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Laurier graduate creates Houdini app to play music safely while driving
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Former Laurier student Mossab Basir has launched a start-up for a hands-free music streaming application called Houdini. Launched in the beginning of Sept. 2017, Houdini is a new application designed to create safer driving in Canada. Currently, Houdini is available for the Android and will soon become available for iPhone in January of 2018. Houdini was inspired by the rising problem of distracted driving that…
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Life-long high school friends
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High school is a crazy time in everyone’s lives, whether that experience is positive or negative. You’re just beginning to learn about who you are. You’re also learning just as much about the type of people you want to surround yourself with. If you’re from a high school where no one really understands your point…
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WLU’s Lazaridis institute chooses participants for Canadian Scale-Up program
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis Institute recently unveiled the ten technology ventures chosen to participate in its launch of the Canadian Scale-Up Program. The program began over the summer with a cross-Canada roadshow, where presentations were given in major cities to the respective regions’ most promising technology companies. When applications closed on Sept. 16, the program…
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