Techopia

Techopia is focused on Ottawa’s technology sector. This multimedia project includes regular online news coverage, a video and audio podcast, private networking events and quarterly reports. OBJ also partners with EY to create an annual magazine called Techopia-EY Insights.

Ottawa photo-sharing app Foko gains traction among major retailers

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Foko counts numerous big-name brands among its client roster, including David’s Tea, Dior, Esprit, Fabletics, Helly Hansen, Indigo, Nike, Uniqlo and Whole Foods.

Ottawa’s Contextere takes on the urban jungle

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Don’t count Gabe Batstone among those who believe automation is the enemy of the blue-collar worker.

Opinion: Of bootstrapping, business divorce and outsourcing

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In 1996, Paul Vallée left Minneapolis and a lucrative contract consulting position billable at up to $175 an hour to come to Ottawa and live

Algonquin College and Siemens Canada launch mechatronics, co-op programs

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Algonquin College and Siemens Canada are expanding their partnership with new programs aimed at meeting the demand for skilled workers with advanced manufacturing expertise.

Automotive focus pays off for CogniVue, says former CEO

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NXP Semiconductors’ impending acquisition of Freescale Semiconductors should have no negative effect on Freescale’s recent purchase of Gatineau-based CogniVue Corporation, CogniVue’s former CEO says. Simon

Shopify makes room for 2,500 more Ottawa staff with Laurier Avenue expansion

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“We hire people so quickly that filling up (a building) has not ever been a problem.”

Ottawa’s C-Com Satellite nets 12th straight annual profit despite declining revenues

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Reduced spending by customers in the oil and gas industries, as well as “desperate price-related competition,” caused revenues and profits to drop for C-Com Satellite

FarmLead cofounders Alain Goubau and Brennan Turner.

Ottawa’s homegrown FarmLead lands $6.5M series-A funding

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After carefully tending to its seed round, Ottawa-based FarmLead has successfully harvested $6.5-million in series-A funding. (All figures in US$) The round was lead by the investment

Video: FarmLead lands $6.5-million funding in mission to modernize grain marketing

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Facebook Embedded Video Player FarmLead’s online marketplace for grain buyers and sellers is winning attention from leaders in the agricultural industry as the Ottawa-based

Ottawa-based GameStrat turning real-time analytics into smarter plays on the field

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An Ottawa software company is putting its product in the heat of the moment, helping football coaches and coordinators make smarter plays from the sidelines.