Seeking interesting tech/web/gadget companies

I’m trying to expand my reporter’s rolodex and find out about more Canadian technology companies and people for both my national CBC Radio reports. If you’re with a tech company or just a geek doing cool things, I’d like to know about it.

Generally speaking, the stories I cover are “end-user” stories (my listeners are average consumers) — so, for instance, I’m much more likely to cover a successful and innovative web site than the developers who programmed it, or a cool gadget than the new chemicals used in its battery pack.

Specifically, I’m interested in companies or people doing REVolutionary things with technology, not EVolutionary. (i.e. If your company has made a digital camera with one more megapixels than everyone else’s, I’m not interested. On the other hand, if your company has put EVDO wireless and a Flickr uploader app into a camera, I’m totally interested.)

My CBC Radio pieces are podcast and available for download here.

  • If you’d like to pitch me, please email me at tod@todmaffin.com with the words “tech pitch” in your subject line. Send as much info as you’d like, but please write a short paragraph summary of what your technology, gadget, software, or widget does.
  • If you have a demo unit or software you’d like to send me, please courier it to: Tod Maffin, c/o 610 Granville Street, Vancouver BC, V6C 3T3. If you require it back, please include a self-addressed collect/pre-paid FedEx shipping form.
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2 Responses to “Seeking interesting tech/web/gadget companies”

    Paul says:

    Hey Tod,

    You probably heard Google has launched street views for SF, Denver, Las Vegas, The Bay Area, Miami and NYC where when you hit http://maps.google.com, click on the Street Views button you can get down on street level to see photos that were taken.

    Why is this interesting? A Canadian company is behind this. Immersive Media out of Calgary is the company that has photographed all these streets and has then sold this to Google.

    Mike Pegg posted about it.



    Sandy McMurray says:

    Have a look at Koolu, a Canadian company that makes Ubuntu-powered Linux appliances for browsing, e-mail and e-commerce.