Big Blue Bubble Inc. have released I, Oracle, the latest game from the makers of Burn the Rope, is now available for your iOS and Android devices. I, Oracle is an unique trivia game where the player answers questions on a daily basis but there’s a catch… the questions are about future events! Guess who’s…
The Business Development Bank of Canada has provided iLOOKABOUT with a 4-year secured term facility valued at $2,000,000. Jeff Young, President and Chief Executive Officer of iLOOKABOUT, said, “We are pleased to have obtained this commitment from the BDC , the funds of which are anticipated to support revenue growth and enhance shareholder value.” Proceeds…
Voices.com are profiled in the Globe and Mail today as a competitor in the newspaper’s Challenge Contest, offering a $100,000 small business grant to the winner. If they win the contest, Voices.com would use the grant to begin making their services available in ten other languages besides English. Source: The Globe and Mail
Toronto, Ontario – The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) has partnered with universities and private sector companies to help accelerate the commercialization of neurotechnologies thanks to a Government of Canada investment of nearly $11 million announced today by the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario). “Our…
Following an international search, Western University has announced John Capone as its new Vice-President (Research). Currently serving his second term as McMaster University’s Dean of Science, Capone is recognized as an extraordinary academic leader and one of Canada’s foremost molecular biologists. Capone begins his five-year term on October 1, 2012. “This is a key appointment…
TORONTO, June 5, 2012 /CNW/ – As mountains of customer data and increasing competition continue to overwhelm many small and medium businesses (SMBs), SAS and Info-Tech Research Group have combined efforts to provide companies with information and resources to help them become more competitive. The two companies are creating an extensive wealth of information and…
Montreal, Quebec, May 30, 2012— New research networks will advance the care available to elderly patients, boost the production of sustainable biofuels and improve our ability to respond to marine emergencies or environmental changes. The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, today announced $73.8 million over five years to support three new Networks…
Professor Neil Randall and The Games Institute at the University of Waterloo has received $5.8 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to fun research projects over the next seven years in partnership with six post secondary schools in Canada and the US, as well as industry partners.
MaRS Discovery District is looking for students between the ages of 13 and 15 who are eager to become tomorrow’s leaders… Applications are now open for an entrepreneurship boot camp this summer at MaRS Discovery District. During this one-week session, the students will invent and test an original business idea and learn skills critical to…
The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) is deploying an innovative initiative to fund and support scientists (e.g., neurotechnology, science or engineering) in entrepreneurial/commercialization opportunities and to ultimately establish neuroscience-related companies in Ontario. The OBI will help the successful candidates to focus full-time over a one-year program on activities related to a neuroscience-based commercialization opportunity, e.g., initiate…