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OpenText has announced the expansion of its global alliance agreement with Microsoft Corp. to include wider support for Microsoft cloud computing initiatives. As part of the agreement, OpenText’s newly formed Business Process Solutions (BPS) Group will be delivering a set of process management and case management solutions on the Windows Azure cloud computing platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based tech start up Foodtree Media, Inc. is excited to announce a new partnership with local restaurants including Bishop’s, Refuel and Nicli Pizzeria, heralding the next step in promoting transparency in food information. Read the rest of this entry »

Usually when I hear about a comic book becoming a video game, I cringe. Normally it is because there is zero depth and the story line is a bore. However Beenox has somewhat restored my faith on this subject. Shattered Dimensions has you playing your favourite wall crawler in 4 different eras (Noir, Amazing, Ultimate and 2099). The villains are familiar (Green Goblin, Vulture…etc), but they are tailor-made to suit the era they are in, so you won’t see the Vulture in high tech gear in the noir stages. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal’s 1 Last Try Games is pleased to introduce Evil Square 1.0 for iOS, their new geometry based puzzle Game, where players must arrange a collection of regular and irregular cubes and pyramids so that all the pieces fit perfectly within a black square grid. Shapes are of various sizes, colors, and 3D deformations, but each has a flat base with either three or four sides. When correctly completed, the flat bases of the assembled shapes form a perfect square, with no gaps or overlaps. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian-based enterprise software development firm Devolutions has announced the launch of its latest solution, Remote Desktop Manager Server, which is targeted towards organizations with multiple users who require online deployment or active directory integration to their Intranet. Remote Desktop Manager Server is a self-hosted repository for storing, organizing and sharing remote connections and virtual machines. Read the rest of this entry »

Sunshine Brands, parent company of The Grounds Guys Landscape Management in Canada, is pleased to announce that The Grounds Guys and Dina Dwyer-Owens, the CEO of our strategic partner The Dwyer Group, will be featured on Sunday’s episode of the two-time Emmy nominated show “Undercover Boss“, airing at 8 p.m. EST on CBS and CTV. Read the rest of this entry »

MEGA Brands Inc. has announced today that the company has withdrawn its legal action in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California against Lego Juris A/S and Lego Group. This voluntary decision was made after MEGA Brands received representations including formal confirmation that U.S. Customs and Border Protection will not interfere with the importation of any MEGA Brands products into the United States.

TVOKids puts the spotlight on the written word with a week-long celebration of reading and writing, leading up to Family Literacy Day on Friday, January 27, which follows closely on the heels of a recent study that showed that TVOKids resources help kids to develop key literacy skills. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal-based Mitec Telecom Inc. and Israeli wireless provider Optiway Inc. have signed a letter of intent for a combination between the two companies. The proposed combination will be subject to a number of conditions to be set out in a definitive agreement as well as shareholder approvals and regulatory approvals from relevant authorities in Canada and Israel. Read the rest of this entry »

On Thursday January 12^th, 2012 the London Detachment Rural Unit of the RCMP seized hundreds of counterfeit cellular phone covers with an estimated value of $15,000 from a London Business at a local shopping centre.  The cellular phone covers were bearing various unlicensed commercial logos including Coach, Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Blackberry and Apple (iPhone). The vendor was served with a Counterfeit Product Notice. Read the rest of this entry »