Technology

Green advancements transform print industry

A Vancouver company that specializes in technology that allows software programs to communicate with each has been acquired by CA Technologies (Nasdaq:CA).

Grade 11 physics students at Riverside secondary school are the first in Canada to participate in a digital education pilot project with Samsung

Pharmaceutical giant Merck will provide $4 million to fund life sciences research centres in B.C., Ontario and Quebec, the company announced today.

Two-thirds of British Columbians use Facebook at least once per week and half use it daily, according to an online survey conducted by pollster Insights West and Internet marketing company 6S Marketing.

Stonehouse Capital Management's attempted boardroom coup at Intrinsyc Software International Inc. (TSX:ICS) has resulted in the software company preemptively shuffling its board on April 17.

Vancouver biotech RepliCel Life Sciences Inc. (OTCBB:REPCF)(CNSX:RP) has received a United States patent for its technology related to hair regeneration, the company announced this morning.

In the wake of a recent debacle in which Vancouver's Lululemon Athletica Inc. (Nasdaq: LULU; TSX:LLL) had to recall a shipment of pants that turned out to be see-through, the yogawear maker has launched a free app for iPhone to help users keep in touch with the world of yoga, according to technology blog Techvibes.com.

Genome BC-CDRD partnership accelerating commercialization

The rapidly shrinking QLT Inc. (TSX:QLT) announced on April 15 that it plans to distribute US$200 million cash to shareholders, or about $3.95 per share. The payout would go to shareholders of record on June 24 and be paid the next day.