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Vancouver Teen Develops App to Help Detect Alzheimer’s Disease

An eighteen-year-old student from Vancouver, BC has designed a smartphone system that assists in detecting whether or not someone may have Alzheimer’s disease. Kai Leong, a recent graduate of Killarney Secondary School, has developed an app that examines an individual’s gait to detect early onset symptoms of the neurological disorder.

Instagram Co-Founders Say Goodbye to Facebook

Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, co-founders of the massive photo-sharing app, Instagram, are both leaving Facebook. Back in 2012 Facebook paid $1 billion for the young (two-year-old) platform called Instagram. At the time, this was a lot of money for a social media platform to shell out, however, the deal

Toronto-Born Mobile App Lets Employees Swap Shifts

A team from Toronto, including two U of T grads, have developed a mobile app that’s truly a game-changer in certain lines of work. Shyft allows employees to instantly communicate with colleagues to switch shifts, giving workers more control of their schedules. Making everyone’s lives easier, switching shifts is no