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Astral‘s Kids’ channels deliver something for everyone as new series, new seasons and new specials join Family Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD‘s fall line-ups. Family gets social with a new series from Disney, Dog With A Blog, along with new episodes from hit Disney and Canadian series. Younger viewers can travel the world with the premiere of the Canadian original series Justin Time or step into the enchanted world of young princess Sofia with Sofia the First: Once Upon A Princess, both on Disney Junior. On Disney XD, fall brings an unpredictable puppet, among other new characters, with the series debut of Crash & Bernstein. Read the rest of this entry »

The latest global survey of 1400 IT decision makers from Canada, the U.S., UK, Germany, India, Japan and Brazil, found that while Canada had one of the highest cloud adoption rates, it also had one of the largest increases in data security lapse or issue — behind India and Japan. Read the rest of this entry »

In today’s competitive employment market, the mobile job search is changing the way people look for jobs. According to Randstad Canada, the country’s leader for staffing, recruitment and HR Services, the ability to search for jobs anytime, from anywhere, can provide job seekers with a competitive edge by staying informed, quickly reacting to new job opportunities and getting in front of prospective employers. Read the rest of this entry »

Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, is launching a video contest today to encourage better privacy and social media habits among people who enjoy spending time online. Make the Right Choices – A Privacy by Design video contest, calls on young Ontario filmmakers to produce a short video to educate Ontarians, and people all around the world, about protecting their privacy and how they can make the right choices online. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute® Software Corporation, a Vancouver-based provider of security and management for PC, Mac, iOS, Android and BlackBerry devices and data, announced today the release of Absolute Manage 6.1.2 which supports both Windows 8 and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Read the rest of this entry »

After a successful and exciting first year, Mega Bloks will soon launch their second edition of the Halo Toymation Fest, a community-driven competition in which Halo fans can create and submit their own Mega Bloks Halo toymations (stop motion animations featuring toys) for a chance to win incredible prizes. Read the rest of this entry »

From bestselling authors to the hottest Fall releases, Indigo and Chapters stores nationally host free and exclusive events through the month of September. Check the list below to see if one of your favourite authors is coming to an Indigo or Chapters store in your neighbourhood. Read the rest of this entry »

As summer comes to a close, there’s lots of things to do before the kids head back to school, and having a conversation with them about social media and cyberbullying should be on parents’ to-do lists. According to a recent survey among Canadian parents of children aged 10-17 years old, when asked which online accounts their child has, the following results were found: Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based cloud accounting specialist FreshBooks has launched a new mobile app designed to fit the lifestyle of today’s small businesses owners, giving them the freedom to run their business anytime, anywhere. Following their recent re-positioning as cloud accounting, the free mobile app further demonstrates the FreshBooks commitment to being in the corner of service-based businesses. Read the rest of this entry »

Fans looking to go hands-on with Infinite Game Publishing (IGP) games or get in front of developers behind the upcoming MechWarrior Online from Piranha Games, MechWarrior Tactics and Sins of a Dark Age have several ways to do so as IGP announces details on its PAX Prime participation this year. Hands-on demos, panels and exclusive Q&A session details for the games are below. Read the rest of this entry »