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UNB Expands Summer Institute

  • Feb 25, 2016
  • Scott Moreira

The University of New Brunswick is now accepting applications for the 2016 cohort of its Summer Institute, which will include for the first time a program in clean technology.

The Summer Institute is a three-month accelerator in Fredericton, in

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Soricimed Gets Positive Trial Results

  • Feb 24, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Sackville, N.B.-based Soricimed Biopharma Inc. has received positive initial readings from the Phase 1 trials of its flagship compound SOR-C13, including indications that it can stabilize some cancer tumours.

Sor-C13 is a peptide, or a naturally

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UCIC Aims for 100,000 Users in KW

  • Feb 24, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

It was during the conflict in Ukraine last February that Sukhsagar Singh realized UCIC’s power in connecting strangers from around the world.

Singh, the Co-Founder and CEO of SnapWise Inc., created UCIC as a social media tool that would allow

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Briefs: B4checkin, CarbonCure, Remsoft

  • Feb 24, 2016

B4checkin Launches b4golf and b4spa

Halifax-based b4checkin, Inc., which provides cloud-based hospitality software, has announced the release of two new products – b4golf and b4spa.

B4golf is a tee-time reservation platform that provides members,

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Orenda Scaling at IBM Incubator

  • Feb 23, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The origin of Orenda Software Solutions — Cape Breton’s top entry in the recent I-3 Technology Startup Competition — dates back to the days when Tanya Collier MacDonald was working in public relations for the Sydney Tar Ponds cleanup.

Part of her

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TritonWear Sells Into 12 Countries

  • Feb 23, 2016
  • Rose Behar

Kitchener-based startup TritonWear officially launched its wearable head unit for swimmers just before the new year and sales have already spread to a dozen countries worldwide.

The unit, which athletes strap on to the back of their heads, provides

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Press Release: Sociallogical Training

  • Feb 23, 2016

Sociallogical, the Saint John-based social media consultancy, has issued the following press release:

Social Media Crash Course Set for Toronto

TORONTO, ON -- Canadian social media strategy firm Sociallogical will teach attendees of a three-day

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Alpha Dog Launching MonstroCity

  • Feb 22, 2016
  • Sabina Wex

Alpha Dog Games has released its newest mobile game MonstroCity: Build and Destroy in the Philippines, as a prelude to a global launch.

The Bedford-based mobile game company and its German online game publisher Gameforge hope to position

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Jobs of the Week: ProcedureFlow, STI

  • Feb 22, 2016
  • Scott Moreira

A pair of job openings at Saint John-based ProcedureFlow head this week’s postings in Jobs of the Week, which highlights postings on the Entrevestor Job Board. They are joined by postings from Brampton, Ont.-based Prism Tradeshow Lighting and STI

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Gillam Takes her Music Store Global

  • Feb 19, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

After building a successful music school, St. John’s-based Lisa Gillam is taking the advice of her advisory board and developing her online digital music store for the global market.

Gillam’s Munchkin Music Factory has already been successful in

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Affinio Attends Microsoft Accelerator

  • Feb 19, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Having recently received $4 million in a Series A funding round, Halifax-based Affinio has now been accepted into the third cohort of Microsoft’s Seattle Accelerator.

The software giant has been hosting its accelerator since late 2014, and

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Pioneers in Quantum Computing

  • Feb 19, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Here’s a fact about the Institute of Quantum Computing that we can all get our heads around: tea is served each day at 4 p.m.

It’s a custom that Executive Director Raymond Laflamme started at the University of Waterloo facility a few years ago. He

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