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Toon Boom Animation Inc. has announced that Garfield’s Comic Boom has been granted the prestigious Honours Award by the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA), in the software category. This NAPPA Award is a remarkable addition to Garfield’s Comic Boom impressive award-winning track record since its launch in August 2011. It has already received the 2011 Parent Tested Parent Approved Seal of Approval and the 2011 Preferred Choice Award granted by Creative Child Magazine. Read the rest of this entry »

Research Infosource, Canada’s source of Research and Development intelligence, has announced that RIM, BCE and IBM Canada lead the country in spending valuable resources on research and development initiatives. Total research income for Canada’s Top 100 R&D Corporations was $9.4 billion in Fiscal 2010, down from $10.4 billion in Fiscal 2009, a 9.4% decrease over Fiscal 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s universities are home to many “bright, young innovators” and much more needs to be done to help bring their ideas to market, Ryerson University President Sheldon Levy told the Economic Club of Canada in an address today. Saying “it’s young people who will produce the next wave of innovative ideas and intellectual property,” Levy told a sold-out room at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel that universities need to better educate young people on how to create their own businesses and take their innovations to market. Read the rest of this entry »

As part of its ongoing effort to boost the number and type of original, Canadian research studies into Digital marketing and advertising trends and tactics, IAB Canada has announced a recent partnership with BrightRoll Canada to create BrightRoll’s 2011 Canadian Video Advertising Report (PDF). The study, which is based on the responses of more than 100 decision-makers and media buyers at leading Agencies across Canada, shows that although Advertisers have been slow to match to Canadians’ global-leading viewership of Digital Video with ad spend to date, Agencies expect the largest overall change in Digital media spend in 2011 to come from Online + Mobile Video advertising increases. Read the rest of this entry »

Interactive entertainment company Ludia Inc. has announced its plan to hire 100 new employees by the end of 2012. Located in the Old Montreal, the studio is currently experiencing a growing success on social networks and mobile platforms. This strong growth is fueled by big hits such as The Price Is Right^TM, Where’s Waldo?®, and Family Feud®. Read the rest of this entry »

The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal’s November 2nd luncheon will feature Martin Tremblay, President of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, who will talk about the challenges linked to innovation-driven industry as well as the ways to transform these challenges into business opportunities. He will also present the Warner Bros.’ unique model which stems from the convergence of its movie and video games lines of business, and is a direct result of the quality of its intellectual property. Read the rest of this entry »

The Apple iPad has garnered a global reputation for being among the most innovative consumer technology products since its 2010 launch. According to a new study from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, however, that reputation is equally deserved in business – especially as firms leverage the popular tablet and others like it to improve operations and boost sales or customer service. Read the rest of this entry »

Firmware-embedded endpoint security and management solutions provider Absolute^®Software Corporation has announced the general availability of Absolute Manage 6.0, a product which offers the only single, unified console that natively enables IT administrators to efficiently manage all of their Mac, PC, Android and iOS devices by automating time-consuming IT processes such as software distribution, patch management, and asset inventory.  Read the rest of this entry »

The Language Industry Association (AILIA) will be hosting the Canadian Language Industry Showcase 2011 on November 3rd and 4th at the Holiday Inn Plaza La Chaudiere in Gatineau.  The theme for Showcase 2011 is “The Language Industry:  Looking Ahead”.  AILIA’s Annual General Meeting will take place as part of Friday’s schedule of activities.  Read the rest of this entry »

The association representing Canada’s leading financial executives testified today at a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, calling upon the federal government to introduce a range of measures aimed at improving the economy, including suggestions to simplify and improve innovation programs and the tax system. Read the rest of this entry »