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Play the Field Brings AR to Casinos

  • Mar 05, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

If the Pokémon GO craze of summer 2016 has shown us anything, it’s the impact that augmented reality has on connecting consumers with the physical world around them. And Kara Holm, the CEO of Play the Field is piloting a project that will bring that

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BioNB Releases First Annual Report

  • Mar 05, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

BioNB, the umbrella organization for life sciences in New Brunswick, has published its first annual report, showing a rapid increase in the number of biotech companies in the province and highlighting several achievements.

Last week, the

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Vertiball wins $15,000 at CBMC

  • Mar 05, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Curtis Kennedy, a mechanical engineering student at the University of New Brunswick, was the winner at the sixth annual Canada's Business Model Competition this weekend.

Kennedy took home $15,000 for Vertiball, a wall-mounted roller ball for

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UNB wins VCIC at SMU

  • Mar 04, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

A team of four MBA students from the University of New Brunswick won first place at the Venture Capital Investment Competition, at St. Mary’s University on Friday.

Six teams from Canadian universities took part in the competition, where they

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Jobs: TechImpact, Masitek, DH

  • Mar 04, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

We have a CEO position in our Jobs of the Week column today.

TechImpact, an Atlantic Canada-based group of private tech companies, is looking for a leader to drive its success in the region. Our job board also has two openings for Customer Success

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Densitas Secures 510(k) Clearance

  • Mar 02, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Days after it announced it had received regulatory approval in Australia, Halifax-based Densitas Inc. has announced it gained access to the world’s largest medical device market.

The company said Thursday its flagship DM-Density product had

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NS Social Enterprises Eye Growth

  • Mar 02, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Nova Scotia’s social enterprises want to grow but need more support in such tasks as getting their products to customers, says a new report by the Social Enterprise Network of Nova Scotia, or SENNS.

The network, which represents Nova Scotian

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World’s Best Deodorant Reboots

  • Mar 01, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

After a reboot that took more than a year, The Best Deodorant in the World is preparing for a relaunch next year with huge plans for exporting, and even more so for its social impact.

The Best Deodorant in the World is the name of a

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CarbonCure Uses New CO2 Source

  • Mar 01, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

CarbonCure Technologies hit a significant milestone in its development last month: the Halifax cleantech company and its partners have launched an integrated solution that reduces carbon emissions in both cement and concrete production.

CarbonCure

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Volta Eyes More Innovation Outposts

  • Feb 28, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Volta Labs' new Vice President of Innovation, Chris Crowell, is starting his job with plans to develop a larger corporate outpost within Volta as a part of the startup house's expansion this fall.

Crowell, who started with Volta last month, joined

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Densitas Approved In Australia

  • Feb 28, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

A week after academic research in Britain validated the premise of its business model, Halifax-based Densitas Inc. has received regulatory clearance for its automated breast density software DM-Density to be sold in Australia.

The company issued a

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Affinio Enters New Microsoft Program

  • Feb 27, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Affinio is one of the first companies accepted into a new program offered by Microsoft in which the tech giant’s sales team helps to sell startups’ products.

TechCrunch, the respected Silicon Valley tech publication, said earlier this

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