News And Events | Research on Gamification, User Experience (UX), Digital Signage Canadian Companies Can Use

The “type anywhere” keyboard of the future, Waterloo’s startup Kik

This week’s roundup includes the “type anywhere” keyboard of the future and a first in smartphone browsing.

By The CommerceLab — Feb 10 '14

All aboard the StartupBus, a Canadian app for Alzheimer’s patients

We’re all aboard the StartupBus this week, travelling at 5.8 Mbps per second.

By The CommerceLab — Feb 3 '14

Fed mulls proposal to gamify employment. Plus, Canada’s hottest startup scenes.

Our roundup of UX design, gamification and interactive display news includes a government proposal to gamify employment, the country’s hottest startup cities, and a tech fund you’ll definitely want to follow.

By The CommerceLab — Jan 27 '14

Tim Hortons, HBC and Canadian Tire go digital

In this week’s roundup of UX design, gamification and interactive display news, three big Canadian brands show retailers the value of smart technology.

By The CommerceLab — Jan 20 '14

Bacteria-killing touchscreens, sporty smart glasses, and Canada’s Top 30 Under 30

This week our roundup of UX design, gamification and interactive display news includes antibacterial touch screens and other shining (Canadian) lights from Forbes’ Top 30 Under 30

By The CommerceLab — Jan 13 '14

Digital signage trends for 2014, and Instagram for the startup community

Our roundup of UX design, gamification and interactive display news includes a look ahead at the new year in mobile apps, a new photo-sharing platform for startups and how to gamify exercise for your kids.

By The CommerceLab — Jan 6 '14

Gamification tips for Uber, an ingenious new digital display experiment

Our pre-holiday roundup looks at (better) gamifying Uber, crowdfunding figures that may surprise you, and an ingenious new digital display experiment that asks: “Has social media changed the way we communicate in public?”

By The CommerceLab — Dec 23 '13

The CommerceLab Gift Guide 2013

There is no better gift than a good gadget. Better still when the latest consumer technology transcends novelty by bringing ground-breaking research to life. We’re talking about game-changers, plain and simple. Those are the devices we dream about. And those are the products that populate this list—the 10 best pieces of tech released in 2013, […]

By The CommerceLab — Dec 17 '13

Three Maritime tech startups worth watching and a first in Canadian startup history

This week’s roundup of UX design, gamification and interactive display news includes 3D goggles, three fresh Maritime start-ups, and a first in Canadian start-up history.

By The CommerceLab — Dec 16 '13

Punishments all innovators risk

Some Silicon Valley bromides have become repeated so often they are now almost insufferable. The notion that behind every success are myriad failures, for example, or the sense that if someone’s not laughing at your big idea, it’s not something worth doing. Enough of that. It’s time to stop glossing over the obstacles to turning […]

By Shane Schick — Dec 16 '13