I’ll admit it. I can be a little cheap. I also find it hard to pass up a bargain. So when I saw a robot kit at the local store that had been originally $125 marked down to $20, I had to bite. There ...

For many people who like to build things that use Arduino to operate one of the most difficult parts is making an app or software to control the project. A new program called Blynk has turned up ...

Android/iOS: If you want to control a Raspberry Pi or Arduino connected device from your phone, you’d usually need to know at least some programming. Blynk is an app that makes it easier to control ...

Kik announced Monday that it has acquired Blynk, a fashion app that also runs a chat bot on Kik’s messaging app to make suggestions to people on which outfits to wear (and hopefully convince them to ...

Kik Interactive Inc. has acquired Toronto fashion app Blynk and its four-person team, the messaging company is expected to announce as early as Monday. It's only the third acquisition made by the ...

Makers, developers and hobbyists that enjoy the building projects using the Arduino platform, Raspberry Pi or similar but sometimes find it difficult to connect the development boards to an Android or ...

App development is not fun for everyone, and sometimes you just want to control a device from your phone with minimal work. Blynk appears to be a fairly put-together library for not only hooking up ...

You can’t judge a book by its cover. But a nice-looking cover helps. “With every swipe that a user makes, we learn something about you and our outfit recommendations get better and better,” said ...

According to Shums Kassam, a U of T engineering degree equips its students with many valuable things, but a solid fashion sense isn’t one of them. “I wasn’t really into fashion, but after getting ...

A Toronto-based start-up company launched a style application for smart phones this week that resembles Tinder’s interface. The app draws from a database of outfits (compiled by fashion bloggers) that ...