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.

Betting big on Faire: Q&A with Kirsten Green

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Kirsten Green, founder and Managing Partner of Forerunner Ventures in San Francisco, sat down with Communitech…

Google to add 2,000 employees in Waterloo Region

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Google is planning on tripling their employees in Canada by 2022. They also announced Google’s first…

M-Theory: What tech might learn from the art of nunchi

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Melanie Baker explores how nunchi, the Korean art of snap judgements, may be useful for tech. They explore…

5G: 'It will completely reshape the world'

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Rogers Communications have lit up Canada's first 5G network in select Canadian cities – Toronto, Ottawa,…

Tech Roundup for January 2020

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

This Tech Roundup shares wins from local companies Miovision, Nicoya, SkyWatch. It also covers major…

Plum continues to expand its enterprise customer base, gaining Bentley Systems as a customer

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Software company Plum has gained a new customer in Bentley Systems adding to their list of enterprise…

Stay home, stay safe, stay local

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Local tech-workers working in conjunction with TD lab create HeartLocal, a platform that helps local…

Accelerator Centre awards local companies $30,000, 60 hours of mentorship to bring COVID-19 solutions to market

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

AC Jumpstart granted 8 companies $30,000 in seed funding and $10,000 in-kind business supports to accelerate…

M-Theory: The future of modern conveniences, Part I

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Melanie Baker explores what a pandemic similar to the one we are currently experiencing could look like…

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