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HotSpot Eyes Regional Integrated Plan

  • Mar 24, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Phillip Curley envisions a single smartphone app that can assist with transport by various means in cities across Atlantic Canada.

In fact, his company HotSpot Parking is working on such a thing, and took a big step toward it this week when the

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Ellis’ Dos & Don’ts of Growth Hacking

  • Mar 23, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

A true pioneer in 21st-century business trends is coming to Halifax next week, and he’s looking forward to sharing insights into the latest methods of getting products to markets.

Sean Ellis, the founder and CEO of GrowthHackers, will be the

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NB Outlines Innovation Expenditures

  • Mar 23, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

As Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau  delivered his innovation budget Thursday, the New Brunswick government said it would spend $160 million over the next four years on innovation and R&D.

Some of the initiatives have been announced

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Breakthru Race Tight in Home Stretch

  • Mar 22, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

If you see perplexed, agonized people wandering the streets of Fredericton on Thursday, treat them with kindness and sympathy. They may be judges in the 2017 Breakthru Competition.

These poor tortured souls have an unenviable task that must be

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Turret Brings Its AI Tech to Germany

  • Mar 22, 2017
  • Cherise Letson, Huddle

FREDERICTON – A New Brunswick startup is launching its technology across the Atlantic this week at a global business event.

Fredericton-based Turret Psychoanalytics, a company that uses big data and artificial intelligence (AI) to create customer

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Nautel Turns to Rocket Science

  • Mar 21, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Nautel, the Nova Scotia company that makes radio transmitters, is diversifying into a range of new ventures including rocket propulsion systems that could shorten the time it takes to travel to Mars.

Based in Hackett’s Cove near Peggy’s Cove, the

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Innowave Wins Launch Ocean Event

  • Mar 21, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

A team called Innowave, which is proposing to use wave-generated energy  to recharge automated underwater vehicles, won the $4,000 first place at the Launch Oceans event at Dalhousie University this weekend.

But that wasn’t really the biggest news

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Mariner Lands TDC as XVu CLient

  • Mar 21, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Mariner, the Saint John tech conglomerate specializing in online video delivery,  has announced its xVu unit has landed TDC Group, Denmark’s largest telecoms operator, as a customer.

Mariner said in a statement last week TDC will deploy Mariner’s

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Quber Modernizes Traditional Saving

  • Mar 19, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Quber is a FinTech app that brings fun to an all-too-often overlooked aspect of personal finance – saving money.

When people think of personal finance, they envisage hot stocks, tech plays, hedging or getting the best interest rate. But

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Job of the Week: Jameson Group

  • Mar 19, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The focus of the Job of the Week column this week is an opening for a project coordinator at The Jameson Group of Halifax.

The Jameson Group organizes a range of events and projects across the region, such as Invest Atlantic, the Smart Energy event

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Covina Focuses on $1M Round, CTA

  • Mar 17, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

What’s striking about interviewing Caitlin Pierlot today is just how much she has grown as an entrepreneur in 18 months.

Pierlot is the co-founder and CEO of Covina Biomedical, a Halifax company that is developing a non-toxic bone cement to help

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Local Experts To Speak at Amplify

  • Mar 17, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The organizers of Amplify, a one-day mentoring event on growth marketing, have quietly added some tremendous speakers from Atlantic Canada to show local expertise in gaining clients through social media.

Held in Halifax on March 28, Amplify is a

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