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Christopher Isaac “Biz” Stone, Twitter co-founder and one of the forefathers of the social Web, will be the guest speaker at the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal’s business luncheon as part the “Bell International Leaders” series, on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at Palais des congrès de Montréal. Read the rest of this entry »

Total Telcom Inc. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary ROM Communications Inc. has received PTCRB certification on its proprietary new Cellular product line called “Alarm Point”. Certification is a considerable undertaking and is a requirement of all major cellular carriers when deploying devices on their networks.  The ROM “Alarm Point” is an advanced low cost cellular monitoring device easily integrated with sensors and GPS modules targeted for numerous commercial and consumer applications. Read the rest of this entry »

Leading into Fraud Prevention Month, a new PayPal survey has revealed that Canadians are saying one thing, but doing another when it comes to mobile security. As Canadians begin to use their mobile phones for more than just texting and talking, they are advised to do a better job keeping an eye on these devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent developer and publisher of online games Funcom has announced that the highly anticipated massively multiplayer online role-playing game ‘The Secret World’ will launch on June 19^th, 2012. Originally slated for an April launch, Funcom has decided to invest more development time into the title in order to apply even more polish before launch. Read the rest of this entry »

Qualcomm President and Chief Operating Officer Steve Mollenkopf will be the plenary session speaker on Monday, June 18 at the IEEE MTT-S 2012 International Microwave Symposium (IMS). As a pioneer of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology, Mollenkopf will address the design complexity and deployment challenges of 3G and 4G chipsets drives in his talk “3G/4G Chipsets and the Mobile Data Explosion.” Read the rest of this entry »

Sierra Wireless has announced that Nestlé Nespresso SA, the pioneer and market leader in highest-quality portioned premium coffee, has selected Sierra Wireless to provide a comprehensive machine-to-machine (M2M) cloud platform and hardware solution to provide connectivity for Nespresso coffee machines used in restaurants, hotels, offices, and luxury retail boutiques. Read the rest of this entry »

The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI) has just announced an evening with cult animator and Academy Award nominee, Don Hertzfeldt, including a screening of his latest film, It’s Such a Beautiful Day on March 5th at The Royal Cinema. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has delivered the first true HD console experience on a hand-held gaming device with the launch of EA SPORTS™ FIFA Soccer on the PlayStation® Vita handheld entertainment system, available now in retail stores throughout North America and Europe. The first game ever developed for the PlayStation Vita by EA SPORTS features the award-winning FIFA Soccer console quality gameplay, graphics, game modes and authenticity. Read the rest of this entry »

A Thinking Ape and Silicon Sisters are hosting a White Day Hackathon on Saturday, March 10th in Vancouver. While this event is designed to create a coding environment that’s friendly to female developers, everyone is welcome to come and participate (50 spots available). Tickets are $10.00 and available for purchase. There are also sponsorship opportunities for those who are interested. Read the rest of this entry »