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Congratulations to the legal, technology, educational and financial firms who play a part in the innovative and creative side of the Canadian economy as developers, innovators, service providers, educators, mentors and event sponsors, as well as to the government agencies whose services also provide support for the things we do. Special congratulations to Digital Extremes and Next Level Games for representing the interactive entertainment sector.

To learn more about the Top 100 process, you are invited to attend the annual conference for the Canada’s Top 100 Employers Project, which takes place on November 28-29, 2011 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. At the conference you will hear from world-class speakers and the winners of the Canada’s Top 100 Employers competition — all hand-picked by the Mediacorp editorial team to bring you the latest thinking on becoming an employer-of-choice. Read the rest of this entry »

The latest in home entertainment technology is now available nationwide through the Shaw Gateway Experience. The centre of a connected home, the Gateway is a multi-room HDPVR that allows families to access recorded content and the entire Shaw Video On Demand library on multiple TVs.

“The Shaw Gateway delivers a totally new way of experiencing in-home entertainment,” said Peter Bissonnette, President, Shaw Communications Inc. “As the first product of its kind in Canada, we’re excited to bring our customers across Canada the powerful technology and connectivity that the Shaw Gateway provides.” Read the rest of this entry »

Sparksheet, the award-winning multiplatform magazine powered by Spafax, is launching a new online magazine for Dx3 Canada, the first and only Canadian trade show “where business gets digital.” The “Dx3 Digest,” to be launched at the end of October, will feature original content around digital marketing, digital advertising and digital retailing before, during and after the event. Read the rest of this entry »

netTALK.COM, INC., a telecommunications and consumer electronics company offering a variety of innovative, easy-to-use products designed to help consumers save money on phone calls and more, has announced that the netTALK DUO VoIP device and digital phone service is now available online at Walmart.ca. Currently a bestseller on the Walmart.com Office category in the USA, the netTALK DUO has been one of the top five bestsellers in the category for most of the past four months. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s Themis Solutions’ web-based practice management application Clio is celebrating its third anniversary. In the years since its launch, Clio has proudly helped to transform the legal practice management landscape by offering small and mid-sized firms unprecedented ease-of-use, affordability and practice mobility with its cloud-based system. Read the rest of this entry »

Live from the stage at the Connect 11 conference this morning, LinkedIn announced HootSuite as a charter member of the LinkedIn Certified Developer Program. This adds LinkedIn and over 120 million users as another full-featured social network integration within the HootSuite dashboard alongside Twitter and Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »

“A program to create a Canada composed of world-class Intelligent Communities is a boost for Canada,” said Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran earlier today. Commenting as leader of one of the few Canadian cities that have won the prestigious ‘Intelligent Community of the Year’ Awards from the Intelligent Community Forum, Waterloo is a heavy hitter in global standings. Read the rest of this entry »

Your dog could be famous! Fido is searching for Canada’s top dog to star in a future Fido ad. From October 6th to November 17th, Canadian dog owners are invited to enter their dazzling dog online or in person into the Fido Casting Call™ in support of a great cause. Dog owners and dog lovers alike are encouraged to vote for their preferred pooch and $200,000 will be donated to the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides. Read the rest of this entry »

SOCAN has launched its new mobile app for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, offering its members 24/7 access to a wide array of functionality wherever they are. SOCAN members can now browse their catalogues, calculate their performance royalties and review their statements on the go. Whether in the studio, in a hotel room, or traveling to a gig, members can access their SOCAN account anytime, anywhere. SOCAN licensees can also use a unique “licence finder” tool to determine which ones apply to their situation, and easily calculate their licence fees. Read the rest of this entry »

Astral Media Inc. has announced a deal that will have programming from its multi-platform brand Disney XD available on the Xbox 360 console through Xbox LIVE, the premium online entertainment service for Xbox 360. One of the first kids entertainment brands to make content available to Canadian families through Xbox LIVE, Disney XD will offer a sampling lineup that includes popular titles such as Phineas and Ferb, Kickin’ It and What’s Up, Warthogs!. Programming will be available concurrent upon launch of the service this winter. Read the rest of this entry »