During recent natural disasters, such as Hurricane Sandy in the U.S. or the summer flooding in Toronto, we saw how startups connecting passengers with taxi’s reacted. Uber was the most recent application to receive a storm of backlash for their surge pricing during the difficult times. An increase in the standard amount charged to dispatch […]

Danish startup Wallmob has begun to showcase its new iPad stand specific for point-of-sale. Having already raised $1.2 million in funding the startup focuses on small and medium-sized businesses with a POS application for iOS and is about to take on international growth next. With clients such as L’Oreal, Red Cross, and Armani already on […]

StickerYou has been our platform of choice when designing and printing swag for startups, they make it easy to do temporary tattoos, labels and much more. But for the home brewer, wine maker or creator of bottled occasions Bottlabel.com is the only one on-line platform that allows to design, preview and order self-adhesive labels for […]

We covered Huddlers a few weeks ago, a Toronto founded application to help team leaders manage and organize events related to recreational sports. That same concept can be applied to many ideas, one of which to come about is CANU—An application that makes it fast and simple for you to share and join spontaneous activities […]

Trust is one of the biggest obstacles in making your home available for a swap or a stay-over. Swappers get the chance to stay across the world without having to pay for accommodations in this very old alternative to vacationing. But despite the advantages, in the end all parties are inviting an absolute stranger into […]

A cup of coffee isn’t for everyone, and even if it does the additives we put in each cup only help bring up the inevitable crash. Sprayable Energy is a caffeine spray that provides “energy through your skin without the jitters, crash, chemicals, and cost of other caffeinated products.” Energy drinks are loaded with sugar, […]

It happens every time: you’re on the patio with a group of friends, grilling some burgers, sharing stories of times gone past all while taking down some delicious wobbly pops. There’s bound to be a time when two bottles used by two different people end up near you and you’re left with “the decision”: a) […]

Treehouse exists for web development, Wigolia for the fine arts, now Chesscademy rides in to help you learn from the best on the finer points of chess. Curated video lessons by professional chess coach and Life National Master Andrew Ng as well as others. Following a similar structure of Treehouse with basics, intermediate and a […]

Founded by students Tom Schoffelen, Dante van der Heyden, Scholica tries to combine all the things a school needs into one service. Functions like file sharing, keeping students updated, checking schedules, e-mailing fellow classmates and planning are what they try to combine into one product. While other services only offer one of the functions, Scholica […]

Reinventing the email can bring crowds of success and accolade; just ask Mailbox and Sparrow. Birdseye knows this too, and Birdseye wants you to know it can make a difference as well for those that attack emails on a tablet. Built specifically for the iPad, the application takes a visual way to display email to […]