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New Ventures has announced that 131 companies are moving on to Round 2 of the 2012 BCIC-New Ventures Competition, vying for $235 000.00 in cash and prizes. The next stage of the competition will be completing a 5 page  business overview, due May 8th. 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 that it has signed a $2.15 million services contract with the Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC) to i) migrate data from their member centres’ existing EMR databases to Nightingale’s EMR platform and ii) create virtualized local environments for each of the members’ existing databases so the original client data will be accessible for reference purposes as needed. This services agreement follows the EMR software deployment contract awarded to Nightingale in December 2011 by the AOHC for the benefit of its member centres. Read the rest of this entry »

DHX Media Ltd. is pleased to announce it has signed a licence agreement with Immediate Media for the UK magazine rights of Rastamouse, its hit preschool property currently airing in the UK on CBeebies and the BBC’s internet viewing platform, iPlayer. Read the rest of this entry »

Amazon.ca has announced the launch of its new Baby store featuring over 25,000 baby-related products. Canadians can now purchase everything from diaper bags and toys to car seats and strollers with Free Super Saver Shipping, eligible on orders over $25, and a 45-day return policy. With this large selection of baby products, customers will be able to find whatever fits their baby needs. Read the rest of this entry »

OpenText™  celebrated 20 years of innovation and growth yesterday with the official opening of the company’s Innovation Centre at its headquarters location. The company that started as an offshoot of a University of Waterloo search engine project has burgeoned into Canada’s largest software company, operating around the world with annual revenues in excess of US $1 billion. Read the rest of this entry »

The demand for knowledge about intellectual property rights by owners of small and medium-sized businesses has strengthened in recent years as these businesses realize the importance of intellectual property (IP). Indeed, while most people have heard of IP, few are very familiar with the different kinds of IP-namely, patents, trade-marks, copyright and industrial designs-and how they can help to grow a business. Read the rest of this entry »

The Television Bureau of Canada has announced at today’s invitation-only event TV Day 2012, the results of a comprehensive biometric and eye tracking study, revealing significant cross-platform connections between television advertising and online advertising. The research, presented to the leaders of Canada’s marketing and advertising communities, was aimed at determining if responses to online ads differ when they are primed by exposure to ads for the same brands on TV, Radio, or Newspaper. Read the rest of this entry »

GREE has announced that the corporation has made a minority investment in Vancouver-based game developer IUGO Mobile Entertainment Inc. IUGO specializes in the design, development and deployment of premium quality mobile games. The new partnership follows GREE’s recent investment in Tokyo-based HTML5 powerhouse Wizcorp. Read the rest of this entry »

PwC is launching new research to see if Canadians are ready to receive more services and information electronically through their phones, computers and tablet devices. The project, called Citizen Compass, began April 18, 2012 and invites the public to participate, in either a survey format or an idea forum to make suggestions or discuss issues. Read the rest of this entry »

One hundred companies are being recognized today as the Best Workplaces in Canada, and many of them belong to the technology industry. They represent great diversity in terms of size, sector, industry, and location. The judging panel? More than 50,000 Canadian employees. Read the rest of this entry »