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Here’s how to make your house smarter

Here’s how to make your house smarter

NYCE Control makes wireless sensors for the growing home-monitoring market
Vancouver software startup lands WestJet founder as chairman

Vancouver software startup lands WestJet founder as chairman

Vancouver software startup Jostle has followed up successful financing rounds by landing WestJet co-founder Don Bell as its chairman.
Vancouver firm develops restaurant reservation app for executive assistants

Vancouver firm develops restaurant reservation app for executive assistants

A Vancouver developer is launching a restaurant reservation app that specifically targets executive assistants, event planners and hotel concierge staff who need to book large groups for meals on their iPhones.
Feds announce $225m defence contract to Cascade Aerospace

Feds announce $225m defence contract to Cascade Aerospace

The federal government has announced a $225 million defence contract for Abbotsford's Cascade Aerospace Inc. – the amount for which took the company by surprise.
Electronic Arts has new Vue on music

Electronic Arts has new Vue on music

Gaming giant Electronic Arts has launched a new iPhone app that will help users match music to photos.
PC market plummets to historic lows in 2013’s first quarter

PC market plummets to historic lows in 2013’s first quarter

Global PC shipments are showing the steepest decline ever, a market intelligence firm reported today.
New Okanagan startup fights online bullying, stalking

New Okanagan startup fights online bullying, stalking

The brother of one of the founders of Club Penguin – the children’s virtual reality game that was sold to Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) for $350 million – has a new venture that will allow online game providers to analyze chat to determine if bullying, stalking or otherwise offensive chatting is occurring among players.
MDA to provide satellite tracking to detect oil discharges

MDA to provide satellite tracking to detect oil discharges

Richmond-based MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (TSX:MDA) has inked a US$1.7 million deal with the U.S. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to detect illegal discharges of oil from oceangoing vessels.
Emily Carr art school plugged into growing creative economy

Emily Carr art school plugged into growing creative economy

Vancouver’s Emily Carr University of Art + Design ‘leading the way’ by producing new generation of creative leaders
Vancouver firm rolls out off-the-rack video

Vancouver firm rolls out off-the-rack video

Cloud-based online video production company SoMedia rides video boom, prepares to file initial public offering