Nearly everyone has experienced it. You get introduced to somebody for the first time and within seconds, you can't remember their name. Not to worry, even though the name and facial recognition part of your memory may not be the strongest, Jean-Luc David and the Toronto based team at Cardign (yes, it sounds like the sweater) are here to help.

Byron Hawes is extremely well travelled. The Toronto-based travel writer whose work has been featured in the likes of Architectural Digest and Monocle Magazine went to high school in Tokyo, worked in foreign affairs at the UN and decided the best way to learn Mandarin was to move to Beijing to experience it firsthand. His globetrotting adventures make him the go-to guy for travel recommendations and inspired him to launch a new travel site called Flee.

The top real estate listings sites in Toronto afford prospective home buyers in a level of knowledge that wasn't easily achievable a few years ago. It used to be that the only way you can learn about properties to buy in the city was through a licensed agent or broker or a really well connected friend. But times have changed. The internet is slowly revolutionizing how we discover and shop for our next home and we, as buyers, are gaining more and more access to information than ever before.

Ecommerce has provided an incredible platform for small designers and artisans to showcase their creations to new consumers around the world. Online stores like Etsy are a treasure trove for stylish and creative shoppers looking to support smaller creators and get away from the banality of cookie-cutter, mass-produced goods from big chain stores.

Toronto startup BRIKA has joined this niche online marketplace with its whimsical, Pinterest-inspired virtual store. The website offers a carefully curated selection of "modern crafts," including jewelry, housewares, clothing, bags, stationery and baby items, from a hand-picked batch of independent creators.

Unlike other online stores, the stories behind the creators themselves are front and centre in this e-boutique, where you can get a glimpse into what inspired each maker to create the products sold on BRIKA, though a charming and highly Pinterest-friendly interface. Their motto of "building a beautiful life" definitely shines through the charming layout of every page of the site.

The next version of the iPhone is rumored to come equipped with fingerprint technology, larger screen size and a bigger camera but if it was up to me to make a wish list for the perfect smartphone it would be longer battery life.

I can't tell you how many times I have been out around the city to have my phone die halfway through the day. It got so bad for me that I had to give in and buy a portable power charger and an extra USB cable and carry it around with me just so that I could make it through the day.

At first glance, Jordan Satok seems like the average Toronto high school graduate - except that he deferred a full scholarship to the University of Waterloo, started his own company, and raised a whopping $1.8 million dollars in VC capital that makes him one of Canada's youngest funded entrepreneurs.

Jordan's company, AppHero, is an intelligent recommendation platform for mobile apps. With a cutting edge team of developers and data scientists, AppHero will analyze your interests, preferences, and actions to recommend quality apps for your device. A combination of data science and common sense, its algorithm goes as far as analyzing your tweets to detect interests, while still keeping it as simple as just making sure it doesn't recommend too many paid apps to people who only use free ones.