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During his opening keynote at the company’s annual customer conference, Mark J. Barrenechea, President and CEO of OpenText will unveil the industry’s first cloud designed specifically to address Enterprise Information Management (EIM). Available beginning today, OpenText Cloud aims to provide all OpenText software as cloud based offerings, in addition to the existing on-premises products. OpenText Cloud provides customers with anytime, anywhere access to OpenText’s EIM solution portfolio in the cloud, including more than 20 ready-to-use applications and services. Read the rest of this entry »

With nearly 40% of HootSuite’s over 3 million daily messages being sent through Facebook, HootSuite has added a string of new features to enhance the control and monitoring powers. A total of six new or enhanced features, available immediately to HootSuite users, have increased the demographic targeting and messaging capabilities of team members on Facebook, expanded the available analytics, and have made it possible to search Facebook from within the dashboard, among other functions. HootSuite has quickly become the leading social media management tool for enterprise and is used today by leading brands such as PepsiCo, McDonalds, Virgin and more. Read the rest of this entry »

This week, Startup Canada and hundreds of community partners are putting business mentors and enterprise mentorship in a national spotlight through the Canadian Mentorship Challenge during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) November 12th through 18th. Across Canada, organizations participating in the Canadian Mentorship Challenge will host events to collectively mentor 10,000 enterprising Canadians. Read the rest of this entry »

Security technology company McAfee has released findings from the company’s 2012 Holiday Shopping study. The research investigates the online habits, behaviours, interests and lifestyles of global consumers who indicated that they will engage with Internet and mobile devices while shopping this holiday season. In light of these findings, McAfee also exposes the top 12 scams of Christmas that criminals plan to use to rip off Canadians as they shop online and on mobile devices for the holidays.  Read the rest of this entry »

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome is a new, shot in Vancouver science-fiction drama from NBCUniversal which premiered the first of ten episodes yesterday on Machinima Prime’s YouTube channel. February 2013 is when Syfy, a division of NBCUniversal,will be expected to televise the pilot and also offer it on DVD, Blue-Ray, On Demand, and digital download. Throughout the history of the Battlestar Galactica franchise, LightWave 3D^® software has been a constant in the show’s production pipeline for everything from otherworldly atmospheres to earth-shattering visual effects. Blood & Chrome continues the tradition, adding Cylon robots, snake creatures, and more than 20 sets constructed entirely in LightWave 3D. (Note: I did try to find out more about the Vancouver connection, but the PR agency did not return any answers to my questions, which were sent over 24 hours ago.) Read the rest of this entry »

Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) is pleased to introduce Flight School, a new comprehensive crisis simulation tool that combines H+K communications training experts, customized materials and new proprietary technology. Flight School was developed through a close collaboration between crisis communications professionals, digital strategists and engineers and provides participants in crisis exercises with the opportunity to overcome challenges in a comprehensive, timely and strategic manner. Read the rest of this entry »

Nova Scotia’s knowledge economy is continuing to grow through a new venture between the province of Nova Scotia, IBM and a group of six Nova Scotia post-secondary institutions. Together with the support of the Nova Scotia government and a consortium of 6 universities and colleges, IBM Canada will create its first-ever centre for application services delivery in Canada. IBM Canada will establish a Halifax-based Global Delivery Centre. The province, through Nova Scotia Business Inc., is investing up to $12,240,000 in exchange of up to 500 new highly skilled jobs in Nova Scotia. Read the rest of this entry »

FreshBooks, the Toronto-based cloud accounting specialist for small business owners, has released their iPad app designed specifically for service-based professionals with 1-10 employees who want the freedom to run their business on the go. Following the recent launch of the iPhone app, FreshBooks for iPad builds on the company’s vision to support small business owners everywhere with high-quality mobile tools that give them the convenience and flexibility they need for their business. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal-based Execution Labs announced that it is taking applications for its unique incubator for independent game developers. The new venture is a first-of-its-kind hybrid game incubator and go-to-market accelerator designed to help teams of experienced game developers create and launch their own games and spin out into startup game studios. The primary focus is on those who wish to develop mid-core and hard-core games for mobile platforms.

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Tomorrow, Vancouver Film School (VFS) will officially open ticket sales for the 7^th annual Game Design Expo, taking place in Vancouver January 19-20, 2013. At Industry Speaker Day on Saturday, January 19, seven presenters from Canada and the U.S. will bring ticketholders behind the scenes of today’s hottest games, beginning with headliner Chris Haluke, Lead Designer at 343 Industries, the Microsoft studio behind Halo 4. The game is the most expensive Microsoft has ever developed and officially hit shelves today to rave reviews, with IGN calling it “a masterstroke”. Read the rest of this entry »