Technology

Local entrepreneur has two-month wait list for Linquet, which tethers smartphones to crucial items so that you never lose either again

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX:MDA) has landed multimillion-dollar contracts in the U.S. to develop a program for reusing components from defunct satellites to service working ones in space. The contracts, worth a total of $26.

EnWave Corp. (TSX-V:ENW), the Vancouver company that developed a microwave-based alternative to freeze-drying food, has announced plans to buy a majority share of a German dehydration equipment maker. EnWave has made a bid to acquire an 86.

Members of CUPE Local 2950 voted yesterday to ratify last week's tentative collective agreement that covers its 1,500 clerical, hospital and library workers at the University of British Columbia.

Just in time for Halloween, Vancouver digital advocacy group OpenMedia is asking Canadians to submit their best cellphone horror stories, in anticipation of new national cellphone carrier regulations.

In the latest chapter of the ongoing saga involving Telus Corp. (TSX:T) and New York hedge fund Mason Capital, Telus shareholders voted yesterday to approve Telus' 1:1 share exchange proposal. The results showed that 81.

Vancouver-based LionsGate Technologies has announced it will launch what it says is a revolutionary interface tool that will turn any smartphone, laptop or tablet into a mobile health monitor, providing real-time vital signs information.

Post-secondary students in B.C. could end up saving a lot of money on textbooks by going digital. The B.C. government is making 40 widely used textbooks available for free under an open licensing agreement.

Telus (TSX:T) is scrapping something that its lower priced subsidiary, Koodo, has never had: activation fees. Telus announced yesterday that it is eliminating the $35 activation fee that it charges new customers.

$8m deal with US Geological Survey seen as catalyst for B.C. company's global growth