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In June 2010 Minister of Finance the Honourable James Flaherty announced the formation of a Task Force for Payments Systems Review. The Task Force Final Report is now available online for study. Converting business payments from paper to electronic payments was identified by the Minister as an area where significant cost reductions could be achieved.  Read the rest of this entry »

Revenue is not the biggest concern for Canadian tech start-ups according to a report on emerging technology companies released today by PwC. For the first time, the 150 CEOs interviewed listed managing talent as their biggest issue (26%) compared to revenue (25%) and funding (18%). Now in its 9^thyear, the annual report found that: Read the rest of this entry »

Bald is beautiful. MGA Entertainment Canada will launch a new range of hairless Bratz^®dolls this summer at Toys”R”Us Canada to support children dealing with hair loss due to illnesses such as cancer and alopecia, donating a portion of every sale to Starlight Children’s Foundation. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute® Software Corporation, a Vancouver-based provider of firmware-embedded, persistent endpoint security and management solutions, announced today the release of Absolute Manage 6.1 which includes expanded “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) support for ultra-portable devices, including laptops. Read the rest of this entry »

Angoss Software Corporation is pleased to make available new features to its predictive analytics and data mining software suite version 8.0 which includes KnowledgeSEEKER® and KnowledgeSTUDIO®. The new features advance Angoss’ big data analytics capabilities and improve data mining productivity and efficiency for companies with growing volumes of structured and unstructured data who are using analytics to transform information into insight and action. Read the rest of this entry »

SMART Technologies Inc., a Calgary-based provider of collaboration solutions, announces that TELUS has been appointed an authorized SMART dealer. TELUS is a leading telecommunications company in Canada and provides a wide range of communications products for wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, digital media and collaboration solutions. Read the rest of this entry »

Susan Hammond’s award-winning Classical Kids series has been re-developed for the iOS Apple iPad tablet and will be released via the Apple app store on May 22. Classical Kids -The Complete Teachers Edition features seven individual Classical Kids stories with accompanying teacher’s notes and includes the Juno and Emmy winning Beethoven Lives Upstairs, the platinum-selling Mr. Bach Comes to Call and the Juno and Parent’s Choice Gold Award winning Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery. The Complete Teacher’s Edition app is priced at C$139 and individual Teacher’s Editiontitles are available for C$19.99. Read the rest of this entry »

CIBC and Rogers Communications have announced an agreement to launch Canada’s first joint mobile payment solution, allowing Canadians to pay with their CIBC credit card at the checkout counter using their Rogers “Near Field Communications” (NFC) enabled smartphone. Beginning later this year, customers will be able to use this payment capability at merchants across Canada where contactless credit card payments are accepted. Read the rest of this entry »

The BC Government’s Emergency Info website has taken a very novel approach to teaching people about being prepared for emergencies. Using the always-popular Zombie theme, visitors are told that if they’re ready for a Zombie attack, they will pretty well be ready for any emergency or disaster that could arise. Read the rest of this entry »

ATLUS, a brand of Index Digital Media, Inc., has announced that “Game of Thrones™,” the RPG based on the internationally bestselling book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin and the critically acclaimed HBO® television series, Game of Thrones®, is now available in stores across North America for Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3  and PC via download.  Read the rest of this entry »