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Bombardier Transportation has launched its interactive YouCity innovation contest. The online competition is open to students and professionals with a vision for the future of urban mobility – from developed cities to emerging cities of the future. Read the rest of this entry »

According to Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, “a good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” And that’s exactly how the game is being played in the thriving Ontario Technology Corridor, as evidenced by “hockey stick” expansions by companies including Google Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), Gameloft Inc. and Arkadium Inc. Read the rest of this entry »

Victoria’s KANO/GAMES is an innovative new social web app that makes it easy to play and discover the best free online games with friends. Created by social and mobile games developer KANO/APPS in partnership with Ira Willey, founder of Addicting Games and One More Level, KANO/GAMES is built on the latest web technologies to enable players to easily find and play the games they enjoy. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobilicity has disclosed that its Executive Chairman John Bitove sent Ottawa a letter in support of a ‘Spectrum Screen’ similar to that used in the US to successfully limit carrier holdings and prevent hoarding and monopolies. South of the border, the Federal Communications Commission recently applied a Spectrum Screen to help block the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger out of fear that one carrier would hold too much spectrum. Read the rest of this entry »

AMI-audio (formerly VoicePrint) is the world’s largest broadcast reading service, making local, national and international news and information accessible. Daily, AMI volunteers read and record current articles from leading newspapers and magazines, which are broadcast on TV and online into more than 10 million Canadians’ homes.  Together, staff and volunteers produce and broadcast more than 125 hours of new programming every week. Read the rest of this entry »

Cloud technology is expected to create millions of new jobs around the world and will be an important force in inspiring the business innovation needed to restore global economic health, according to a new IDC study released today. The study, commissioned by Microsoft, found that by the end of 2015, nearly 14 million new jobs will be created worldwide, and just over 70,000 across Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Randstad Canada has announced that following Randstad’s acquisition of SFN Group, Inc. in 2011, Spherion Canada has now fully rebranded to Randstad Canada. With coast to coast geographic coverage, through an extended network of over 85 branches across 8 provinces, Randstad Canada now has unparalleled reach, providing local, personalized and in-depth recruitment expertise to both employers and job seekers from all over the country. Read the rest of this entry »

Astral Media Inc. has announced its association with the C2-MTL creative business conference as media partner. This collaboration will allow the conference to benefit from extensive visibility on Astral media properties and platforms. The media campaign was deployed today in downtown Toronto and in the heart of the Montréal business district. As well, throughout the month of May, two transit zones at the Montréal-Trudeau international airport will display the C2-MTL colours to promote the event to local and foreign travellers. Read the rest of this entry »

OpenText™ has just announced the general availability of OpenText Tempo and introduced Tempo Express Edition, a new offering that lets companies quickly set up a private solution for easily sharing and syncing content in the cloud. Both editions offer all the ease-of-use of consumer-oriented document sharing cloud services coupled with the rigorous records management and security required to meet internal policies and industry regulations. Read the rest of this entry »

Capcom and Slant Six Games have confirmed that Steel Battalion Heavy Armor will be available exclusively for Xbox 360 on June 19 in North America and June 22 across European territories. Taking full advantage of Kinect for Xbox 360, players will experience war like never before.  Check out the new trailer which tells the story of Sgt. Powers, the game’s main protagonist, and his platoon. Read the rest of this entry »