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The Quebec Technology Association (AQT) has made the Quebec Minister of Finance and Revenue aware of the critical importance of ensuring that budget measures take the realities of the ICT sector  into consideration. Read the rest of this entry »

Cloud-based news platform SendtoNews.com is pleased to announce that it has closed a $1 million financing round from angel investors led by Elton, Adrian and Myron Pereira & Don Wharton, all Co-Founders at ParetoLogic Inc. The funds are targeted to accelerate North American expansion out of its offices in Victoria, San Francisco and New York. Read the rest of this entry »

Leger Marketing continues to pursue international growth by becoming a majority shareholder of ISOPUBLIC, a Swiss polling and market research firm. Founded in 1943, ISOPUBLIC is Leger Marketing’s fifth acquisition over the past ten years after Criterion in Toronto, Criterion Research in Edmonton, Claros Research in Calgary and Arc Research in Philadelphia. Leger Marketing now counts 800 employees located in Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary, as well as Philadelphia, Denver, Tampa, and Zurich. Read the rest of this entry »

Pro athletes will not be the only ones cashing in on their highlight reel moves in 2012, as Electronic Arts Inc.  today announced the EA SPORTS™ Challenge Series, a sports video game tournament series that will determine the most skilled Madden NFL 12, NHL®12 and FIFA 12 gamers. Powered by Virgin Gaming and exclusive to the PlayStation^®3 (PS3^TM) computer entertainment system, participants will compete for over $1-million in cash and prizes – the largest prize money of any console-based sports gaming tournament ever. Available online at Virgin Gaming, new technology allows gamers to participate in the tournament online at their leisure by pairing up gamers playing on the site at the same time. Read the rest of this entry »

In the aftermath of international disaster, Canada is often at the forefront of emergency aid relief – but is the nation’s assistance in crisis situations as effective as it could be? Veteran Citytv news anchor Gord Martineau explores this topic in an original, one-hour documentary, Tough Choices with Gord Martineau: Beyond Disaster. Read the rest of this entry »

A kids’ game created by B.C. moms to kick-start imagination and get families talking is getting scooped up by families with travel plans for the holidays. Spark Story Starters, sold in 60 locations across Canada from Vancouver Island to Quebec,  is getting accolades for entertaining and connecting families during long car rides and airplane trips. Read the rest of this entry »

Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced the call for entries for the twelfth annual Adobe® Design Achievement Awards (ADAA). The competition recognizes the best student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from higher education institutions worldwide who have created innovative projects using Adobe software. Read the rest of this entry »

A new system update now available for the portable Nintendo 3DS^™ system adds a wide range of enhancements, including the ability for users to record 3D videos in continuous or stop-motion style, updated Nintendo eShop features, new StreetPass Mii Plaza^™ features and enhanced online gaming. All of the upgrades are available at no additional charge to Nintendo 3DS owners. Read the rest of this entry »

At a commemorative breakfast in Los Angeles yesterday morning, Telefilm Canada Executive Director Carolle Brabant was officially honoured as one of The Hollywood Reporter’s “13 Female Power-Players Who Rule the World“, the newly created sidebar for the trade publication’s annual Top 100 Power Women in Entertainment list. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Women in Entertainment, which has recognized in the past industry heavyweights such as Disney’s Anne Sweeney, Sony’s Amy Pascal, OWN’s Oprah Winfrey, NBCU’s Bonnie Hammer and A&E Network’s Abbe Raven. Ms. Brabant is the only Canadian industry player selected for 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Rural broadband service provider Xplornet Communications Inc. and Alvarion Ltd., a provider of optimized wireless broadband solutions addressing the connectivity, capacity and coverage challenges of public and private networks, have announced that Alvarion’s 4Motion® solution supporting TD-LTE was successfully tested in the 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz frequency bands. The trials were the first in Canada to demonstrate a seamless TD-LTE option over existing WiMAX infrastructure, offering a smooth migration path from WiMAX to TD-LTE technology based on a software-defined radio solution from Alvarion. Read the rest of this entry »