Lenny Rachitsky presented localmind at MtlNewTech, along with other new services. LocalMind is a brand new location startup that would allow its users to know what’s happenning at one specific place. For instance, if you want to know if there’s any interesting activity at your favorite bar, you can ask a question on localmind.com and checked-in [...]
Imagining a free market in Canadian telecommunications
Earlier this week, the Canadian government promised to overrule the CRTC decision, after a massive consumer backlash powered by online petitions and social media tools. It’s an achievement for the non-profit organization openmedia.ca, which led the successful campaign, and also a demonstration of the outreach of social networks, with Canadians spreading the outrage on Facebook, [...]
Kiwili, all in one software for small and micro businesses
Kiwili was one of the lucky projects highlighted at Montreal new tech last tuesday. It’s difficult to classify it into a category, as it ambitions to be a project management tool, timesheet tracker, accounting & billing software, reporting utility, as well as B2B networking destination. As such, it has a long list of features. Anything [...]
Manage your sports league online with ligues.ca
From Saguenay, we have the sports leagues management tool called ligues. It’s currently in beta, but already offers a complete array of tools for league leaders: schedule, teams, events, photos, forums plus many other features, as showcased here. In fact, pretty much you’ve envisioned for your favorite team sports is there. Ligues was developed by [...]
Fundica lists funding sources in QC and Ontario
At the last Montreal New Tech, Montreal-based Fundica grabbed the opportunity to introduce their service. It’s both a consulting service AND an online application. The service is aimed to all corporations in Québec and Ontario, and as such does not target specifically technology ventures and entrepreneurs. It’s still a valuable tool since it’s the only [...]
14Blocks maximizes your Twitter visibility
Felipe Coimbra (@twtfelipe) from 63Squares unveiled publicly a new twitter service last tuesday. In front of a packed audience at montreal new tech, he demoed 14blocks, a tool that will find out for you the best time to publish a tweet, plus also an offer to schedule a message. After registration, 14Blocks will track your [...]
Find STM stations in a snowstorm with augmented layer
Mollejuo Software, a Montreal-based mobile app developer, has developed a layar, with the list of local metro stations. As seen above, you’ll be able to find a way through the streets, following the blue dot on your iPhone in real-time, even if there is no visibility. Of course, you guessed this is an amusing and [...]
Celebrate Drupal 7 with evolvingweb meetup
EvolvingWeb is inviting everyone from the tech community at their office next, to celebrate the launch of Drupal 7. Open source enthusiasts, php programmers, CMS specialists & publishers, template designers are invited to come over to share and network with the local Montreal community. There are already 4 demos planned for the evening, from basic [...]
Prelaunch of Readably, a beautiful reader of twitter links
Readab.ly is now live, with a preview on a readable, streamlined and beautiful news reader. As seen on the screenshot above, it will pull the links from your twitter stream and show them on an interface reminiscent from google reader. The promise is to turn then your twitter experience into a news and information discovery [...]
Understanding the Impacts of Usage-Based Billing
Since the launch of the online petition, 200,000 canadians have expressed their opposition against the upcoming usage-based billing. It’s an unprecedent level of mobilization, that is growing strongly by the hour. At other levels, the liberal party and the NDP also raised the issue in Ottawa, while Bell’s purchase of CTV is questioned. The impacts of [...]
