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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 »

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 »