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As athletes from around the world prepare to compete in London, workplaces in Canada appear to be hosting competitions of their own, a new OfficeTeam survey suggests. Four in ten of the senior managers interviewed said they believe employees are more competitive with each other today than they were 10 years ago. These results mirror those from a similar survey of senior executives conducted in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

THQ has announced Ron Moravek has been appointed Executive Vice President, Production reporting directly to THQ President, Jason Rubin. Moravek joins THQ’s management team as the company is moving quickly to embrace new strategic business models, digitally connected experiences, and a more focused, high-quality game slate. Read the rest of this entry »

Need for Speed™ World, the free-to-play, massively multiplayer online (MMO) racing game from Electronic Arts, turns two years old today and celebrates with a brand new reveal or free item giveaway each day this week until Friday, July 27. To kick things off, today’s goodies include: Read the rest of this entry »

TransGaming Inc., a Toronto-based multi-platform deployer of games, had announced its CEO & President, Vikas Gupta, will present two sessions in The Founders Room at Benaroya Hall during Casual Connect Seattle this Wednesday, July 25th. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, 20 transitioning Canadian Forces members have gathered at Memorial University to begin “Based In Business,” a week-long entrepreneurial boot camp developed by Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Memorial and presented in partnership with the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF). Read the rest of this entry »

TELUS has launched Multi-View on Optik TV,  allowing customers to keep up with all the action and watch up to four channels at once on the same screen. One channel is displayed in the main window with audio, at the same time as three other programs are displayed in smaller windows. The app is easy to use, allows an Optik Customer to switch between shows quickly, and allows you to choose new shows to add to personal themed lists of favourite programming such as Sports, Kids, News, or Movies. Read the rest of this entry »

Colligo Networks, a Vancouver-based provider of SharePoint apps for email and document management, today announced the release of Colligo Briefcase 3.0, a major upgrade to the award-winning app for securely managing SharePoint content on Apple mobile devices. Previously available for Apple iPad, Colligo Briefcase 3.0 adds support for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, in addition to several new and enhanced features. Read the rest of this entry »

Location-based marketing platform, Sweet IQ (formerly Get Me Listed), announced today that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with marketing communications agency Cossette, who will be integrating Sweet IQ’s innovative solutions into its offer through its new startup incubator. Read the rest of this entry »

Devolutions, a growing Canadian-based enterprise software development firm that recently exhibited at Microsoft’s TechEd 2012, has launched version 7.5 of its flagship solution, Remote Desktop Manager, which is relied on by more than 200,000 users in over 80 countries. It empowers users to add, edit, delete, share, organize, find and manage all of their remote connections and virtual machines. They can also access password management and credentials management features, which improve efficiency and reduce risk. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2012 Canadian Wireless Trade Show will feature the seminar, “Making Money in Wireless: How To Grow Your Business by $20-30K Per Location in 2012” in Toronto this September. The workshop is being offered by show organizers and Corporate Dynamics, the industry’s leading training and consulting firm. Read the rest of this entry »