Amazon acquires flash-based cloud storage startup E8 Storage
Amazon has acquired Israeli storage tech startup E8 Storage, as first reported to Reuters, CNBC and Globes and confirmed by TechCrunch. The acquisition will bring...
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Vancouver Housing Unaffordability Due To Foreign Ownership, Chinese Funds, & Migrant Millionaires, Study Says – Investment Watch
via Zerohedge: A new study has provided evidence linking unaffordable housing in Vancouver to foreign ownership, Chinese capital and millionaire migrants, according to the SCMP. A white paper...
Vancouver Bitcoin ATM Ban Is Wildly Misplaced
Since Vancouver police described Bitcoin ATMs as ‘an ideal money-laundering vehicle’, the council are considering banning them. Problem solved, eh? Misinformation… Meet Knee-jerk Reaction So...
The Slack origin story
Let’s rewind a decade. It’s 2009. Vancouver, Canada. Stewart Butterfield, known already for his part in building Flickr, a photo-sharing service acquired by Yahoo in...
“Ghastly” Vancouver Home Sales Crash By 46%, Lowest Since 1985 – Investment Watch
via Zerohedge: The Saretsky Report contributed to this article. Just like last month, when Grant’s Interest Rate Observer dubbed the Vancouver housing market as “ghastly”, in April Vancouver...
Update on the Deepening Housing Bust in Vancouver, Canada – Investment Watch
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Market for houses freezes up. House & condo prices drop. High end hit the hardest. In the City of Vancouver, British...
Earbuds that can read your mind? Orbityl pushes boundaries of brain-computer interfaces – GeekWire
Orbityl’s earbuds can detect mental states as well as a few distinct thoughts — after a lot of calibration. Co-founder Kristina Pearkes demos the startup’s...
Run for Van-Cover, Vancouver, Your Housing Bubble Is Vanc-Over – Investment Watch
via Grant’s Interest Rate Observer On Monday, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver reported February results that could be classified as ghastly, with residential home...
Indie developer Red Hook Studios working on ‘Darkest Dungeon 2,’ a sequel to 2016 hit – GeekWire
Vancouver, B.C.-based indie game developer Red Hook Studios announced on Tuesday that it has begun work on Darkest Dungeon 2, a sequel to the hit...
Canada’s Telus says partner Huawei is ‘reliable’: reports
The US-China tension over Huawei is leaving telecommunications companies around the world at a crossroad, but one spoke out last week. Telus, one of Canada’s...
‘Rocketsrocketsrockets’ on Nintendo Switch is exactly what it sounds like it should be – GeekWire
Rocketsrocketsrockets is one of those games where the title is a near-perfect encapsulation of what the game is all about: you play as a rocket, firing...
‘Celeste’ and ‘Into the Breach’ take home prizes amid a few surprises at the Game Awards 2018 – GeekWire
Part of the team behind Celeste accepts their award for Best Independent Game at the 2018 Game Awards. (Twitter Photo) The annual Game Awards presentation in...
Anatomy of the Housing Downturn in Vancouver, Canada – Investment Watch
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter In 2018, “each month has brought weaker than normal sales, rising inventory, and continued downward pressure on prices” in Vancouver, British...