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North Innovation Fund (NIF), a privately-held alternative financing firm providing ongoing SR&ED accrual loans to early stage Canadian companies in a variety of technology-based sectors, today announced the launch of its first Fund. The Fund was created to identify high growth and innovative companies that are in need of non-dilutive growth capital to accelerate their transition from early stage to commercialization. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s now a new source for news on global tech innovation, as BetaKit launched today to focus on covering emerging technology around the world. The publication is an initiative of Sprouter Inc., the creators of popular startup resource Sprouter, and will provide news and analysis on early-stage technology. Read the rest of this entry »

The Government of Canada and partners Telefilm Canada and Export Development Canada are supporting Canada’s leading game development industry at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco with prestigious meeting space, a networking event and a matchmaking program. Read the rest of this entry »

Navigata Communications 2009 Inc. has begun a commercial trial of SuperWiFi service in Kamloops.  SuperWiFi users will be able to access the Internet throughout the city from any standard WiFi-enabled device.  Voice, video, data and web browsing will all be supported on a high-speed, low-latency network. The service will be marketed under Navigata’s newest subsidiary, kuMobile. Read the rest of this entry »

CharityFocus.ca, a new bilingual web site developed by Imagine Canada, provides detailed financial information based on an organization’s filings to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). But more importantly, charities now have the opportunity to start supplementing this information with details about their programs and accomplishments. Together, the information found in CharityFocus provides a balanced picture of Canada’s charities – their work, their funding and their people. Read the rest of this entry »

Tucows Inc. has announced that its OpenSRS wholesale services division has joined the Parallels Domain Name Network (DNN), allowing Parallels partners to quickly and easily signup to sell OpenSRS services. Service providers using Parallels Automation, Parallels Business Automation Standard and Parallels Plesk Billing can now become OpenSRS resellers through the Parallels DNN at no charge. Read the rest of this entry »

Think cover letters are passé when applying for a position? Think again, a new OfficeTeam survey suggests. More than three in four (78 per cent) executives polled said cover letters are valuable when evaluating job candidates. In addition, nearly eight in 10 (79 per cent) respondents indicated it’s common to receive cover letters even when applicants submit resumes electronically. Read the rest of this entry »

Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc. is pleased to announce that the independent test of its EAP3000 family of WiFi access points achieved better than 50 times (50x) greater performance when compared with three leading carrier class access points. Read the rest of this entry »

New innovative technologies have made Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) a competitive solution for residents and businesses looking for reliable, high-speed Internet services. DragonWave Inc., a global supplier of packet microwave radios and US-based JAB Broadband, a top-tier WISP with a notable track record of growth, today announced the purchase of an additional mix of 200 DragonWave Horizon links to support JAB’s aggressive network upgrade initiatives currently underway. Read the rest of this entry »

CardioComm Solutions, Inc. and Italian-based Meditel S.R.L. have executed a four year Software License, Usage and Service Agreement. The agreement will allow Meditel the continued use of CardioComm Solutions’ proprietary, internet-based ECG service software known as GlobalCardio™. GlobalCardio™ is a software-as-a-service (“SAAS”) offering that utilizes a technology platform similar to the Global ECG Management System (GEMS™), but within an internet-based, virtual application that is scalable and optimized for simplified setup, configuration and remote management by CardioComm Solutions. Read the rest of this entry »