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Erin Bury writes for BlogTO about the top 10 Toronto web start-ups of 2010. Seven are MaRS clients!

The Wall Street Journal reports on a highlight at the LeWeb conference in Paris: MaRS client and Canadian start-up, InteraXon's thought-controlled computing technology. Ben Rooney writes, "One of the most (no pun intended) thought-provoking presentations at the recent LeWeb conference in Paris was that by Ariel Garten, CEO of Toronto-based Interaxon."

The Toronto Star writes about Ella's Botanicals, a Toronto-based company known for locally produced, handmade and all-natural soap bars, liquid soaps and lotions. Ella's is a social innovation client at MaRS.

The Globe and Mail profiles Seema Pabari of Tiffinday, a vegan-Indian lunchtime meal delivery service. Tiffinday is a Toronto start-up and a MaRS client in our social innovation practice.

Gizmodo gives MaRS client, Interaxon, some love over their thought-controlled installation at the Olympics in BC. Part of a demonstration of all the cool stuff that Canada has to offer in technology, this "Bright Ideas" installation used minds to control a light show at Niagara Falls.

TechVibes writes about MaRS client and Toronto start-up, Interaxon. Interaxon demonstrates their thought-controlled computing technology: two iPad applications at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

CBC writes about highlights of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and the Canadian companies who were there. Specifically highlighted are MaRS client and tenant, XYZ Interactive, who works in gesture-controlled technologies as well as InteraXon, who works with thought-controlled computing.

Have you read or heard about Andrew Coyne's paper, "Stuck in Traffic?" It talks about how Torontonians are spending more time commuting to work. Eye Weekly points out that we've got the technology to solve that problem right here at MaRS. It's our tenant and client, Skymeter. Skymeter, a company founded by local businessman Bern Grush, has designed a device that sits inside vehicles and tracks the location and distance of travel using GPS technology, adjusting for price changes in real time. To address privacy concerns, the Skymeter sends only the price information to authorities-data about where and when you've travelled stays inside your car, and you can erase it as often as you like. The technology has already been tested for road pricing in Asia and proved effective. So why aren't we using it in Toronto, Eye Weekly asks?

MaRS cleantech client, Hydrostar, is featured in the Toronto Star Business section. Energy and Technology columnist Tyler Hamilton talks about Hydrostar's novel way to store large quantities of energy that can be dispatched later as needed, such as during periods of high electricity demand.

Canadian Youth Business Foundation writes about MaRS' video for start-ups on how investors valuate companies in cleantech and biotech. It features experts from the TSX.

MaRS Associate, Patrick Cheung wins third place in Business Week's Top 20 Ideas for a Better MBA. His idea: create a cross-functional entrepreneurship program where MBA students form teams with graduate students from other faculties around them (software engineers, design students, etc) to create a new venture.

A new IDC report, "Ten Canadian Digital Media Companies To Watch: Toronto," profiles ten promising digital media start-ups based in Toronto. Seven of the ten are MaRS clients! BitStrips, InGamer, Nulayer, PushLife, Shiny Ads, Verold and Visibli are among the companies featured as "innovating and excelling" in the digital media sector in Toronto.

The Village Gamer reports on the Ontario digital media delegation of companies and venture capital investors heading to New York City next week, organized by MaRS. Delegate companies will present at the prestigious OnMedia NYC 2011 conference, a two-and-a-half day executive gathering on Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2011.

David Kideckel talks about how MaRS' Entrepreneurship 101 lecture for up-start entrepreneurs helped him in his career. See pages 30-31 for the story.

This article describes how Ontario start-ups benefit from MaRS as clients. This specifically came out of an Indian delegation event here at the Centre. It mentions many of our entrepreneurs with Indian heritage who were there.

The CEO of MaRS client, Amika Mobile, Dr. Suhayya (Sue) Abu-Hakima, today awarded her appointment into the Order of Ontario. Congratulations to this two-time founder of IT companies!

The Federal Government has recognized the importance of entrepreneurs in growing our economy by creating jobs in the right sectors. Find resources, questionnaires and tools for you.

This article, written by Adam Jagelewski of Social Innovation Generation, was published in Horizons, a federal policy research magazine. Find out what Social Impact Bonds are and how they can be used to promote social innovation.

Did you InGame during the SuperBowl this weekend? InGamer fuses the three dominant screens in our lives: television, computer and mobile.

The Globe features Good Foot courier service, a MaRS client and social purpose business in Toronto. Their couriers hire developmentally disabled people, sure, but they're really a great business offering great service.