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TomTom GPS service provider has announced that it will launch TomTom HD Traffic in Canada, enabling drivers to take the fastest route to their destination based on the most accurate and real time traffic information. TomTom HD Traffic is currently available in 22 counties. TomTom HD Traffic will be available in Canada on GO LIVE 1535 M devices, offering dynamic routing based on the real-time HD Traffic feed. Read the rest of this entry »

iStockphoto has officially opened Feast, a new online community for creatives. Feast provides abundant helpings of inspiration from a diverse group of designers, photographers, directors, writers, marketing professionals and more. Feast’s centerpiece is a unique public mentorship between cutting-edge leaders in diverse fields such as photojournalist Mario Tama and writer, director and producer Kirby Ferguson, and protégés who apply to work with them online. In pre-launch, 25,000 people registered for Feast and 300 applied to be October protégés. Read the rest of this entry »

Learn360, an interactive media-on-demand service for the K-12 education market, has signed a new contract with Surrey School District 36, the largest and fastest growing district in BC. The contract was signed following a yearlong district pilot with Learn360. Concurrently, BC has embarked on a Province wide Pilot Project managed by the Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium (ERAC) in which districts across the Province are testing top streaming video systems, including Learn360, in their classrooms. The district has 125 schools and 74,000 students. Read the rest of this entry »

Winnipeg’s first and only makerspace, AssentWorks, will open on October 27th, and you’re invited to the party, which will take place from 4:00p.m. until 8:00p.m.. AssentWorks will be a place where inventors, engineers, designers and business people can create practically anything using space-age and modern equipment. It is a public, non-profit organization, aimed at supporting and benefiting Manitoban business today, and in the future. Read the rest of this entry »

Rural broadband service provider Xplornet Communications Inc. has co-signed an open letter that calls on the Minister of Industry, Christian Paradis, to change the way spectrum is auctioned. Rural Internet Service Providers are deeply concerned about the lack of spectrum for rural areas to build out broadband services and to expand the capacity of existing broadband services for rural Canadians.  Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa technology veteran Jim Short has been named Vice President and General Manager Canada for global Internet security provider Trend Micro. Prior to joining Trend, Short held sales leadership positions at CA Technologies, Telus, Entrust and Exocom. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal’s iMetrik M2M Solutions Inc. is launching an innovative campaign under the theme of “Big Brother” to underline the many opportunities for its Machine-to-Machine total solution as a way to control and monitor any asset “from anywhere-to-anywhere” in the world. Read the rest of this entry »

In November 2011, [IN]cubes, will open its doors, desks, chairs and expertise.  [IN]cubes is the first private incubator in Canada’s business district, to be focused on the grass-roots, bootstrapped, entrepreneurs who have a great ideas. INcubes is a makeshift, social, and flexible office, holding companies in private offices and a co-working space in the midst with individual desks, at King and Bathurst Street. INcubes provides space, funding, business development services, and guidance to select extraordinary companies focused on digital technology and innovation.   Read the rest of this entry »

Cisco and EllisDon have announced completion of PwC Tower’s technology infrastructure, based on Cisco® Smart+Connected Real Estate solutions. Located at 18 York Street, in Toronto’s Southcore Financial Centre, PwC Tower is one of Canada’s most advanced commercial developments. Read the rest of this entry »

National  Public Relations has entered into a partnership with Sylvain Perron and Richard Zeidel, two of Canada’s most highly experienced and renowned digital business leaders. Their mission is to accelerate the expansion and growth of Sonic Boom Creative Media, National’s digital arm which specializes in providing creative, strategic and technical digital services to clients. Based in Montreal but spending significant time in Toronto and other markets, Sylvain and Richard will lead the Firm’s effort to become the leading player in major Canadian markets and internationally. Read the rest of this entry »