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CoinTrader, company behind Vancouver’s first Bitcoin ATM, sold for $1.5m

CoinTrader, company behind Vancouver’s first Bitcoin ATM, sold for $1.5m

The Vancouver company responsible for the world’s first Bitcoin ATM is cashing in all its chips. CoinTrader.net — or Bitcoiniacs, as it’s also known by — has been acquired for $1.
Why Emily Carr University and Highline are matching students with tech startups

Why Emily Carr University and Highline are matching students with tech startups

The theory goes that people who are left-brain dominant are more logical and prone to the sciences, while those who are right-brain dominant are more intuitive and artsy.
Drones pave the way for easier roof inspections

Drones pave the way for easier roof inspections

Pilot turns unmanned aerial vehicle system into all-seeing roof inspectors
Are quantum laptops coming in the next 10 years?

Are quantum laptops coming in the next 10 years?

Quantum computers — which use subatomic particles to process complex calculations — may seem like something out of science fiction.
Water-technology sector tapping B.C.’s liquid assets

Water-technology sector tapping B.C.’s liquid assets

Small and medium enterprises cashing in on everything from farming the sea to cleaning waste water
PlentyOfFish hits 100 million users, releases revenue numbers for first time

PlentyOfFish hits 100 million users, releases revenue numbers for first time

When Markus Frind says the idea of finding love on a desktop computer is “quickly vanishing,” he’s not referring to a decline in online dating services.
B.C. clean tech companies receive $27 M in SDTC funding

B.C. clean tech companies receive $27 M in SDTC funding

Biggest recipient of federal funding is West Fraser Timber for lignin recovery project
Universities keep building, but tech disruptions will sink some

Universities keep building, but tech disruptions will sink some

Every time I visit UBC and see all those cranes relentlessly lifting new academic buildings into place, I wonder, “Why do they need all these buildings? Why do students keep coming out here, paying ever-higher tuition fees, when they could stay home
Music to their ears – Vancouver tech firms cash in on SXSW fest

Music to their ears – Vancouver tech firms cash in on SXSW fest

One Vancouver firm has raised $2 million from SXSW organizers for technology it has developed
Microsoft’s YouthSpark Live comes to Vancouver to draw in tech-minded students

Microsoft’s YouthSpark Live comes to Vancouver to draw in tech-minded students

Technology, says Sage Franch, really comes down to a couple of important building blocks — or are those Lego blocks? When she was 13 years old, Franch’s parents bought a Lego Mindstorms kit that allowed her to build robots that could be programmed us