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Ontario-based Cloudcor® has announced their fourth annual Cloud Slam’12® international cloud computing conference and expo – the next installment in the Cloud Slam® quadrilogy, which will take place May 30 – June 1st 2012, in San Francisco. The event will be broadcast globally, and the theme for Cloud Slam 2012 conference is how Cloud changes our futures. Read the rest of this entry »

QA on Request, a new software testing company is officially open for business. The company uses a unique model that combines the power of crowdsourcing with the strength of an internal team of professional testers to offer round the clock testing services to web, software, and video game development companies. Read the rest of this entry »

Fraudsters have discovered new ways to steal money and information thanks to the popularity of social networking sites, unsecured public Internet access points and online activities like shopping, buying and selling, dating and gaming. Online fraud may be the latest way to scam people, but it is not the only approach that is used. Read the rest of this entry »

A new study from BMO Bank of Montreal reveals that 71 per cent of Canadian women would become their own boss if they had the opportunity, and eight in ten women say that having access to role models or mentors would be a key ingredient to their success as business owners. In addition, one-quarter say that balancing work and life as a ‘mompreneur’ would be a challenge. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian-based enterprise software development firm Devolutions has launched a major update to its flagship product Remote Desktop Manager, allowing users to safely, efficiently and simply manage remote connections and virtual machines – whether they’re across the street, or on the other side of the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Manitoba’s Wip It Up is proud to announce the launch of Speech Button, a new App now available in iTunes. Speech Button is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app for children and adults who are non-verbal or who have difficulty speaking. It was born out of a collaboration of ideas between two practicing therapists from Winnipeg, Carole Conyers, a School Psychologist and Board Certified Behaviour Analyst and Speech-Language Pathologist Nancy Clarke-Shipman. Read the rest of this entry »

Robert Hart, President of the Canadian Cloud Council has announced the final agenda for the council’s semi-annual national conference titled “A Call to Action – Awakening Canada’s Cloud Agenda” taking place on March 12th and 13th in Edmonton.  Tickets are still available for what may be one of the most comprehensive and expansive cloud conferences ever to be staged in Canada and will feature 30 North American cloud thought leaders. Read the rest of this entry »

Fuse Powered Inc. announced this morning that their  iOS game Jaws™ Revenge, developed by Hothead Games, has moved up the iTunes charts to make it into the Top Ten Games list to be currently sitting at #9. Read the rest of this entry »

Crowdsourcing company Ideavibes announced today that it has moved into new digs in Ottawa’s Little Italy and is one of Invest Ottawa’s first tenants in their newly launched Start-up Incubator. Read the rest of this entry »

Teachers College Press is pleased to announce the publication of Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every School, the newest book from best-selling education authors, Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan. Co-published with the Ontario Principals’ Council, Professional Capital promises to be the most important collaboration yet by Hargreaves and Fullan, both of whom are recognized internationally at the highest levels as experts on teaching and educational change. This book is so different, TC Press has not revealed the title and its central idea until today. Read the rest of this entry »