OpinCity is an app designed by Waterloo’s Pure And Noble, Inc. for locals to better discover their city. It’s a location based service (LBS) app that uses the GPS on your iOS and Android device to deliver time sensitive, and close-by results. It may be a concert, a Tuesday night wing special, or a neighbour’s snowblower for sale. The user is in control of the things they see, and it’s always around the corner. The app is available for download in Apple Inc.’s Canadian App Store and will be available soon in Google’s Android Market following shortly after. Read the rest of this entry »
Axis Technical Services is pleased to announce the advancement of Security Systems to its services and product installation which includes multiple solutions regarding Intrusion Detection, Electronic Access Controls and Video Surveillance technologies. These services support the installation of top-industry brand products such as DSC, Kantech, Bosch, GE Security, Honeywell, Keyscan and others. Read the rest of this entry »
According to a report from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), forty per cent of Canadians cannot identify a challenge to the success of the Internet in Canada. The report, entitled Challenges and Opportunities for the Internet in Canada, asked 1,210 Canadians what they perceive are the challenges facing the development of the Internet in Canada, and opportunities presented by the Internet. It also showed that almost 50 per cent of Canadians could not identify an opportunity for the success of the Internet in Canada. Read the rest of this entry »
The assignment: create a solution for multiple smart phone platforms that will make the daily commute easier for people across the GTA. The challenge: it not only has to be functional but will go live for GO Transit’s 217,000 daily passengers. This might seem like a daunting task, but for six Ryerson University computer science students and a recent Ryerson grad, this kind of assignment has been the norm ever since they accepted research positions in Ryerson’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ) last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Info-Tech Research Group’s 2ndAnnual Quest for Canada’s Smartest IT campaign celebrates the work of mid-market IT departments whose smart use of technology has impacted innovation and productivity in Canada at their gala event this month. While countless reports point to threats to Canadian productivity and innovation, The Quest has once again gone coast to coast to recognize organizations that serve as a model for technology use that rewards businesses, communities and the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
Scribble Technologies Inc., a leader in real-time content publishing and delivery, announced yesterday that the company has raised $4 million in new financing led by Summerhill Venture Partners. Additionally, Scribble is now working with four out of the top five news agencies in the world on innovative uses of the flagship service, ScribbleLive™. Read the rest of this entry »
GamerCamp Level 3 is coming to Toronto’s Bathurst Street Theatre (and other various venues around Toronto) on November 25th-27th, and this is shaping to be the event’s biggest – and possibly best – festival to date (at least until Level 4). The full GamerCamp Schedule and Speaker Bios are now online. This year’s keynote speaker will be Seth Cooper, Chief Architect and Lead Designer of Foldit, a membrane-folding puzzle game that made international headlines when its players solved, in less than three weeks, a key mechanism in HIV that had stumped scientists for over ten years. Seth’s Friday morning presentation is sure to be inspiring. Read the rest of this entry »
OpenText has revealed its recently formed Business Process Solutions (BPS) group bringing together the capabilities of the recent Global 360 and Metastorm acquisitions. The OpenText BPS mission is to deliver dynamic business process and case management solutions that drive innovation, business agility and customer satisfaction. OpenText also today reveals its business process management (BPM) product strategy and first integrated offerings following the recent acquisitions. Read the rest of this entry »
A new online community targeting the business intelligence (BI) needs of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) was launched today providing organizations a centralized access point to gain insights, share expertise, and have access to advisory services and events specifically targeted to this rapidly growing marketplace. The new community was formed by Lyndsay Wise, founder and principal with WiseAnalytics, which provides advisory services and targeted research to small and mid-sized organizations looking to implement business intelligence solutions, data warehouses, dashboards or analytics. Read the rest of this entry »
OpinCity is an app designed by Waterloo’s Pure And Noble, Inc. for locals to better discover their city. It’s a location based service (LBS) app that uses the GPS on your iOS and Android device to deliver time sensitive, and close-by results. It may be a concert, a Tuesday night wing special, or a neighbour’s snowblower for sale. The user is in control of the things they see, and it’s always around the corner. The app is available for download in Apple Inc.’s Canadian App Store and will be available soon in Google’s Android Market following shortly after. Read the rest of this entry »
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