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Education Quest: innovative business plan drives private university growth

Education Quest: innovative business plan drives private university growth

Marketing a single degree offering at a school where tuition is five times that of UBC is one of many challenges for Squamish university
Are telecoms being smart about data?

Are telecoms being smart about data?

White paper shows smartphone owners use Wi-Fi for up to 90% of data consumption
SFU poised to join top U.S. collegiate sports association

SFU poised to join top U.S. collegiate sports association

Simon Fraser University (SFU) will learn tomorrow if it will get to be the first non-U.S. school accredited in the respected National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
B.C. tech sector failing to reach its economic potential

B.C. tech sector failing to reach its economic potential

More investment and focus on skills needed to increase sector's contribution to B.C.
Feds to fund five made-in-B.C. innovations

Feds to fund five made-in-B.C. innovations

A subsidiary of Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) is among four B.C. high-tech companies to get help from Ottawa under a procurement policy designed to help Canadian firms commercialize innovative technologies.
Microsoft lays off staff at game studio, cans games

Microsoft lays off staff at game studio, cans games

Microsoft is shelving two of its gaming products and laying off staff at its Vancouver studios, the company has announced
Vancouver scientists refining childhood brain cancer treatment

Vancouver scientists refining childhood brain cancer treatment

Collaborative research involving the BC Cancer Agency and funded in part by Genome BC is already bearing fruit in the form of potential new treatments for some types of childhood brain cancer, according to a study published in the science journal Nat
Wertz launches tech micro-venture fund

Wertz launches tech micro-venture fund

Angel investor Boris Wertz has announced the launch of Version One Ventures, a new $15 million micro-venture capital fund focused on mobile and web technology across North America.
UPDATED: Facebook acquires local software startup, hires founder

UPDATED: Facebook acquires local software startup, hires founder

Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq:FB) has raided a Vancouver software startup as part of a talent hunt. Acrylic founder Dustin MacDonald confirmed Friday his small app company has been bought by Facebook.
White Rock optometrist patents “bionic” lens

White Rock optometrist patents “bionic” lens

A White Rock optometrist has developed a “bionic lens” that he claims can be implanted in cataract patients and also adapted for cameras to create images that more closely replicate human vision.