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The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), today delivered a keynote speech at the Creative Economy Summit where he announced a $4.85 million investment from the Government of Canada that will help eight Toronto-area start-up businesses get their innovative products and ideas to market faster, and create jobs and economic growth in southern Ontario. Read the rest of this entry »

Cyber-bullying is a phrase that has crept into our vocabulary over the last decade. According to Statistics Canada, about 1 in 10 adults living in a household with children reported a child victim of cyber-bullying. According to the most recent statistics, the most common forms of cyber-bullying against children are threatening or aggressive e-mails or instant messages. Girls are more likely than boys to be bullied on the Internet and 12 and 13-year-olds are the most common victims. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s Chuckanut Media is proud to announce their first Social Networking Photo app, Cover Photo Maker for Facebook, is now available exclusively for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad for $1.99 USD. Cover Photo Maker for Facebook allows users to create personalized Cover Photos for their Facebook Timeline using their own photos directly on their mobile device. Read the rest of this entry »

Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) consulting firm Boast Capital unveiled StartUpGauge at DemoCamp Calgary. StartUpGauge is a platform that enables people to easily validate their ideas and connect with the right resources to form a team and take the idea further. Read the rest of this entry »

Disk encryption specialist WinMagic Inc. will launch and demonstrate SecureDoc Version 5.3, which adds wireless capabilities to its market-leading PBConnex pre-boot network authentication, at Booth 939 at the RSA Conference currently underway in San Francisco. SecureDoc v5.3 will also introduce two other key features to simplify data encryption and management: SecureDoc OSA, which provides seamless Self Encrypting Drive (SED) integration, and Removable Media Container Encryption (RMCE), which makes it simple for users to securely transport and share data. Read the rest of this entry »

Astral Out-of-Home, a division of Astral Media Inc., innovates once again by announcing the adoption of Near Field Communication technology for its street furniture in Toronto and Montréal. The technology provides consumers with a totally new experience by allowing them to interact directly with advertising faces via their smartphone to get all kinds of information instantly and securely. Read the rest of this entry »

Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC), operator of the Hibernia platform, announced today that it has invested $1.9 million to support Let’s Talk Science, a national, charitable science outreach organization, in Newfoundland and Labrador. Read the rest of this entry »

Once it’s out there, you can’t get it back.  That’s the message the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is putting out to teens across the province.  A mistaken belief that their texted messages and images shared among peers will remain private and secure puts them in real danger of becoming victims of their own words and actions. Read the rest of this entry »

EXFO Inc. has announced the official launch of the MaxTester 630, featuring a new-generation Broadcom VDSL2/ADSL2+ chipset. This enhanced DSL multiplay tester enables service providers to save time and reduce repeat faults by letting them test multiple xDSL technologies within a single, dedicated solution. The MaxTester 630 can test multiple DSL technologies such as ADSL1, ADSL2, ADSL2+, VDSL2, bonded ADSL2+ and bonded VDSL2. Read the rest of this entry »

Over 100 leading Canadian Angels and Venture capital investors are gathering at the newly opened Trump International Hotel & Tower for the Toronto Venture Forum (TVF), a first event co-organized with the Ontario, Quebec and New England communities.  The TVF celebrates entrepreneurial and financial success stories, builds collaborations with universities and accelerators to improve entrepreneurs’ successes, and provides opportunities for co-investments in promising high-growth companies. Read the rest of this entry »