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“Less is more” when sharing personal information online says Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart. The Commissioner is delivering this message as part of her Office’s countdown to Data Privacy Day, which is marked annually by organizations around the world on January 28th. Read the rest of this entry »

Rogers Communications and Vancouver’s Wavefront, a wireless centre of excellence for commercialization and research, have announced the launch of the Rogers Wireless Innovation Centre, a new Centre that helps technology innovators develop products and bring them to market faster. Read the rest of this entry »

Tech sector momentum continues to grow in Waterloo Region, as Communitech reports that 450 startup jobs and 300 new companies emerged in the Region during 2011, along with continued hiring in established companies. Companies working with the Communitech startups team raised over $70 million in funding from venture capitalists, angel investors and government incentive programs to spur on innovation during 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Shaw Media rang in the New Year on a high, celebrating a successful fall 2011 across its specialty services and outpacing the competition with impressive 4% growth amongst key A25-54 and W25-54 demographics (BBM Canada PPM data – Total Canada 8/30/10-1/2/11; 8/30/11 – 1/2/12, Competitor rate of growth over F’10: Bell Media, -3%; Rogers,+3%; Corus, -7%). Read the rest of this entry »

Always at the forefront of public opinion research, Leger Marketing is launching a unique and exclusive new product: the 24-Hour Survey. This new decision-making tool is a requisite for a constantly changing world in which decision makers often make strategic decisions quickly and accurately. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal independent game developer Trapdoor and EA Partners have announced that Warp™, the highly anticipated, downloadable stealth-action puzzler will kick off Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE Arcade House Party series on February 15, 2012 for 800 Microsoft Points. Read the rest of this entry »

Organized by Interactive Ontario, GameON: Finance connects the games industry’s leading players to new business opportunities in the interactive entertainment industries.

The final day of the two-day event wrapped on a recurring discussion of relationships and the importance of building and nurturing the right ones for both your studio and your games. Read the rest of this entry »

Wi-LAN Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Wi-LAN USA, Inc. has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Research In Motion Limited and Research In Motion Corporation for patent infringement. In its filing, WiLAN asserts that RIM is infringing U.S. Patent No. 5,515,369 and U.S. Patent No. 6,232,969.

AffiliateTraction, a full-service performance marketing agency that has specialized for over 10 years in incubating, managing, growing, and promoting affiliate programs for top internet retailers, has officially expanded its global presence with the entrance into the Canadian market by securing some of Canada’s largest retail brands and opening a Canadian office in Markham. Read the rest of this entry »

Online mortgage broker and financial services provider MortgagesCanada.ca has announced a partnership with mobile payment processing technology company Payfirma. The addition of Payfirma to Mortgages Canada’s partner referral program significantly expands both companies’ product offerings and enables the companies to take advantage of synergies in their respective customer bases. Read the rest of this entry »