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Professional communicators across Canada are congregating in scenic Whistler this November 6th through- 8th for the 2011 International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Canada Western Region conference. Themed the Best of the Best, this year’s conference showcases expert sessions in three key areas: Personal Best, Best Practices and Best are Back – Conference All Stars. Read the rest of this entry »

netTALK.COM, INC., a telecommunications and consumer electronics company offering a variety of innovative, easy-to-use products designed to help consumers save money on phone calls and more, has announced that the netTALK DUO VoIP device and digital phone service is now available online at Walmart.ca. Currently a bestseller on the Walmart.com Office category in the USA, the netTALK DUO has been one of the top five bestsellers in the category for most of the past four months. Read the rest of this entry »

Burnaby’s Teradici, developer of the innovative PC-over-IP^® (PCoIP^®) protocol that enables a true PC experience for desktop virtualization, has announced its sponsorship and participation at VMworld 2011 Europe, October 18 – 20, at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. Teradici will demonstrate its latest PCoIP solutions in booth #114. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s Themis Solutions’ web-based practice management application Clio is celebrating its third anniversary. In the years since its launch, Clio has proudly helped to transform the legal practice management landscape by offering small and mid-sized firms unprecedented ease-of-use, affordability and practice mobility with its cloud-based system. Read the rest of this entry »

Calgary’s Geomodeling Technology Corp., a leading provider of seismic analysis and cross-scale modeling software for the upstream oil and gas industry, today announced release of AttributeStudio™ 7.1, its cutting-edge seismic attribute interpretation software. AttributeStudio 7.1 includes advanced tools for engineering and microseismic data analysis that extend the oil and gas industry’s most innovative suite of features for analysis of unconventional plays. With AttributeStudio 7.1, Geomodeling continues to set the standard for seismic and microseismic attribute generation, visualization, calibration and interpretation for Microsoft Windows desktops and laptops. Read the rest of this entry »

154 public school libraries across Canada will get a fresh start this school year with 32,500 new books that will be purchased with $391,000 raised through Indigo’s annual Adopt a School campaign. From September 11^th to October 1^st, Indigo, Chapters and Coles stores across Canada “adopted” public schools in their communities from Victoria to St. John’s. Through in-store events, online donations and special edition Indigo e-gift cards, the 2011 Adopt a School campaign surpassed last year’s donations by 21%. Read the rest of this entry »

Live from the stage at the Connect 11 conference this morning, LinkedIn announced HootSuite as a charter member of the LinkedIn Certified Developer Program. This adds LinkedIn and over 120 million users as another full-featured social network integration within the HootSuite dashboard alongside Twitter and Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »

Majesco Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and Bagdasarian Productions, the owner of Alvin and The Chipmunks, have revealed a selection of the official songs that will be featured in their upcoming dance video game, Alvin and The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, which is based upon the third installment of the blockbuster film franchise coming to theatres this December 16^th. The game is currently in development at Behaviour Interactive and is scheduled to set sail in November. Read the rest of this entry »

“A program to create a Canada composed of world-class Intelligent Communities is a boost for Canada,” said Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran earlier today. Commenting as leader of one of the few Canadian cities that have won the prestigious ‘Intelligent Community of the Year’ Awards from the Intelligent Community Forum, Waterloo is a heavy hitter in global standings. Read the rest of this entry »

Eran Bester, Director and Founder of the Toronto Israel Film Festival, is pleased to announce the return of the festival for its 4^th consecutive year, running from October 23 to 27. With a unique range of award-winning fiction films, exceptionally touching documentaries and presentations by recently acclaimed Israeli filmmakers, the 2011 edition promises to take audiences on a cinematic voyage of discovery into Israel’s incredibly contrasting and diverse society. Read the rest of this entry »