Technology
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Consolidation trend shows cannabis growers are buying labs
Firms conduct research in-house but offer lab services to competitors
VR, medtech firms among finalists for B.C.’s Technology Impact Awards
What happened: BC Tech Association reveals 35 finalists for annual Technology Impact Awards Why it matters: Awards recognize significant achievements in the province’s technology ecosystem A VR...
Gateway Magazine: Blockchain battles
Maersk, IBM and a new consortium of carriers and terminal operators vying to become dominant provider of blockchain services for shipping industry
Slack reveals US$400m in revenue as it files to go public
What happened: Slack files documents to go public, revealing financial data previously not seen by the public Why it matters: The messaging service was founded by Vancouverite Stewart Butterfield...
Vancouver’s LightIntegra raises US$5.3m for blood analyzer tech
What happened: Tech firm raises US$5.3 in Series A funding round Why it matters: Once commercialized, LightIntegra Technology’s blood analyzer could help reduce healthcare costs and assist patients...
Facebook breaking Canadian privacy laws, commissioners say
Quiz app collected personal data, disclosed data of 87 million, including 100,000 British Columbians
Quicken Loans parent takes controlling stake in Vancouver’s Lendesk
What happened: Rock Holdings Inc. is taking a controlling interest in a Vancouver startup specializing in connecting lenders and mortgage brokers Why it matters: Lendesk will be tapping in to...
Cancer therapy points to future in nuclear medicine
Collaboration comes as Ottawa invests nearly $300 million in Vancouver-based lab
B.C. life sciences firms increase staff more than revenue
Smaller companies growing faster than their larger counterparts, BIV list data shows
Tissue-printing firm muscles into B.C.’s top biotech
Aspect Biosystems set to commercialize its advances in human tissue technology