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An international team of astronomers is planning something audacious: a revolutionary telescope so vast and distributed, it will comprise 3,000 dishes spanning the area of an entire continent. This $2 billion international mega-science project is coming in the next decade to provide new insights about the darkest corners of our universe. Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine the opportunity to stay in the heart of the city for every long weekend in 2013.  Experience the events, shopping, theatre, dining and attractions all just steps away from Toronto’s Entertainment Hotel. The Delta Chelsea has launched its biggest contest ever by challenging the Facebook community to raise over 10,000 “Likes” on the Delta Chelsea Facebook page by July 31, 2012! Read the rest of this entry »

Basketball fans can now get even closer to the action after Score Media Inc. released a host of upgrades to its popular ScoreMobile iPhone app in time for an exciting month of college basketball. With more than 3.6 million unique users every month, ScoreMobile is already considered one of the leading free sports apps in the world. Read the rest of this entry »

The Media Awareness Network (MNet) and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) are pleased to announce that “Privacy Matters” will be the theme of this year’s Media Literacy Week, to be held November 5th through 9th. MNet and the CTF are pleased to welcome back YouTube as the 2012 Gold Sponsor of Media Literacy Week. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Entertainment Network has announced the debut of the Music Unlimited cloud-based digital music subscription service in Canada where users can access millions of songs on multiple devices like PlayStation®3, Android™ handsets, PCs, Sony BRAVIA® HDTVs and Blu-ray™ Disc players. Read the rest of this entry »

Accounting and business management solutions provider Dynacom Technologies has unveiled its new services focused on supporting its clients’ business growth with tailored solutions from technological tools design to Internet marketing promotion. Read the rest of this entry »

RDM Corporation, a Waterloo-based developer of specialized software and hardware products for electronic payment processing, announced the support of Simply Deposit Mobile® for Android. This new application follows the previously released version for iPhone. Simply Deposit Mobile enables users to deposit checks with their Android phone from virtually anywhere. Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine a sports and entertainment arena designed to provide unprecedented online access to fans around the world. This is the vision of Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the future home of Nets Basketball and more than 220 events a year. Pre/post-event coverage will now be accessible to an audience worldwide through a first-of-its-kind, exclusive partnership with Ortsbo Inc. — a leader in online and social media language services—using the state-of-the-art Barclays Center Ortsbo Media Room. The viewing experience will launch when the arena opens on September 28, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

The Parrot AR.Drone 2.0, the new generation of Parrot’s renowned high-tech quadricopter that can be controlled by Wi-Fi using a smartphone or tablet (see site for compatibility list), will land in Canada in May 2012. With a new high-definition camera, video and photo recording and sharing, new piloting mode, increased stability and brand-new look, the AR.Drone 2.0 offers an experience like no other! Read the rest of this entry »

In collaboration with 3M Canada, Toronto branding firm Reset Branding has introduced Futurelook, the next generation of strategic brand development. Futurelook is built on 3M’s decades of scientific research on how consumers and shoppers react to various visuals, and Reset Branding’s experience and innovative approach to brand development. Futurelook marries vision science with cutting edge technology to help brand owners and marketers test the visual impact of their content and increase the probability that viewers will notice the most important elements of a design. Read the rest of this entry »