RIM Founder Issues BlackBerry Apology
As RIM’s BlackBerry servers and associated services begin to return to normal, company founder and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis has taken to the Canadian-based company’s YouTube channel to personally apologise for…
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Sprouter Acquired By Postmedia
Sprouter, the advice site for entrepreneurs, has been acquired by Canadian content company Postmedia, it has been announced today. The site, which allowed entrepreneurs to get advice on their startups…
Microsoft Revamps Zune Pass
Contrary to what many thought, Zune is not dead, and is in fact about to expand into Canada. According to Microsoft this morning, both the Zune Marketplace and the Zune…
Rome2Rio Adds US & Canada Travel Routes
If you travel a lot, Rome2Rio is a great service for searching for the best way of getting from A to B via multiple modes of transport. Now it’s added…
HootSuite acquires What the Trend
We here at TNW have been big fans (and users) of social media dashboard HootSuite for quite some time. The Canadian startup has done huge things over the past year,…
10 awesome online stores that are building a business on Shopify
Based in Ottawa, Canada, Shopify is an online software-as-a-service eCommerce platform that’s enabling entrepreneurs to create new online businesses in a markedly poor economy. Shopify has powered over 16,000 online stores (ranging…
Hoseanna lets busy women subscribe to staples like pantyhose and prophylactics
To the women of America: If you add up all the time you’ve spent shopping for tampons, razors, shaving cream, pantyhose or those slightly awkward stops for condoms (prophylactics), you…
RIM agrees to license Dolby patents following lawsuits in both US and Germany
After being accused of infringing on Dolby Laboratories’ patents and sued in both the U.S and Germany, Canadian smartphone maker RIM has agreed to license Dolby’s technologies, ensuring the lawsuits against…
YouTube movie rentals come to Canada
Film fans in Canada, listen up. YouTube has announced you can access its movie rental service now, by visiting youtube.ca/movies. There’s over 1,000 full-length feature films currently available to rent….
Nokia sees Canadian IP firm manage 2,000 of its patents in licensing and lawsuit push
Nokia, believing it can capitalise on the strength of its patent portfolio, will see around 2,000 of its patents and applications acquired to Canada-based Mosaid, which will earn both companies…
Apple's Eddy Cue: iTunes Match coming to Canada shortly after US launch
Apple’s head of Internet Services, Eddy Cue, has replied to a customer email inquiring about when the iTunes Match service would be coming to Canada, reports iPhoneinCanada. The email was…
Entrepreneur Q and A platform Sprouter might be coming back to life
You might remember a few weeks ago when Canadian-based mentorship and collaboration company Sprouter gave word that it was closing its doors in the early part of August. While many…
RetailConnect: Facebook Stores made easy
Being at a conferece such as GROW 2011 allows for some face-to-face connections to be made with many of the companies that I have only engaged with in the virtual…
The Next Web Canada at GROW in Vancouver
The Next Web will be represented at GROW 2011 today in Vancouver, where the best and brightest of the nation’s startup, business and tech community are converging. Throughout the day,…
Empire Avenue Adds Foursquare, Instagram
Hot on the heels of Klout‘s recent integration of Foursquare and Instagram, another social influence measurement service, Empire Avenue has announced that it is adding support for both those services….
