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Brother Canada was recognized as a world-class leader in customer service at a gala awards ceremony held in Toronto last evening. The business machine and home appliance company earned multiple distinctions from the SQM Group, which benchmarks over 450 leading call centres across North America every year. Read the rest of this entry »

Bell Media Digital celebrates the warmth and joy of the holiday season by bringing jolly ol’ St. Nick to life for children with an amazingly authentic, free, personalized video message from Magic Santa. The enchantment begins on November 20th when, for the fourth year in a row, parents and caregivers can quickly and easily enter information into the simple user interface to create and personalize a charming holiday message that magically includes a child’s name, photo and home town or province. Read the rest of this entry »

Phil Rogers, President and CEO of video game publisher Square Enix Europe and Stéphane D’Astous, General Manager of development studio Eidos-Montréal will be making a very special announcement at Club 1234 on November 21^st. Square Enix is about to up the ante in Montreal’s video game industry with an expansion to the Eidos studio. Read the rest of this entry »

Ontario-based Cloudcor® has announced that global certificate authority provider Thawte will be a premier partner for UP 2011, a hybrid format Cloud Computing Conference taking place December 5 – 9, 2011 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View California. The conference will also be broadcast globally via the Internet. Read the rest of this entry »

Providing a platform for tech companies to collide and confer netted great results from Waterloo Region’s 8^th Annual Entrepreneur Week, held November 7th through11th. The event spawned follow-up deals, allowed start-ups to shine and enabled hundreds of entrepreneurs – from small, medium and large companies alike — to gather inspiration from tech gurus who have been there, done that. More than 1,500 people attended Entrepreneur Week events. Read the rest of this entry »

The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and Desire2Learn Incorporated have announced the 2012 inaugural Desire2Learn Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning. This Award, which is now open for submissions, celebrates and recognizes innovative approaches that promote learning in new ways at post-secondary institutions. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has released a brand new trailer for SSX Deadly Descents featuring ‘It’s Tricky’ by RUN-D.M.C. The fan-favourite and anthem of the EA Sports^TM SSX^TM franchise has been remixed by the artist Pretty Lights for the SSX in-gamesoundtrack. The track will be triggered dynamically in-game as players achieve ‘tricky’ state by linking tricks together. Read the rest of this entry »

Funcom’s Week of the Templars continues with the latest video in The Secret World series, this time giving gamers a glimpse into the secret Templars society. The Templars are perhaps the most known of the three secret societies, but there is more than meets the eye beneath the surface of this time-honored organization. The Templars are the old guard of The Secret World – ruthless and traditional they will use any means to fight the darkness. Read the rest of this entry »

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This past weekend the Documentary Organization of Canada – Toronto Chapter held docSHIFT Summit 2011, a conference with the purpose of educating and supporting documentary filmmakers who are looking to leverage their storytelling abilities and position themselves as the go-to people in this new and evolving marketplace. Read the rest of this entry »

The Ontario Science Centre is seeking nominations for the prestigious annual Weston Youth Innovation Award. Created to encourage and recognize young Canadian innovators, the award provides students aged 14 to 18 a unique vehicle to share their ideas and be featured at one of Canada’s most popular attractions. Read the rest of this entry »