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People at the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum usually have a higher than average IQ, and special mental gifts – photographic recall is common. In spite of this, they have an unemployment rate higher than 85%. Observing the amazing abilities of his own son with Autism, Danish Information Technology professional Thorkil Sonne founded Specialisterne (‘The Specialists’) in 2004, employing persons with Autism as IT consultants, primarily in software testing and data conversion. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s Pixton.com, a web-based tool that students use to write about any subject in the colourful visual format of comics, has been recognized by eSchool Media as one of the Best Ed-Tech Products of 2012. Teachers and administrators at schools and colleges across Canada and the United States nominated their favorite educational technology product or service. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s PDFConverter has announced the release of PDF Converter Elite 3 (PCE 3), a PDF management software with the ability to create, edit and convert PDF documents. PDF Converter Elite is a great, favorably-priced alternative to Adobe Acrobat, at only $99.95, and is fully compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Microsoft Office 2003 to 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

GE has released the results of the second annual “Global Innovation Barometre” that confirms business’ belief in innovation as the main driver of prosperity, competitiveness and job creation.  The global study surveyed 2800 senior business executives in 22 countries. This year, Canada was included for the first time in the study.  Read the rest of this entry »

The Federal Red Tape Reduction Commission released its final report today during the Canadian Federation of Independent Business‘ (CFIB’s) third annual Red Tape Awareness Week™. The report includes a recommendation to task the Auditor General of Canada with reviewing and reporting on the Government’s progress in reducing red tape. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) will present the findings from a three month online national consultation with Canadians on how the Internet is run at the Canadian Internet Forum, a public event being held at the Westin Ottawa on February 27th.  To identify the topics for discussion in the consultation, CIRA worked with Nanos Research to conduct a national survey. Read the rest of this entry »

Social media optimization expert PARTA Dialogue Inc. has published a white paper outlining predictions that in 2012, the next frontier for tech companies will be the measurement of performance, cost-efficiency and return on investment of corporate social media investments. Read the rest of this entry »

Data Center Intelligence (DCI) software developer CiRBA Inc. has announced support for Red Hat™ Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 in its latest release of CiRBA Version 7.0. CiRBA’s new Control Console provides IT organizations with unprecedented control over risk and efficiency in virtual and cloud infrastructure. The console provides a revolutionary visualization revealing in a single view where attention is required at the VM, host, and cluster level and explicit instructions on what to do in order to eliminate risk and increase efficiency. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver Film School (VFS) is proud to launch its fourth annual Women in Games Scholarship as part of Game Design Expo 2012.  Worth up to $49,250, application details will be provided at the Game Design Open House on January 22^nd, which also features sample classes and arcades of student- and alumni-created games. Read the rest of this entry »

Organized by Interactive Ontario, GameON: Finance connects the games industry’s leading players to new business opportunities in the interactive entertainment industries.

While the first day offered a variety of sessions on venture capital, project-funding, value of analytics, lean start-up models, and exit strategies, there was a single and consistant message to game studios: Read the rest of this entry »