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29th May 2013

VICE Co-Founders To Accept Award of Innovation At Banff World Media Festival

Banff World Media FestivalnextMEDIA and the Banff World Media Festival are pleased to announce that youth media company and digital powerhouse VICE will be presented the Award of Innovation at the Festival on June 11, 2013 at the annual Rockie Awards Gala. In addition to accepting the Award, both Suroosh Alvi & Shane Smithi will be hosting a one hour interview at the Festival on Wednesday, June 12 which will explore how they have lead the company to such success and where they will take it in the future. Read the rest of this entry »

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29th May 2013

New Book The Video Bible Outlines Process Of Professional Video Production

Victoria author Barry Casson draws on decades of experience in the film and television industry to offer practical, applicable tips for creating a successful film or video production in his helpful guidebook The Video Bible, published by Indiana company Trafford Publishing. The Video Bible is an informational book that describes the video production process from A to Z. The book offers many inside professional techniques that can be used in business and home video creation.  Read the rest of this entry »

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29th May 2013

GuardRFID Announces School Security Enhanced Early Warning And Zonal Lock Down System

guardrfidGuard RFID Solutions Inc., a Vancouver-based developer of 433MHz Active RFID technology has announced the release of its SafeGuard K-12 Safety System, designed to assist personnel in schools to instantly declare Code Red or Code Yellow and automatically notify local staff as well as remote agencies of the threat, and to promptly identify the location from where the alarm was sent. The system can be configured to automatically lock down selective zones within the school in order to secure occupants within vulnerable areas, and to send alerts to staff members equipped with GuardRFID’s bi-directional Staff Badges. Read the rest of this entry »

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29th May 2013

Conquer Mobile Helps GenomeDx Biosciences Transform Patient Consults With UroSketch 3D iPad App

conquer mobileConquer Mobile, a Vancouver-based developer of secure, custom mobile apps, announced that they have delivered an innovative mHealth app for GenomeDx Biosciences. The iPad app, UroSketch 3D, provides an interactive 3D model of the male pelvis and is now available for download on the Apple App Store for any iPad or iPad mini running iOS 6. Read the rest of this entry »

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29th May 2013

Clio Launches Clio Labs Blog Focusing on Development and Design

clioThemis Solutions Inc. is proud to launch the Clio Labs blog, featuring articles from the designers and developers that make Clio, a cloud-based practice management platform used in law firms across North America. Clio is known for having an innovative, user-focused design and for developing groundbreaking software. Combining these two has been a source of pride for Clio’s product team. Read the rest of this entry »

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29th May 2013

Nintendo Brings Exclusive E3 Games To Canadian Best Buy Stores

Nintendo CanadaGames shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo video game trade show are usually playable only by the few industry insiders who make the trip to Los Angeles each year, but this year Nintendo and Best Buy are teaming up to make sure people across Canada can get their hands on a select list of Nintendo’s E3 games. Demos of the games will be playable at 21 Canadian Best Buy locations. The games will be playable 4-8 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 12th, and 1-5 p.m.
local time on Saturday, June 15th. Read the rest of this entry »

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29th May 2013

ACL Launches Data-Driven Cloud-Based GRC Solution

acl-softwareACL has announced the launch of ACL™ GRC, the first data-driven, cloud-based governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) solution. ACL GRC quickly delivers value across the organization by integrating risk management objectives with data-driven analysis and decision making. The solution replaces shared-drive and fragmented technology approaches to GRC management, while promoting best practices, communication and alignment of disparate GRC functions across the organization. Read the rest of this entry »

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29th May 2013

Spin Master And Canadian Youth Business Foundation Celebrate Innovation Fund Recipient Achievements

Canadian Youth Business Foundationspin masterSpin Master Ltd. and The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) honoured Canada’s leading young entrepreneurs last night as recipients of the Spin Master Innovation Fund to celebrate innovation, entrepreneurship and the guidance and support they received on their path to business success. For the third consecutive year, CYBF and innovative children’s toy and entertainment company Spin Master Ltd. teamed up for the Spin Master Innovation Fund, which provides young entrepreneurs with $50,000 in start-up financing, a hand-matched mentor from CYBF’s industry-leading mentorship program and a trip to Toronto to attend a two-day Innovation Workshop, with exclusive access to industry experts and senior Spin Master executives. Last year’s Fund culminated with last night’s networking celebration, held at Toronto’s The Spoke Club, honouring their tremendous achievements as innovative young entrepreneurs. Read the rest of this entry »

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29th May 2013

Sage SMB Hiring Outlook Survey: Flat Demand Keeping Canadian Businesses From Hiring

sageSage North America today released findings of the Sage SMB Hiring Outlook Survey, which examined the hiring trends of Canadian small and midsized businesses in 2013 and their perception of how measures introduced in the recent federal budget will impact their business. The survey found that of businesses surveyed, 19 per cent have hired or will hire in 2013. Of those businesses hiring, 77 per cent reported that a stronger demand for their company’s services or products is the driving force for their need to hire, followed by improved economic outlook (23 per cent) and the availability of a better pool of desirable candidates (11 per cent). Read the rest of this entry »

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29th May 2013

Camcloud Expands Platform With Support For Leading IP Cameras

camcloudInnovative provider of cloud video monitoring service provider Camcloud™ has announced that the company has released a major update to its platform that adds support for leading IP cameras. The combination of Camcloud’s existing support for webcams, its deep integration with the Axis family of IP cameras, and now open support for a large number of H.264 cameras, makes Camcloud the most open cloud video surveillance solution available. While other services support a small number of cameras or require their  own proprietary hardware, Camcloud offers its customers flexibility to use the cameras of their choice. Read the rest of this entry »

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