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Brad Martin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Random House of Canada Limited, announced today that Random House of Canada (RHC) has become the sole owner of McClelland & Stewart (M&S). Read the rest of this entry »

via Interactive Ontario: Details on three keynote sessions that attendees at GameON: Finance can look forward to next week in Toronto. Tickets are still available for purchase for GameOn Finance, which will take place at The Design Exchange. Read the rest of this entry »

Data Center Intelligence (DCI) software provider CiRBA Inc. has announced the general availability of Version 7.0 of CiRBA DCI-Control, which revolutionizes how organizations control virtual and cloud infrastructure. CiRBA’s new Control Console enables IT organizations to see in a single glance where attention is required at the VM, host, and cluster level, and then provides explicit instructions on what to do in order to eliminate risk and increase efficiency. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadians and new GoPayment users in the U.S. can soon easily accept credit cards on a mobile device with the GoPayment app and a newly-designed, free credit card reader. Intuit Inc. has announced that it plans to take its free GoPayment mobile credit card app and card reader hardware global, with the first implementation in Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Teradici, developer of the PC-over-IP® (PCoIP®) protocol that enables a true PC experience for desktop virtualization, today announced its participation at the 2012 International CES. Teradici will be showcasing a joint technology demonstration with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), highlighting the performance and efficiency of both the OMAP4460 smart multicore processor and Teradici PCoIP protocol. Read the rest of this entry »

Andrew Osis, CEO of Poynt Corporation, a mobile local search and advertising provider, will be a featured speaker at the Variety Entertainment Summit at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Mr. Osis has been invited to share his insights during the “Technology All-Stars of Today and Tomorrow” panel, which takes place Wednesday, January 11 from 11:15 to 12:00 pm PST at the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall. Read the rest of this entry »

F-Secure and rural broadband services provider Xplornet Communications Inc. have announced that Xplornet Communications Inc. will offer F-Secure’s Internet Security services for PCs and Macs to its subscribers across Canada. F-Secure’s anti-virus program will help ensure that Xplornet’s business and residential customers have a reliable protection option from viruses and other types of malware. Xplornet will be including the Security Suite at no extra cost with some of its business packages, and will offer it as an add-on for its residential packages. Read the rest of this entry »

TuneCore has launched its industry changing flat fee, keep all your rights, get 100% of the revenues global music distribution service in Canada. Using TuneCore’s new Canadian site, all Canadian artists can get their music to fans worldwide via distribution into iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and more. The Canadian site, which is available exclusively to Canadian artists, is priced in domestic currency and features no currency conversion on domestic sales. Read the rest of this entry »

Clickfree™, the inventors of effortless automatic computer backup, announced that their new downloadable software, available for download from their website, will be free during Consumer Electronics Show. To get a free Personal Edition of the software, use coupon code CESFREE during the checkout process on Clickfree’s website. Read the rest of this entry »

Intertainment Media and Dx3 Canada have announced the participants in this year’s “Intertainment Media Incubation Zone” to be showcased at the Dx3 Canada expo on January 25 and 26, 2012 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The IMIZ will showcase Canada’s top start-ups along with their respective incubators, culminating in a panel “pitch-off” for the chance to win a $20,000 prize of cash and professional services from Intertainment Media Inc. Read the rest of this entry »