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65 Submissions for CleanTech Open

  • Dec 06, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Innovacorp has received 65 entries for its CleanTech Open competition, more than doubling the Nova Scotian innovation agency’s internal target of 30.

Innovacorp has said it wants to find the best cleantech entrepreneurs in the world and

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FAN Promoting Standards for Angels

  • Dec 05, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

As it prepares to host angel organizations from across Canada next October, the Halifax-based First Angel Network is taking a lead in improving the standards of angel investing in Canada.

Ross Finlay, a founding member and de facto executive

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Applications Open for Launch 36

  • Dec 05, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

PropelICT, the New Brunswick accelerator, has announced it is now accepting applications for its first five-month course in Launch 36.

For full details, please take a look at Propel's announcement here.

PropelICT announced in October that it

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U.S. Legislation May Aid Densitas

  • Dec 02, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

A Halifax startup pioneering a device that measures breast density may find its market buttressed by a wave of legislation sweeping the United States.

Densitas is a seed-level company launched by Dalhousie Associate Professor Mohamed Abdolell

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Salesforce Unveils Radian6 Suite

  • Dec 01, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Customer relationship management giant Salesforce.com  yesterday unveiled its first step in integrating Radian6’s social media monitoring capabilities into its own suite of CRM services.

The San Francisco company, which earlier this year bought

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NewPace lands $850,000 BDC loan

  • Nov 30, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Bedford-based software company NewPace announced yesterday that it has secured two loans worth a total of $850,000 from Business Development Bank of Canada to develop and market its suite of services, which will soon include a new mobile telecom

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Tether Now Available on iPhones

  • Nov 29, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Tether announced overnight that it has extended its award-winning app – which allows simple and affordable laptop connections through smartphones – to iPhones. 

Originally known as TetherBerry, Tether first released its product for

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Innovacorp Backs aioTV with $1M

  • Nov 28, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Innovacorp, the Nova Scotia government’s innovation agency, will announce tomorrow a $1 million investment in aioTV, a revolutionary platform that allows access to a range of video channels on a handheld device or computer.

Greg Phipps,

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PEI BioAlliance Refines Its Strategy

  • Nov 28, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

When the board of the Prince Edward Island BioAlliance met last month for its first strategy session in three years, it didn’t exactly have to rip up its old plans and start afresh.

No, a better term for the BioAlliance’s task would be “fine

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SimplyCast Version 7 Set For Jan.

  • Nov 24, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

SimplyCast, the Halifax-based multi-channel marketing company, is planning to launch its Version 7 product in January, including new features that will make it easier for users to reach their audience.

“It will basically allow us to launch

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LED Roadway Buys Wireless Assets

  • Nov 22, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax’s LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. has bought the intellectual property and other assets of distressed Streetlight Intelligence Inc. of Victoria, B.C., to combine smart wireless technology with its energy-efficient HPS and LED street lighting.

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Sheepdog Beta-Testing Milely App

  • Nov 22, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Sheepdog Inc., an industry leader in the development of Google Apps, began beta-testing its new Milely app for smartphones on Monday, following up on the success of its gTrax time tracking application and the GooGrant application

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