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The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) is asking Canadians to consider the views of law enforcement as they debate what we refer to as ‘ lawful access’,  or Bill C-30 – “An Act to enact the Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act and to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts.“ Read the rest of this entry »

Ivrnet Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire NeatWorx Web Solutions Inc., a privately held company whose proprietary software delivers web-based content management, registration, administration and payment solutions to sports clubs and associations throughout North America. Read the rest of this entry »

Nightingale Informatix Corporation, an application service provider (ASP) of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software and related services and ExpeData, LLC, an innovative Ohio software company and global leader in digital writing, announced plans to launch “Clinipen”, an EMR-integrated digital writing solution. Clinipen will be available in Canada in March 2012 and in the United States by August 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

The three participants in the inaugural Bell Media Showrunner Bootcamp land in Los Angeles this week to meet with some of television’s most coveted creative minds. The Canadian Film Centre and Bell Media have announced the mentors and guests for the Los Angeles (Feb. 20-24) and Toronto (Feb. 6-17) modules of the program. The Bell Media Showrunner Bootcamp is a new initiative designed to equip experienced TV writers with the knowledge and management skills necessary to become successful showrunners. Read the rest of this entry »

The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (CGA-Canada) has launched the Need an Accountant app for both the Android and Apple smartphone and tablet family. The Need an Accountant app offers free access to a searchable directory of Canadian certified general accountants (CGAs) across Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Is your company’s social intranet vibrant and engaging? Find out how to create a social intranet that connects your employees and keeps them informed and involved. On February 28, IABC/Toronto will present the How to Create a Social Intranet that Employees Actually Use Breakfast Seminar. Join us as Chris Chambers, Vice President, Client Development at Prescient Digital, shows you how to put this valuable Web 2.0 tool to work for your organization. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »