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Actor Tony Amendola, known for his long running role on Stargate: SG-1 as Master Bra’tac, will be in attendance at this year’s Polaris Convention in Toronto. Amendola spent the first 12 years of his professional life almost exclusively in the theatre; appearing Off-Broadway in an acclaimed production of Filumena and in lead roles on the stages of America’s top regional theatres, including the Mark Taper Forum, American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, and the Old Globe. Theatrical credits include such classic characters as ‘Cyrano’,‘Iago’, ‘Skylock’, ‘Uncle Vanya’, and ‘Jack Henry Abbot’ in In the Belly of the Beast. Read the rest of this entry »

More than half (54 per cent) of wireless customers in Canada currently own a smartphone, up from 36 percent in 2011, according to the J.D Power and Associates 2012 Canadian Wireless Total Ownership Experience Study^SM released today. Read the rest of this entry »

Risk Control Technologies Inc., a Toronto-based provider of loss control inspection software for insurers, today announced the launch of an iPad app to provide an additional option to field inspectors using the RC Inspection loss control solution. Read the rest of this entry »

Carte Blanche for Creatives has announced its 2012 finalists in the contest which gives creatives the opportunity to design an ad without a brief or restrictions, so they can take their creative powers to the limit.  The creatives themselves then select the finalists and the winner. In this edition, due to ties, 19 ads have been chosen for the English finalists, while 10 ads have been selected for the French finalist. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian police are reminding people to be vigilant online after they assisted with an international fraud investigation resulting in the arrest of 23 people by police in various cities in Spain. During raids in five cities on May 2, 2012, officers from Spain’s National Police (Agentes de Policía Nacional) charged 23 Spanish, Nigerian, and Romanian nationals as part of a mass marketing scam. Read the rest of this entry »

Two of Nintendo’s top-selling video game systems are getting attractive new prices. Effective May 20, the suggested retail price for the larger Nintendo DSi XL will be $129.99 and the suggested retail price for Nintendo DSi will be $99.99. Read the rest of this entry »

Showcasing some of the country’s brightest young minds, Microsoft Canada is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 Imagine Cup Canada, a design competition that encourages students to change the world through the innovative use of the latest technology tools. Read the rest of this entry »

Rogers Communications and US-based Axeda Corporation announced today an alliance that will accelerate the deployment and reduce the complexity around development of machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions in Canada. As of today, businesses and developers across Canada will have access to the award-winning Axeda® Platform to build and roll-out enterprise M2M applications for connected products in Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal and its team of business information experts, Info entrepreneurs, along with SAJE accompagnateur d’entrepreneurs, and the Fondation du maire : le Montréal inc. de demain are proud to announce a new partnership that will offer a simplified access-to-information service for entrepreneurs wishing to start a business. This partnership takes the form of, among other things, a single phone line (514 496-4636) to direct entrepreneurs to the right resources, as well as a common service or financing request form that will be shared by the partner organizations. Read the rest of this entry »

The newest trailer for Assassin’s Creed III gives a deeper look at the franchise’s new hero. Trapped between two worlds, Connor dons the mantle of the Assassin in the fight for justice against the Templars. Sentinel, outsider, and champion, Connor defends the land against those who would infringe upon freedom and liberty. Read the rest of this entry »