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According to new research from Netflix, 61% of parents would like to give their children the ability to select their own programming, but 67% worry about what they’re watching. The research, conducted by Ipsos-Reid on behalf of Netflix in Canada, takes a look at Canadian families’ television viewing habits to understand how parents and children watch television together and alone. Read the rest of this entry »

We all want to be liked, but a majority of businesses may be willing to pay more for the distinction, a new survey by The Creative Group suggests. More than half (53%) of advertising and marketing executives interviewed said they expect companies to increase their investment in Facebook this year. Respondents also anticipate more marketing dollars will be channeled toward LinkedIn (43%), YouTube (42%), Google+ (41%) and Twitter (39%). Read the rest of this entry »

Pearson Canada, the education services and technology company, and ASCD, a global provider of programs, products, and services that empower educators to support the success of each learner, today announced a distribution agreement providing the entire spectrum of Canadian educators access to ASCD’s powerful professional development resources. Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft Canada has announced the results of its Flexible Workspaces survey – a study which examined the workstyle preferences of employees and bosses with regards to working remotely and how they ranked their productivity while working remotely. Read the rest of this entry »

ImmerVision announced today that the Nextiva® Video Management Software from US developer Verint® Systems supports ImmerVision Enables®, offering Verint customers a cutting-edge, 360-degree viewing technology to complement their video security applications. Read the rest of this entry »

The new release of the linear stock-cutting optimization add-in (1DCutX) for Excel from Optimalon Software got two major improvements. Users can now minimize the number of different cutting layouts generated by 1DCutX and perform the material cutting calculation in a highly customised way using VBA language in Microsoft Excel. Read the rest of this entry »

Eyelit Inc., a Mississauga-based manufacturing software provider for visibility, control, and coordination of manufacturing operations for the aerospace and defense, discrete electronics, semiconductor, and photovoltaic (solar) industries, announced that Kionix, Inc., a global leader in the design and fabrication of MEMS-based inertial sensors, has selected Eyelit Manufacturing™ software to support production at its manufacturing facility in Ithaca, New York. Read the rest of this entry »

Post-­secondary entertainment arts institution Vancouver Film School has struck a strategic alliance with Ayogo Games, Inc., a Vancouver-­based social gaming studio known as leaders in the movement to transform healthcare through the use of games and play. VFS’ talented Digital Design students will now have the opportunity to launch their careers at the award-winning studio that was named “Hottest Digital Media Company in Canada” by NextMedia.
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RTNDF Canada was established by RTDNA Canada in 1978 to offer financial assistance to journalism students. Nine scholarships will be awarded to Canadian students this year, bringing the total amount awarded by RTNDF to more than $281,500.00. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday Maplesoft™ announced a major new release of its flagship product, Maple™, the technical computing software for mathematicians, engineers, and scientists. With Maple 16, Maplesoft introduces new tools and techniques in its Clickable Math™ collection, setting new standards for ease of use in mathematical software and providing new, innovative ways to explore mathematics. Read the rest of this entry »