Tech news archives

The moments, milestones and stories that helped shape Waterloo Region tech. Explore the archive and revisit the people, companies and ideas that got us here.

Media advisory: Waterloo-based company takes advantage of Kickstarter coming to Canada and launches new consumer product to secure Dropbox

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

The Qi4BOX™ is a simple and powerful device that secures all types of Dropbox™ files for protecting identification…

YMCA Employment Services Invites you to an Employer’s Lunch & Learn

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

YMCA Employment Services in partnership with the Waterloo Region Small Business Centre and KW Chamber…

$4.7B purchase offer proves value of BlackBerry

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

BlackBerry’s proposed $4.7-billion sale to a consortium led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. is a vote…

Perspectives of a Valley VC: Q+A with Katherine Barr

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Katherine Barr, a general partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures from Silicon Valley, was at the Communitech…

An artful end to Startup Weekend

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Chris Shinn didn’t think he’d start a company, but, by the end of the weekend evening, he was founder…

Jack Dorsey's left turns lead to Waterloo

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Jack Dorsey inspired the audience at the University of Waterloo’s Humanities Theatre, which was filled…

Guest post: Gary Will on BlackBerry's place in Waterloo Region tech

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

According to the recently-released 2011 National Household Survey the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo census…

View from the 'Loo: Kevin Newman starts up, again

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

As one of Canada’s most familiar and accomplished network news anchors, Kevin Newman has been around…

I Think Security turns to Kickstarter to fund Dropbox protection device

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

I Think Security has taken a further step into the consumer market with a Kickstarter campaign to fund…

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