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Backbone magazine and The Alpha Exchange are excited to launch the Start Me Up Innovation Campaign. The Alpha Exchange Innovation Campaign is about finding inspired Canadian technology ideas, and helping entrepreneurs bring those ideas to the marketplace. The product or service can focus on any sector and use any type of technology. Read the rest of this entry »

Le Huffington Post Quebec, the second French language version of The Huffington Post, goes live today. The site features HuffPost’s unique combination of original reporting, aggregation, a leading edge commenting forum, pioneering social engagement tools, and a vibrant platform for a wide range of bloggers to contribute. The announcement was made today by Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, and Graham Moysey, general manager of AOL Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Competitive gaming website Virgin Gaming and NOS Energy Drink have reached a partnership agreement making NOS® Energy Drink the official energy drink of Virgin Gaming.   Through the relationship, NOS fans, gamers and NOS Rewards Series members will have the opportunity to participate in exclusive sponsored tournaments powered by the Virgin Gaming platform.  NOS Energy Drink will execute retail promotions, including an array of Virgin Gaming rewards and special tournament entries for participants. Read the rest of this entry »

Roaring Penguin Software Inc., developers of the CanIt line of anti-spam and e-mail archiving solutions, have announced that they will be supporting the Level Platforms Managed Services Education and Collaboration Road Show 2012.  Level Platforms is a global leader in remote monitoring and management solutions for managed service providers (MSPs).  The Level Platforms Road Show covers 17 global cities, including 13 cities in the USA and four in the UK and Ireland. Read the rest of this entry »

TELUS has announced a few new innovations that will continue to transform the way customers enjoy Optik TV. First, Cisco and TELUS announced that TELUS has deployed key components of the Cisco Videoscape™ platform in order to extend its successful Optik TV services to mobile devices through its ‘Optik on the go‘ offering. Read the rest of this entry »

Corel has announced the release of its first Roxio® product, Roxio® Easy VHS to DVD 3 Plus. For anyone who has precious memories on video tape, the new Roxio Easy VHS to DVD 3 Plus bridges the gap between old and new by making it simple to preserve and share VHS, Hi8 and V8 in today’s digital video formats – whether you’re burning a DVD, sharing on YouTube™ and Facebook®, or saving to mobile devices like iPhone®. Read the rest of this entry »

Intrinsyc Software International,  a Vancouver-based developer of intelligent connected devices, has announced that its engineering experts will give technical presentations on how to optimize performance of Linux and Android devices using embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC) technology at the Android Builders Summit and Embedded Linux Conference, being held this month in California. Events are produced by the Linux Foundation, a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. Intrinsyc is a member of the Linux Foundation and Bronze Sponsor of the Android Builders Summit. Read the rest of this entry »

DISH Network Corporation issued the following statement today regarding Canadian approval of the TerreStar license transfer request: Read the rest of this entry »

Ontario’s film and television industry recorded its best year ever in 2011 contributing $1.26 billion to the provincial economy – a $300 million increase or 31% over the previous year – according to figures compiled by the Ontario Media Development Corporation and announced today in remarks at the Economic Club of Canada by OMDC President and CEO Karen Thorne-Stone. It was the strongest performance since 2000 ($1.01 billion) and the highest since the agency started keeping records in 1986. Read the rest of this entry »

Social campaign optimization and social learning experts PARTA Dialogue Inc. have announced the addition of Rona Inc. and Air Transat joins Post Foods Canada Corp., Van Houtte® and Koodo Mobile® on the list of corporations testing and evaluating Parta’s  e-Value™ social media analytics tool. Read the rest of this entry »