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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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Region’s VC Funding Soars in 2011

  • Nov 21, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

 Three months before the year-end figures are in we can all but confirm that Atlantic Canada is enjoying a record-setting year for venture capital investment.

Canada’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) and Thomson Reuters

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NB Likely Won’t Lose NRC R&D

  • Nov 17, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

My sources say – and I hope they’re correct – that reports of the pending death of the National Research Council’s Institute of Information Technology facility in Fredericton are greatly exaggerated.

Last week, Warren McKenzie, chairman of the

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Helix Aims to Revolutionize E-books

  • Nov 16, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

When Chris Zimmer looks at most e-books, he sees something tantamount to an electronic photocopy, but he believes they can be so much more.

Zimmer, a career filmmaker, has teamed up with Kirsten Tomilson, CEO of Lunenburg-based game producer

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