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The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has extended the deadline to enter the 2012 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award contest until May 6, 2012 and added a new prize valued at $25,000. Young entrepreneurs now have a chance to win the BDC Grand Prize for Innovation: $100,000 to implement a new innovation project aimed at driving business growth. The BDC Young Entrepreneur Award runner-up will receive a $25,000 customized Internet strategy from BDC Consulting, designed to help the beneficiary increase sales and stand out in a competitive world. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian magazine readers remain loyal to the print versions of their favorite titles, with fewer than one in ten newsstand customers – and one in twenty women readers – having purchased an e-edition in the past year, according to a national survey. Read the rest of this entry »

textPlus is expanding with the launch of textPlus Free Text and Calls for Android. Starting today, Canadians who pay costly texting and calling fees will get all the features and benefits from their mobile phone with textPlus, but without all the costs. textPlus also works on Android tablets and other devices, so users can always stay connected to the conversation. Read the rest of this entry »

VanArts is proud to present a Masterclass in Animation & Story Development, featuring instructors Matthew Luhn (Head of Story) and Andrew Gordon (Animator), both from Pixar Animation Studios. The 2012 Class Tour begins on June 22 in Chicago and ends in Vancouver on September 28th. Read the rest of this entry »

Trend Micro Incorporated announced yesterday that it is now part of the VCE independent software vendors (ISV) program. Trend Micro Deep Security has been certified on the VCE^TM Vblock^TM infrastructure platform and is the industry’s first agentless security platform that unlocks virtual machine performance. Read the rest of this entry »

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP received two prestigious Intellectual Property awards, Copyright Firm of the Year (Canada) and Copyright Case of the Year (Canada) at an awards ceremony held March 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. Read the rest of this entry »

Astral Media Inc. has launched phase two of its latest national multiplatform trade advertising campaign “Media is the New Creative”, targeting media buyers and planners in English Canada. Conceived by Bos, the campaign is entirely web based and consists of three videos and one “making of” that all playfully highlight some of the stereotypes of our industry; the messages recognize media planners as the creatives they truly are, but not always recognized for. Read the rest of this entry »

IAB Canada has announced the formation of its new Real-Time Bidding (RTB) Committee along with the launch of its industry educational efforts with a new RTB Event on May 22, 2012. According to eMarketer, approximately 10 percent of Digital media ad impressions are already being bought via Real-Time Bidding within Ad Exchanges, but this figure is projected to ramp up to almost 30 percent by the end of 2015. Read the rest of this entry »

Shaw Direct and Xplornet Communications Inc. are proud to announce a marketing agreement that will offer increased value to new and existing Shaw Direct DTH video customers and Xplornet high-speed Internet customers. Read the rest of this entry »

Sears Canada has announced the launch of its first applications for iPhone® and Android smartphones, making Sears the only department store in Canada with a fully transactional mobile website and iPhone®/Android applications, giving Canadian customers instant access to the over 80,000 products available at Sears.ca.  Customers can now not only browse and research Sears products, but they can also complete a full purchase with the convenience of their smartphone – from anywhere, in English or French. Read the rest of this entry »