The Pebble smartwatch was the Kickstarter hit of 2012, raising over $10 million. The Bia sports watch for women was also a success, pulling in over $400,000. And MetaWatch raised over $300,000. All these watches are “smart” – they have apps, they can transfer data, and the Pebble and MetaWatch communicate with your phone – but they…
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As 2013 begins, LaunchThisYear launches today with resources for app developers looking to build an app in the next 12 months. “The goal is to break down those barriers to make it seem not so daunting to create a mobile app,” says founder Mikael Cho. “Leveling that playing field and giving that opportunity to more…
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Today, Montreal startup ooomf is launching in public beta and announcing $500,000 in seed funding, led by Real Ventures. Ooomf gives app developers that extra push to get over a few major hurdles: Creation. Developers can solicit feedback on key features, like app icons, design, or slogans. In the future, ooomf plans to let developers…
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Does your Twitter feed ever look like your friends are all conspiring to bore you with the same link, stealthily disguised by different URL shorteners? This is what I call the retweet problem: tweets around the same content can clog up your feed, wasting your precious 3-minute break for scanning Twitter. Echoer, a Montreal-based startup…
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Back in July when I first covered Buyosphere, the Montreal-based startup felt like an iteration of Pinterest – you could curate collections of products, find interesting products through friends, and establish yourself as a tastemaker. I was skeptical about the future of the company – and said so. Co-founder and CEO Tara Hunt replied to…
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Hopper, a travel website founded by a team of former Expedia employees, recently raised $8 million in funding from Atlas Venture and Brightspark Ventures. Led by CEO Frederic Lalonde and Chief of Product Joost Ouwerkerk, Hopper is currently in stealth mode. What we do know about Hopper is that the team is developing a website…
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Ben Yoskovitz is a founding partner at Year One Labs, an early-stage seed accelerator in Montreal. Last September, he and his three partners accepted their first class, including recent graduate and now seed-funded Localmind. Yoskovitz is a serial entrepreneur whose recruitment-software startup, Standout Jobs, was acquired in 2010. From running startups to advising new entrepreneurs,…
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Everything we do online is tracked. It’s really creepy if you think about it. But for someone who does a lot of online shopping like me, knowing your shopping history is floating around out there is scary. Yes, you can get better recommendations, but your tastes and preferences are also really exposed to anyone and…
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