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National Hockey League broadcaster aiming to score big with 'second screen' experience

National Hockey League broadcaster aiming to score big with 'second screen' experience

Rogers Communication has hired a Vancouver company to develop an app fans can use as they watch games — a trend other local developers are jumping on
Hootsuite closes US$60m financing round, acquires social telephony company

Hootsuite closes US$60m financing round, acquires social telephony company

Vancouver’s Hootsuite has completed a US$60 million round of financing, the company announced September
Four Metro Vancouver-based companies take home Canada Post e-commerce awards

Four Metro Vancouver-based companies take home Canada Post e-commerce awards

Confirming the city’s growing reputation as a tech force to be reckoned with, four Metro Vancouver-based companies took home awards in Canada Post’s third annual E-Commerce Innovation Awards September 23
SFU Burnaby campus breaks ground on $4.4m observatory project

SFU Burnaby campus breaks ground on $4.4m observatory project

Ground has finally broken on a $4.4 million observatory project at Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus. Orginally slated for completion in August 2014, construction on the Trottier Observatory is expected to last into February 2015.
DarkVision Technologies scores $100,000 prize at BCIC-New Ventures competition

DarkVision Technologies scores $100,000 prize at BCIC-New Ventures competition

Night vision and artificial skin tissue seem like features one would find on superheroes or cyborgs.
Clean-tech firms cash in on BC Hydro incentives

Clean-tech firms cash in on BC Hydro incentives

Just because BC Hydro is a utilities company doesn’t mean the Crown corporation wants customers racking up large bills, according to smart meter program manager Ken Bell.
How I Did It: Harry Chemko

How I Did It: Harry Chemko

Early move to cloud was smart move for e-commerce platform developer
Vancouver-based Tekmira’s Ebola treatment fast-tracked by FDA

Vancouver-based Tekmira’s Ebola treatment fast-tracked by FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is fast-tracking an experimental Ebola treatment developed by a Vancouver-based pharmaceutical company.
B.C. startups vie for $300,000 in funding with 3D-printed skin, B2B solutions

B.C. startups vie for $300,000 in funding with 3D-printed skin, B2B solutions

Though AppBridge was only incorporated nine months ago, Cam Wallin’s Vancouver-based startup is already taking in revenue from sales of and services provided by its beta software.
Vancouver’s Invoke Media merges with its own spinoff, Invoke Labs

Vancouver’s Invoke Media merges with its own spinoff, Invoke Labs

The business and brand accelerator that helped launch Hootsuite is merging with one of its own spinoffs. Invoke Media announced September 16 it was joining up with Invoke Labs, a tech startup accelerator that split off from the company in 2012.