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Via CDMN: On April 24^th to 25^th, 2012, more than 2,000 delegates – representing industry, government and academia will travel from across Canada and from as far away as Brazil and the Netherlands to gather in Stratford, Ontario to attend CDMN’s fourth annual Canada 3.0 Digital Media Forum. Read the rest of this entry »

Sad Cat Software has announced the launch of Train Titans for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. An exciting new puzzle adventure, Train Titans challenges you to create working railroad tracks that get multiple trains to and from various cities without crashing. But your job isn’t done once tracks are built! Players have to guide every train to make sure it follows the right path, makes the right turns, and avoids trouble. Read the rest of this entry »

A unique and exciting edutainment app for kids is available now on iTunes. TouchTilt Games, a young company based in Halifax, has released an educational game called Tiny Diggers for kids who love construction trucks and getting their hands dirty – without the dirt. Read the rest of this entry »

How do you challenge the everyday hum-drum? What is your creative expression that allows you to resist the status quo and do something great? Beginning today, February 17^th, Mazda Canada wants to know how you defy convention by sharing personal works of creativity, achievement, or impact on society for your chance to win the all-new 2013 Mazda CX-5 with SKYACTIV Technology. Read the rest of this entry »

Cirque du Soleil has announced that it is investing in a significant minority equity stake in Sid Lee that will mesh the combined talents of both Quebec organizations in order to nurture innovative projects for the benefit of their respective clients and partners. Read the rest of this entry »

A new Application for the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, called the BLANCO Silgranit Sink Selector, helps designers and consumers identify the right granite sink and colour-coordinated countertop for their kitchen. Silgranit sinks are Canada’s leading coloured sink brand and are made of a unique patented composite material that includes up to 80 percent natural granite stone. Manufactured by Blanco in Canada and Germany, the sinks come in six natural colours and are available from retailers across Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Communities in Canada’s North often lag behind the South in terms of educational outcomes, but they are leaders in developing innovative ways to improve educational programming and delivery, according to a new report from The Conference Board of Canada‘s Centre for the North. Read the rest of this entry »

A recent Analyst Insight report from Aberdeen Group Vice President and Research Fellow Derek Brink outlines the benefits to organizations of classifying data in order to effectively protect it. The report, titled Does Your Enterprise Classify Its Data? analyzes over five years of data loss prevention (DLP) research by Aberdeen, and concludes that data classification is a capability that is consistently linked with the best performing organizations in the area of data loss prevention. Read the rest of this entry »

Interfacing is pleased to announce the release of its new EPC Lean ITSM Toolkit, fully integrated within its award winning BPM software, the Enterprise Process Center®. This integrated solution aims at reducing the costs and complexities of implementing and supporting multiple ITSM strategies, by allowing efforts to be focused on IT process customization and improvement instead of building the core. Read the rest of this entry »

Research designed to understand the effect of text messaging on language found that texting has a negative impact on people’s linguistic ability to interpret and accept words. The study, conducted by Joan Lee for her master’s thesis in linguistics, revealed that those who texted more were less accepting of new words. On the other hand, those who read more traditional print media such as books, magazines, and newspapers were more accepting of the same words. Read the rest of this entry »