Village Gamer

Waterloo Region’s tech sector growth trajectory continues this week with a celebration at The Communitech Hub of expansions and job growth – an open house event to be attended this morning by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. The celebration marks growth milestones including: Read the rest of this entry »

NextSportStar.com continues to dramatically increase its online fan popularity, attracting 3,148,198 unique visitors per month according to ComScore December 2011 data. Now with over 7 million page views monthly, the unswerving growth in fan popularity month-after-month is proof that NextSportStar.com has a winning concept. Read the rest of this entry »

When it comes to connecting online with friends, colleagues and acquaintances, Facebook is the place to be for those in creative fields, a new survey by The Creative Group suggests. Nearly half (44 per cent) of advertising and marketing executives interviewed said Facebook would be their social media site of choice if they were limited to using just one. Read the rest of this entry »

TELUS Health Solutions has officially announced the acquisition of Wolf Medical Systems. This acquisition will create a new line of business within TELUS Health Solutions called TELUS Physician Solutions. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Read the rest of this entry »

PPM 2000 Inc., an Edmonton-based developer of Incident Reporting and Investigation Management software, has published a new case study on the use of their flagship application, Perspective, throughout Microsoft Global Security. This insightful look at a real-world application focusses on Microsoft’s deployment of Perspective in all three of their Global Security Operations Centers (GSOCs)—Redmond Washington, Reading UK and Hyderabad, India. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto’s Tucows Inc., a global Internet services company dedicated to making simple useful services that unlock the power of the Internet, has announced the launch of Ting, a mobile phone service dedicated to bringing clarity and control to US mobile phone customers. Read the rest of this entry »

Following a successful 3 month Beta trial, Uniserve has launched its Joyent-backed Cloud platform in Canada, under the brand UniserveCloud. Read the rest of this entry »

The results of fifty-two million end-user speed tests have shown Canada as a global contender in broadband internet performance, ranking often in the top ten of international countries, according to a new report by Lemay-Yates Associates Inc. Read the rest of this entry »

Wi-LAN Inc. has announced that Mr. Paul McCarten, an independent director, has been appointed Chairman of the Board effective immediately. Mr. James Skippen formerly held both the CEO and Chairman of the Board positions. He will continue as President and CEO of WiLAN and also serve as a director. Read the rest of this entry »

The MindShare Learning Report – Canada’s Leading, Learning & Technology eMagazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 4th Annual MindShare Learning 21st Century Classroom Video Challenge. The contest is a testament to the digital learning revolution that is happening across the Canadian education landscape and beyond. This year Mindshare had a record number of submissions, and it was the most competitive to date. The quality was outstanding and the judge’s panel was extremely challenged in arriving at three national winners. Read the rest of this entry »