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A new survey commissioned by Canada Helps and Capital One Canada as part of Fraud Awareness Month, has found that 45% of millennials (aged 18-34 years) are taking no steps to ensure a charity is legitimate before making a donation, and more than half (52%) are spontaneous, “on the fly” donors. This kind of behaviour puts millenials at risk for fraud because they are casually handing over their hard-earned money and personal information with little to no planning or due diligence. Read the rest of this entry »

Neustar Inc., a Virginia-based provider of real-time information and analysis to the Internet, telecommunications, entertainment, advertising and marketing industries, has announced that TELUS has joined the Neustar Intelligent Cloud. The partnership will assist mobile solution providers in creating mobile services that work with TELUS and across other major operators in North America. Read the rest of this entry »

Sierra Wireless  has unveiled its newest family of AirCard® mobile hotspots for 4G LTE networks. Following on the success of the AirCard 754S, the new AirCard 760S, AirCard 762S, and AirCard 763S offer several feature enhancements, including an improved user interface, longer battery life, and expanded frequency band support across the product family, providing variants compatible with most common frequency band combinations around the world. The new mobile hotspots are expected to launch in select markets in North America, Australia, Asia, and Europe over the next couple of months. Read the rest of this entry »

Security and identity management company Route1 will showcase its remote access and identity management solutions, including the MobiNET platform, MobiKEY device and TruOFFICE application software, from Booth #34 at the upcoming AFCEA Homeland Security Conference in Washington, DC. Read the rest of this entry »

UrtheCast is pleased to announce that it has taken another giant leap towards launching the world’s first HD video platform of Earth from space, by entering into a contract with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. As a preeminent provider of electronic solutions, MDA will supply information solutions in support of UrtheCast’s video of Earth from the International Space Station (ISS). Information solutions to be included in this agreement include space data handling hardware (data compression units), which will be integrated into UrtheCast’s two high-definition video cameras. Read the rest of this entry »

Parksville’s Pixton Comics Inc., creators of an online comic-making platform with an intuitive click-n-drag interface, has come out on top with the $30,000 grand prize in the 2^nd annual BCIC-New Ventures Competition: Regional. In total, $60,000 in cash prizes was awarded at a ceremony held in Kelowna Thursday, February 23, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Talent Technology Corporation, providers of Talemetry™, a talent generation solution for corporate human resource (HR) and recruitment agencies has announced the acquisition of Hew York-based HR Integrations, LLC, providers of the HRNX (HR iNtegration eXchange) integration network. HRNX is a cloud-based solution that connects HR systems with leading HR services providers through pre-built, managed integrations. HRNX delivers a revolutionary alternative to expensive, complex, multiple, one-of vendor integrations. Read the rest of this entry »

NewspaperDirect announced yesterday that the company’s PressReader application for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ is included as part of the new BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update and will be preloaded on new tablets that ship with the latest operating system. Read the rest of this entry »

Social media participation is a given for most businesses today, but generating revenue and ROI continues to be a challenge — particularly for large B2B organizations with multiple business units. On Wednesday, February 29 and Thursday, March 1 Jonathan Astor, social business lead for international digital agency Valtech, and Sheldon Levine, Sysomos community manager, present “B2B Social Media: Turning Untapped Conversations into Business Value.” Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian daily deal site WagJag announced today that it has been selected by TELUS to provide an innovative loyalty program to TELUS wireless customers.  Throughout the duration of the program, eligible TELUS wireless customers will receive a complimentary $10 WagJag.com credit at the beginning of each month.  The credit can be used towards any WagJag purchase before month’s end. Unused credits expire at the end of each month and cannot be saved or rolled over to subsequent months. Read the rest of this entry »