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Computer tablets will have the quickest ‘multi-anything’ market penetration in history as Canadians continue to buy them in 2012, even if they already have one. In fact, many Canadian households will have more tablets than people as families increasingly use them for specific tasks like reading or general pursuits such as accessing the Internet. Read the rest of this entry »

Businesses are wasting time and money trying to reach people online without realizing many consumers resent big brands invading their social networks – according to research from TNS Canada, a Kantar company and part of WPP. Read the rest of this entry »

After witnessing large, well-known companies succumb to targeted data breach attacks that not only stained reputations, but caused significant collateral damage, Trend Micro has tagged 2011 as “The Year of Data Breaches” in its annual threat round up report. Read the rest of this entry »

ONeLearning, the eLearning committee of Interactive Ontario, will outline the group’s innovative efforts to bolster the eLearning cluster in Ontario, and will highlight a few of the innovative offerings being developed by its member firms. eLATED has had speakers from all over North America to talk about e-learning, but some of the most innovative e-learning in the world is being built right in Ontario. Read the rest of this entry »

The Wynford Group, provider of the Canadian Salary Surveys (IAT),one of Canada’s most comprehensive Compensation Survey and HR Practices Reports, announced the results from their Fall Update Survey of over 350 organizations across Canada conducted in November 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Software in Canada” report to their offering. The Enterprise Edition is available for $629.00 CAD (based on Euro conversion) or $251.00 CAD for the Electronic PDF Edition, the Software in Canada industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including market size (value 2006-10) and forecast to 2015. Read the rest of this entry »

With the holiday season underway, many Canadians are getting into the spirit and showing their generosity to various charitable causes. According to a recent BMO Harris Private Banking survey, Canadians are no Grinches – almost 70 per cent indicated they plan on donating a total of $487 to charities in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, Canadians like to make ‘em and break ‘em! A recent survey created by Virgin Mobile Canada shows that more than half (51%) of Canadians make News Year’s resolutions, but most of us (52%) can’t even last more than a month before we give in to temptation. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal-based corporate mail security provider Vircom Inc. has launched an online survey on the topic of email spam. The survey is open to the public and targets both corporate and personal users of email. Participants to the survey are eligible to win regular prizes such as gift cards from BestBuy, Subway and iTunes, along with a grand prize of the new iPhone 4S. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian producers are keeping up with the times when it comes to the use of mobile technology. Farmers have been as quick to purchase a smartphone (29%) as other Canadians (30%), according to a recent Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Vision panel study (PDF).  Read the rest of this entry »