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Themis Solutions Inc. is proud to launch the Clio Labs blog, featuring articles from the designers and developers that make Clio, a cloud-based practice management platform used in law firms across North America. Clio is known for having an innovative, user-focused design and for developing groundbreaking software. Combining these two has been a source of pride for Clio’s product team. Read the rest of this entry »

Games shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo video game trade show are usually playable only by the few industry insiders who make the trip to Los Angeles each year, but this year Nintendo and Best Buy are teaming up to make sure people across Canada can get their hands on a select list of Nintendo’s E3 games. Demos of the games will be playable at 21 Canadian Best Buy locations. The games will be playable 4-8 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 12th, and 1-5 p.m.
local time on Saturday, June 15th. Read the rest of this entry »

Spin Master Ltd. and The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) honoured Canada’s leading young entrepreneurs last night as recipients of the Spin Master Innovation Fund to celebrate innovation, entrepreneurship and the guidance and support they received on their path to business success. For the third consecutive year, CYBF and innovative children’s toy and entertainment company Spin Master Ltd. teamed up for the Spin Master Innovation Fund, which provides young entrepreneurs with $50,000 in start-up financing, a hand-matched mentor from CYBF’s industry-leading mentorship program and a trip to Toronto to attend a two-day Innovation Workshop, with exclusive access to industry experts and senior Spin Master executives. Last year’s Fund culminated with last night’s networking celebration, held at Toronto’s The Spoke Club, honouring their tremendous achievements as innovative young entrepreneurs. Read the rest of this entry »

Sage North America today released findings of the Sage SMB Hiring Outlook Survey, which examined the hiring trends of Canadian small and midsized businesses in 2013 and their perception of how measures introduced in the recent federal budget will impact their business. The survey found that of businesses surveyed, 19 per cent have hired or will hire in 2013. Of those businesses hiring, 77 per cent reported that a stronger demand for their company’s services or products is the driving force for their need to hire, followed by improved economic outlook (23 per cent) and the availability of a better pool of desirable candidates (11 per cent). Read the rest of this entry »

Innovative provider of cloud video monitoring service provider Camcloud™ has announced that the company has released a major update to its platform that adds support for leading IP cameras. The combination of Camcloud’s existing support for webcams, its deep integration with the Axis family of IP cameras, and now open support for a large number of H.264 cameras, makes Camcloud the most open cloud video surveillance solution available. While other services support a small number of cameras or require their  own proprietary hardware, Camcloud offers its customers flexibility to use the cameras of their choice. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based bill pay technology provider TIO Networks Corp. has announced its partnership with the State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services and payment processor Paymentus to assist residents in paying State bills anywhere in the country. TIO will provide self-service kiosks and clerk-assisted software at key retail locations in the State, as well as on TIO’s existing network of approximately 57,000 locations throughout the U.S. for customers to make child support payments. Read the rest of this entry »

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Plimsoll Publishing’s “Film Production (Global)” report to their offering. This new report provides a detailed overview of the global film production market and delivers a comprehensive individual analysis on the top 350 companies. It includes a wealth of information on the financial trends over the past four years. A quick glance of this report will tell you that 100 companies have a declining Plimsoll financial rating, while 79 have shown good sales growth. Read the rest of this entry »

Jean Bureau, President and CEO of Incendo, a Montreal-based provider of television production and distribution services, is proud to announce and welcome Jean-Philippe Normandeau to the team as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Incendo will benefit greatly from Mr. Normandeau’s vast experience in management and strategic development. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) renewed until August 31, 2018, the licences of the English- and French-language television and radio services of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). The CRTC has examined the CBC’s five-year plan, “Strategy 2015: Everyone, Every way,” which sets out the means by which the CBC intends to fulfill its mandate under the Broadcasting Act. The CRTC supports the emphasis placed by the CBC in this plan on national programming and regional reflection, and has taken note of the CBC’s strategy regarding its presence on digital platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

Strum is a platform that connects customers directly with local business owners. Strum’s patent-pending architecture makes it super-easy for customers to locate and send messages to their favourite businesses, tag specific employees for great service and send private or public messages to business owners directly. Strum enables customers to earn Strum Points for their activity and use those points to bid on great local goods and services in the Strum Auction. Employees noted for Great Service earn Strum Points too. For businesses, Strum offers a robust, cloud-based tool to engage with the customers that love them, recognize their ‘rock-star’ employees, and give their regular customers more attention and rewards. Read the rest of this entry »