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Canada’s best and brightest skilled trade and technology students received official recognition for their outstanding performance as Skills/Compétences Canada announced the results of the Skills Canada National Competition. The closing ceremonies, held yesterday in Edmonton, were highlighted by the parade of champions and the announcement of the Members of Team Canada, whose next stop will be WorldSkills Leipzig 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

Telus and First Book Canada have announced that the two groups will deliver more than 30,000 new age-appropriate books to approximately 50 schools and programs across the Greater Toronto Area through the Telus Terrific Tales program. Deliveries will begin at North Kipling Junior Middle School in Etobicoke and will continue until June 25. First Book Canada is able to deliver books to these schools thanks to a generous $20,000 contribution from the Telus Toronto Community Board. Read the rest of this entry »

Puckheads rejoice, independent game developer, Hothead Games has announced the release of Big Win Hockey on Google Play as a free to play title. Hockey fans with Android devices can now create and customize their own team and then hit the ice and compete with opponents around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

MonkeyMedia Software, a Vancouver-based provider of complete catering solutions for multi-unit restaurant operators, held its first annual party in conjunction with PeopleMatter, at the newly rebranded Bennigan’s, in Chicago, on Monday May 7, as the 2012 National Restaurant Association Show came to an end. Read the rest of this entry »

Route1 Inc., a Toronto-based security and identity management company, has issued a letter to Route1 MobiKEY Users from the Company’s CEO, Tony Busseri to address the recent online article by AOL Defense. Read the rest of this entry »

While e-commerce and tech giants like Amazon, Netflix, Match.com, and Dropbox have significant resources to drive qualified traffic and increase their app store rankings within iTunes and Android Market, there are endless smaller businesses that are seeing the value of Google Chrome Store to find new users and potential customers. With the announcement of the yet to be launched Facebook App Center, startups will now have another large distribution point for their mobile apps and web apps. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto’s Mobile Fringe is proud to announce the launch of its new AppCenter Management Software. AppCenter 2.0 is the perfect digital management solution for shopping centers. This new platform allows for all Digital, Social and Mobile campaigns to be managed in one location. This saves organizations time and money in a increasingly complex marketing environment. Read the rest of this entry »

UrtheCast emerged onto the technology scene in December of 2010 with a singular vision: to offer the world an interactive internet platform of high-definition (HD) video footage of Earth — video footage to be streamed in near real-time from the International Space Station, for free. Last week, UrtheCast’s Co-Founder and Executive Vice-President, Wade Larson, flew to Beijing to present UrtheCast’s case study in competition for top spot at this year’s G-Startup challenge. Up against some of the most innovative startups in mobile technology, UrtheCast poised itself to catch the eyes and minds of industry leaders and investors. Read the rest of this entry »

Flowfinity Wireless Inc., a Vancouver-based provider of enterprise mobile apps for business process automation, today announced a software solution that helps contractors, architects, and builders gain efficiencies and ensure projects are completed on time and on budget. The solution allows day-to-day tasks to be automated on smartphones and tablets, reducing paperwork and manual reporting while providing information flow to and from the field. Read the rest of this entry »

Kirk Marketing has become the first epost authorized partner in Western Canada, helping deliver important statements and documents to customer digitally, 24/7 on their smart phones, laptops, tablets and desktops. The epost Service, which lets Canadians receive all their electronic mail securely and conveniently in one place, is bringing digital mail delivery to the forefront of the postal industry. Read the rest of this entry »