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HootSuite has announced a noteworthy milestone today as their three millionth user, Alan from Sao Paulo, Brazil, signed up for a HootSuite account. The tool, which allows users to manage multiple social networks through a social media management dashboard, launched in December 2008. HootSuite has grown from a startup company to a worldwide industry leader and makes this announcement only six months after their previous two millionth user milestone in July 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Ontario document management company, MES Hybrid Document Systems, Inc., has announced that it will conduct a webinar titled “Getting to Grips with Redaction” on Thursday, January 19, 2012, from 3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. (EST). Read the rest of this entry »

Friday the 13th has come and gone, and although this inauspicious day may have inflicted bad luck on others, it gave nothing but good fortune to the Rio Theatre where Curio Media, with the assistance of IRL Events, delivered a showing of the 2012 Viscera Film Festival. The eerie extravaganza of short horror films created by female filmmakerswere impressive. Read the rest of this entry »

Penguin Canada, a publisher of young-adult fiction,  has launched Razorbill.ca, an online destination for the community, conversations and enthusiasm of today’s expanding young-adult fiction audiences. Razorbill.ca gives young adults a forum to engage with contemporary authors and like-minded peers. Read the rest of this entry »

RBC has announced its call for grant applications for the 2011-2012 school year. The RBC After-School Grants Project is offering more than $2 million in grants to fund first-time and renewed grant recipients. The grants are awarded by regional community panels made up of experts in the fields of youth and education. Each organization should have a mandate to keep students in grades K-12 safe and positively engaged through an enriched curriculum when their classes end each day. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based boutique advisory and technology services company Project X Ltd. has announced the launch of a new subsidiary focused on business intelligence and data visualization software development and products. The new subsidiary, Project X Labs Ltd., was created as a platform to serve global customers. In conjunction with its launch, Project X Labs announced the acquisition of technology assets from California-based BigDataLabs. Read the rest of this entry »

Mars Canada Inc.’s Chocolate Division is thrilled to announce that the sixth M&M’S® character, Ms. Brown, will be revealing herself to Canadians in a few short weeks. Canadian M&M’S® fans will finally have the chance to meet this one-and-only Ms. Brown as she makes her way to Canada! Read the rest of this entry »

Nightingale Informatix Corporation, an application service provider (ASP) of electronic medical record (EMR) software and related services today announced the appointment of Luc Sirois to the role of Vice President and General Manager for Quebec, effective immediately. Read the rest of this entry »

Rogers Media Inc. today announced its intent to acquire a 100 per cent stake in Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) and launch Citytv Saskatchewan.  The investment allows Citytv to expand its footprint in key markets and provide a national platform for its programming, while simultaneously supporting SCN’s historical role of offering educational programming. Read the rest of this entry »

OpenText™ has announced major enhancements to OpenText Web and Social Analytics with the release of version 2.0 that delivers deep Web usage and social interaction insights in real time so organizations can identify actionable trends and continually optimize all their online initiatives. Read the rest of this entry »