Described as very charming and friendly by his friends, Matthew Staikos, mostly known for selling his startup company to Blackberry, was murdered in a matter of seconds. He was walking and chatting with a friend in an upscale Yorkville Toronto neighbourhood on a warm Monday night, when a man from a nearby parked Mercedes jumped out … Continue reading Charming and Friendly Toronto Tech Entrepreneur Killed
Hopper, Montreal startup, that provides travel deals, is in hot water this week due to their faulty PR campaign that landed them in trouble with both Westjet and Air Canada. Hopper advertising PR campaign claimed (still claims?) that it will provide you, the user, with “secret fares” on its app at discounts of up to … Continue reading Montreal App Hopper Gets Cut by Westjet / Air Canada
Toronto CEO Peter Forde of 3D Avatar company, ItsMe, is accused of voyeurism by Toronto’s police. He has been charged with six counts of voyeurism. He was found to be recording women inside their homes without their knowledge or consent. The incidents of voyeurism happened around Queen St. W. and Spadina Ave. area in mid March. Toronto … Continue reading Toronto Tech CEO Spies on Women
SecureKey is a leading identity and authentication provider that simplifies consumer access to online services and applications. SecureKey enables next generation privacy-enhancing identity and authentication networks for conveniently connecting people to critical online services using a digital credential they already have and trust. SecureKey is a leading identity and authentication provider that simplifies consumer access to … Continue reading Toronto Startup SecureKey Helps Secure Your Online Identity
ezWake is a youth-driven company that aims at an extremely simple problem: waking up. The company creates apps that activates the mind enough to make it difficult to fall back into sleep. Eventually, with enough uses, the app being personalized – adjusting its own difficulty and duration to the specific needs of the user. Who … Continue reading eZWake, Vancouver startup app, best way to wake up according to science
Local Logic is a big data company which uses a combination of geospatial and user generated usage data to quantify the qualities of any given location within a city. The technology developed by Local Logic is used to guide the decisions of e-commerce consumers when looking for real estate or travel accommodations and built predictive … Continue reading Montreal Local Logic does AI for Real Estate
Toronto startup Kukuzoo makes short animated videos for all types of stuff like products, services, social messages or anything else! We sat down with Don Radhay, Founder at Kukuzoo, to find out more about his startup. Who started the company? Do you / team members have tech background? Don Radhay started the company in 2014, … Continue reading Toronto Kukuzoo Animates your Business
