Those who know Kyle Racki as a Software-as-a-Service entrepreneur may be surprised to know about a project he did way back in grade school. The guy who would become the CEO of Halifax-based Proposify had to interview someone who held a job he’d like when he grew up.

So young Racki interviewed Nova Scotia-based author Lesley Choyce, who even then was known as a prolific writer.

Today, Kyle Racki

A team of students from Nova Scotia Community College is building an online platform to address a problem they know well: the cost of higher education.

Bursity.ca helps to match users to scholarships for which they are eligible, and automate the application process. Its founders plan to raise money on Kickstarter to help cover their startup costs.

“We’re going to use that to be able to go

Halifax’s Swept, which makes software for the janitorial sector, is searching for an Account Executive, which is our Job of the Week today.

Swept makes simple software designed specifically for commercial cleaners. Its mobile and web-based solutions promote communication between the companies and their cleaners, providing both with important information.

The Job of the Week column features

Saint John-based tech conglomerate Mariner Partners has announced it’s developing software that will assist communication service providers as the industry moves away from physical network infrastructure and into software-defined virtual networks.

Mariner’s solution, SONAR4 Assurance Analytics, will support agility in the industry and ensure the quality of customer experiences, Mariner and the

Construction AI, one of the winners in the recent Sprint competition in Nova Scotia, is negotiating with two major software companies to adopt its technology.

Based in Mosquodoboit Harbour, NS, and Alberta, Construction AI has developed artificial intelligence software that helps the construction industry plan the excavation of a work site.  The pain it addresses is something known only to

Ocean to Plate, a one-day forum to discuss innovation in the lobster industry, will take place Tuesday in Truro.

The forum will bring together lobster industry players from all parts of the value chain as well as academics from Atlantic Canada’s universities and colleges, said a statement from organizers Springboard Atlantic and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. The goal is to drive new research and development collaborations to support one of Atlantic Canada’s key industries at a time of significant change.

Lobster is one of Atlantic Canada’s most important exports and is primarily

The Nova Scotia government delivered half a reform on its equity tax credit last week, and it will be interesting to see what the other half of the reform will entail in a few months.

Don’t get me wrong. Last week’s announcement was a welcome step forward – something I’ve long called for in this column. The government says there are more changes coming, and I suspect they will be announced

Kognitiv Spark of Fredericton has announced a partnership that will help communities in the Canadian North benefit from the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs.

The company issued a press release today saying that it had formed an alliance with LOOKNorth, a Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research, specializing in programs for northern communities.

The goal of the

Carboncure Technologies of Dartmouth has announced its client Irving Materials, Inc. of Greenfield, Indiana, is adopting the Carboncure technology at 11 of its plants in the coming months.

Irving now uses the technology at four plants, and the expansion brings the total to 15. It is a major expansion of Carboncure’s customer base, given that the system is now used at a total of 126 plants.

Halifax-based tech consulting group Barrington Edge has invested in a high-growth U.S. tech company and hopes to use the relationship to improve sales for Atlantic Canadian clients.

Barrington Edge, which grew out of the more established Barrington Consultancy, has developed its relationship with CieloIT, which has been booking annual revenue growth of 300 percent. The Texas company recently