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The Storygraph: a revolutionary era of book cataloguing
February 21, 2024The StoryGraph is a free book cataloguing app that caters to every book-lover’s needs. If you’re new to using book apps to track your reading habits, this is a user-friendly space to start. True to its name, the StoryGraph creates graphs and charts that illustrate a plethora of data-based variables, including linking books to your moods, likes and dislikes, and reading pace. It allows you to shelve and review books you’ve read, compile a digital to-read list, and browse books through a tailored algorithm. The visualizations of how your reading changes over time is useful for better understanding your reading…
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City of Vancouver partner with Good Night Out Vancouver for the #NotMe app
January 16, 2024Editor’s Note: This article was updated on January 19, 2024 to note that Good Night Out did not create the #NotMe app, but worked with app founders to implement it in the Vancouver scene. Content warning: mentions of sexual assault. …
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New app lets you take Indigenous-guided tours at your own pace
July 12, 2023I’ve spent plenty of hot days biking along the seawall, exploring Xwayxway’s (Stanley Park) lush forests, and spotting salmon berries and squirrels by the lagoon. Even so, I realized I’ve only scratched the surface of what lies in this colossal…
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New fashion app combines AI and sustainability
February 15, 2023Bintu Alkassoum wants to change the way people shop. Her up-and-coming app, Shopinspo, fuses sustainability and convenience to bring users a unique mood board-inspired online shopping experience. The Peak sat down with Alkassoum to learn more about the process of…
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SFU students working on study-group app, StudyHubble
September 15, 2020A multidisciplinary team of SFU students are creating an app that enables undergraduate and graduate students to find study partners. The ultimate goal of the app is to connect isolated students through an online platform to create communities. The team,…
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SFU alumni creates puzzle swapping app for change
August 4, 2020Founded by SFU alumni Eric Smith, JigSwap is a mobile app in the making that will allow users to trade completed puzzles with people nearby. Smith stated in an interview with The Peak that he came up with the idea…
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SFU students build healthcare app to improve medical delivery in Uganda
March 2, 2020A class project developed by a group of SFU Software Systems students will have a real world impact in the area of maternal health care in Uganda. Currently, Uganda’s healthcare system uses the Cradle VSA (Vital Signs Alert), a portable…
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SFU clinic waitlisting app wins third place in BC tech start-up contest
October 16, 2018SFU VentureLabs start-up Medimap has been awarded third place in 2018 Innovate BC-New Ventures Competition, with a prize of $35,000. The annual competition, run by non-for-profit organization New Ventures BC, is open to early-stage startups and aims to support…
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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is an unsatisfying yet intriguing experience for any Potterhead
July 24, 2018Having been a Potterhead for the majority of my life, I desperately wanted to like the new mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. However, after several months of playing it, I must admit defeat: I can’t like it. …
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Western Canada’s first dockless bikeshare service launched by SFU alumni
July 12, 2018Western Canada’s first dockless bikeshare program, U-bicycle North America, has been launched by a team of three SFU alumni. The U-bicycle team is lead by an all-female trio, CEO Grace Min (BA, sociology and education), Chief Strategic Officer Angel Fu…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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