As Toronto is fashioned with the glitz of the Toronto International Film Festival, Karim Kanji was able to sit down with Janine Short – Producer and Production Designer for the upcoming indie film, Mr. Viral and Alex Appel – a highly accomplished actress who stars as Stacy in film. In this interview Alex and Janine […]
Real-Time action with social gaming
In this interview Karim Kanji chats with the founder and CEO of GameDay InteraActive: Nicholas Murphy. GameDay InterActive is working toward being an innovative Second Screen Fantasy Sports engine for the Facebook & iOS platforms. By leveraging real-time action with social gaming, GameDay hopes to drive a deeply engaging “Second Screen” experience for sports fans. […]
Fix Me Stick – The dark knight of virus infected computers
A computer virus can render any device it infects effectively catatonic. An infected computer can become unresponsive, bogged down, erratic. The virtual gears and pulleys that power your operating system rapidly grind to a halt without even so much as a ceremonious screech or sudden thud to warn you. The usual response is to download […]
Gaming and Technology
Ingamer is a 3-screen social gaming platform that turns what is usually a passive sports-watching audience into an active one. It stimulates viewership to allow partners to monetize on how and where they are engaged. The logical next step in live sport and live event production licensing, broadcasting, and marketing. In this clip, XConnect host […]
Get access to quick loans with lower interest through Pawngo’s online pawn & loan concept
The need for a quick loan has existed for millennia and, evidently, so has the pawn shop. The business model was present in China over 3000 years ago and could also be found in the Ancient Greek and Roman Empires. While the essence of the model has not changed, the perception of the business has […]
Building a successful crowdfunded project
In this fortunate opportunity to interview Brian Meece, the CEO and co-founder of RocketHub discusses the successful of a crowdfunding project. For those who might not know, RocketHub is known as “The World’s Funding Machine”. The company has been featured in every major publication including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, NPR, Wired, […]
Jintronix: Kinect based physical rehabilitation
It’s interesting to contemplate about some of the less obvious associations we make from time to time. Consider Reese’s Pieces, which came as a result of a perceived connection between peanut butter and chocolate most of the world had missed. The visionary who invented Reese’s Pieces exploited the revelation and went on, I’m sure, to […]
Interview with Mike Tang from Raise5
Ever since we first introduced you to Raise5 – the platform for fundraising through micro-volunteering for charities and non-profits with 5 dollars at a time, the talented team has seen incredible successes, accolades and growth. In this interview, Karim Kanji talks with Mike Tang about the beginnings of Raise5 at StartUp Weekend Toronto. Watch and […]
Mobile Apps that make sense for business
The rise in cloud computing and mobile internet solutions means that very soon even less new startups and businesses will be using desktop computers to run their companies. Mobile computing just makes sense because business becomes easier and smoother than ever before and the appearance of the app is part of this revolution. Here’s a […]
Needium: Lead generation for your business through social media
Although the social media marketing world is still relatively new the development of technologies, firms, and ideas that are used to advance or support online marketing platforms has been so rapid it’s sometimes tempting to assume that there are very few major innovations left to discover in this space. Coming across a company or even […]