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As aging baby boomers create a growing market for brain-teaser games and memory improvement workshops, two University of British Columbia researchers are uncovering new evidence that childhood remains the most crucial period for enhancing – or undermining – a person’s cognitive abilities. Read the rest of this entry »

The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) is offering Canadian students the chance to win one of three laptop computers while they learn about budgeting, savings, credit, debt and financial planning. The City provides students with a fun and effective way to learn important money management concepts. Using The City and entering the contest is class work that really pays off. Read the rest of this entry »

Trend Micro Inc. has announced the third annual “What’s Your Story?” an award-winning, user-generated video contest that engages youth to creatively share ideas on safe and responsible technology use.  This year’s contest boasts new partners and categories, and is designed to reflect the most current issues facing young people today as their lives are increasingly lived online. Read the rest of this entry »

GoGoNews, the online news resource for children, today launched GoGoTeach, an innovative, subscription-based lesson tool that empowers teachers to use GoGoNews most effectively in the classroom. GoGoTeach promotes literacy and facilitates collaborative programming without requiring any additional research, planning or resources. By offering lessons and content based on the day’s news and current events, teachers and students benefit from a simple and flexible tool that brings the outside world into the classroom in an informative and relevant way. Read the rest of this entry »

“There’s an app for that” may apply to more than four in ten Canadian businesses before the year is over, a new survey by Robert Half Technology shows. Thirty-one per cent of CIOs polled recently said their companies already offer a mobile application, while another 12 per cent said they plan to offer one in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based Kairos Transmedia, a new media content creation company focused on youth, has acquired all the capital stock of Richmond Hill company The Directors Cut Canada as well as The Directors Cut USA. The Directors Cut (TDC) teaches kids digital literacy through its in-classroom work-shops, after school programs and week-long summer day camps. Read the rest of this entry »

Strong authentication and password management solutions provider for IT Service Providers and IT departments Scorpion Software has announced integrated support for AuthAnvil Password Solutions with Level Platforms, provider of remote monitoring and management (RMM) solutions for managed service providers (MSPs). Scorpion Software’s AuthAnvil Single Sign On will provide direct access to Level Platforms Managed Workplace without needing to know or enter a traditional password. Read the rest of this entry »

Professional training developer InfiniteSkills Inc has now released a full tutorial series on the newest version of Apple’s server operating system. With a focus on administrator and advanced techniques, this comprehensive Apple OS X Lion Server Training Video includes 121 lessons on everything from network and directory service configuration to file sharing, mail servers and Xgrid computing. These Lion server training videos show how to perform advanced tasks using a combination of graphical utilities and terminal commands. Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft Canada is challenging Canadian high school and post-secondary students to imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems during the Imagine Cup Canada 2012. Registration is now open for this global competition which requires students to creatively use technology to solve real-world problems. Read the rest of this entry »

The first major fund-raising campaign by Canada’s leading communications foundation has surpassed its goal.  The Communications + Public Relations Foundation will use proceeds to conduct original research to establish the profile of today’s public relations practitioners and determine the skills and aptitude that Canadian employers will be expecting from public relations professionals in the future. Read the rest of this entry »