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Telefilm Canada, which chairs the pan-Canadian Oscar selection committee, is proud to announce that the feature film Monsieur Lazhar, directed by Philippe Falardeau, has been submitted as Canada’s choice for consideration as a possible nominee in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 84^thAcademy Awards, to be held in Hollywood on February 26, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has announced a new framework for large integrated companies that will allow them to innovate and respond to new opportunities in a fast-changing environment. The CRTC is also establishing measures to eliminate the potential for these companies to harm their competitors or restrict consumer choice.

“Given the size of the Canadian market, there are benefits to integrating television programming and distribution services under the same corporate umbrella,” said Konrad von Finckenstein, Q.C., Chairman of the CRTC. “At the same time, we felt that some safeguards were needed to prevent anti-competitive behaviour. In particular, Canadians shouldn’t be forced to buy a mobile device from a specific company or subscribe to its Internet service simply to access their favourite television programs.” Read the rest of this entry »

The Pythian Group, Inc., a leading provider of remote database and applications infrastructure servicesand a Platinum member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), has added the new Oracle Database Appliance to its fixed-price database migration and support offering after testing the product during the beta program.

Pythian is confident the Oracle Database Appliance will be in high demand given its unique value proposition as a simple, highly reliable and affordable database appliance that is ideally suited for small to midsized companies and departmental databases. Read the rest of this entry »

Serebra Learning Corporation has announced important enhancements to the Serebra Campus learning management system (LMS) that will make it easier for students to learn while engaging with each other, and with administrators.

“We constantly look to advance our platforms in ways that motivate students and that enrich their on-line learning environments,” said Serebra’s President and CEO, Taleeb Noormohamed. “I am particularly excited about our second round of new social learning tools. Students can find fun and more meaningful ways to track their educational progress.” Read the rest of this entry »

Corel announced the release of Corel® MotionStudio 3D™, the latest addition to the company’s Digital Media product line. A complete 3D titling and animation application, MotionStudio 3D makes it easy for home video enthusiasts, graphics professionals, and web designers to enhance their projects with sophisticated title effects, motion graphics and 3Danimation. MotionStudio 3D features an intuitive user interface and an Easy Pallet which allows users to quickly apply 3D pre-sets to their text, graphics, or web-based projects. Optimized for the latest GPU and CPU chipsets, MotionStudio 3D delivers a fast and responsive experience to users, allowing them to apply effects and view their changes in real-time. Read the rest of this entry »

For the third year, TEDxToronto continues to spread ideas worth sharing with its annual conference, taking place this Friday at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning in Toronto. The sold-out conference will showcase 14 inspiring TEDxTalks with 700 delegates on the theme of Redefinition. Free live video streaming of the conference will be available both online and at viewing parties at various locations around Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »

In conjunction with European and South African mobile Telco software and infrastructure provider IN-CORP SA’s Canadian subsidiary MapleTel.com, E-Debit Global Corporation  has commenced a review of the mobile payments marketplace with Capital Six Limited, its joint venture with ebackup Inc.

“We are commencing our review of our opportunities related to the mobile payments marketplace, particularly in the Canadian business space,” E-Debit Chief Executive Doug Mac Donald said in a joint statement with ebackup Inc. President Rowland Perkins. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile Fringe has launched Push a Deal, the first service to use willing consumers’ smart-phone GPS locations to send them deals when they cross the “geo-fence” and enter a participating store’s immediate vicinity. For the smartphone savvy set, this app means immediate savings on things to buy, do and eat at close proximity.

Since its launch in late 2008, Mobile Fringe has built a robust mobile retail platform that has achieved over one million user impressions through retail shopping apps such as the Toronto Eaton Centre and Yorkdale Shopping Centre apps. Now the company is using that expertise and launching a mobile location-based service where deals are presented and pushed to users who are truly in the right place at the right time. Starting in Toronto, Push a Deal will be rolling out to Canadian cities over the ensuing months. In fact, willing consumers in Vancouver and Montreal can already download the app and have existing local group deals sent to them. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based Strangeloop Networks has announced its latest product – Mobile Site Optimizer – the first website acceleration solution designed from the ground up to meet the specific needs of mobile users. Mobile Site Optimizer (MSO) – which is currently in beta and will be available in Q4 of this year – is the latest in a series of industry firsts for Strangeloop. The company was also the first to offer advanced site optimization via the cloud, as well as the first to integrate Google’s SPDY protocol into its products. Read the rest of this entry »

D-Link has announced the D-Link® DAP-2565 AirPremier® N Dual Band PoE Access Point with Plenum-Rated Chassis powered by CloudCommand™, designed for indoor plenum deployment in above-ceiling airspace installations. The new Cloud-Managed solution provides small and medium-sized businesses, as well as K-12 and hospitality environments, with a secure, reliable and affordable way to manage their networks. Read the rest of this entry »