Technology

Softac’s QuakeTrip detects quake tremors and shuts off a building’s power and gas to reduce fire risk

Absolute Software Corp. (TSX: ABT) announced this morning that it has completed the acquisition of LiveTime Software, a privately held company with offices in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia.

Canadian Union of Public Employees picketers shut down Vancouver Community College and the British Columbia Institute of Technology yesterday in the third one-day shutdown of the union’s drive to resume bargaining talks with the provincial government.

Service offers marketers access to stories, photos for republication

New street view tool allows customers to take online look inside shops, restaurants

B.C.'s mining sector has invested heavily in a new $75 million earth sciences centre at the University of British Columbia that it hopes will help fill a growing need for skilled workers in the mining sector.

Stewart Butterfield, the Vancouver entrepreneur who co-founded the popular photo sharing site Flickr, which was acquired by Yahoo, has announced he is shutting down his latest venture – a game called Glitch.

The B.C. government and Telus have quietly made a consolation deal after the Liberals made headlines earlier this year by reneging on its promise to give Telus naming rights to BC Place, Business in Vancouver has learned.

Vancouver's biOasis Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: BTI) announced this morning it has entered into a research and evaluation agreement with MedImmune, the global biologics arm of AstraZeneca.

The same day that the B.C. government denied Shaw Communications’ attempt to overturn the major $1 billion contract awarded to competitor Telus, Shaw CEO Brad Shaw met with Premier Christy Clark.