In first-of-its-kind program, City of Surrey uses IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence as part of app to streamline business services