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Without a doubt, the most competitive street in the country is Toronto’s Bay Street.   On February 29^th, it’ll be lawyer against lawyer; broker against broker; banker against banker as teams compete for the highest Scrabble score to raise money for literacy. This year’s SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge is on target to be a record breaker for Frontier College with more teams (60), a bigger venue (Sony Centre), and a goal to raise over $350,000 for Frontier College’s literacy programs. Read the rest of this entry »

With the increasing popularity of smartphones, tablets and social media sites, many Canadians are concerned that they may become a victim of fraud. Fraudsters have sophisticated ways of stealing or tricking consumers into revealing personal information through these online channels. Read the rest of this entry »

Destiny Media Technologies has provided an update on the development of its second generation playerless streaming video solution, which will eliminate the need for publishers to maintain separate streaming hardware and various video formats to reach their audience. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is hosting a national event on the future of the Internet in Canada with a full audience at the Westin Ottawa. If you’re not able to attend, you can follow the Twitter hashtag #CIRAif for live tweets. Read the rest of this entry »

Riding the growing worldwide wave of operator interest in Rich Communication Suite-enhanced (RCS-e) service, CounterPath Corporation has officially announced the launch of its own RCS-e softphone client. The company is demonstrating the client during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. Read the rest of this entry »

As many of you already know, the Oscar® for Achievement in Visual Effects went to the film Hugo, which featured the work of Seneca graduates and professors. Six graduates and professors from Seneca College worked on Martin Scorsese’s 3D children’s adventure, including Professors Mahmoud Rahnama division computer graphics lead and Kenny Tam (division computer graphics supervisor) and graduates Tricia Kim (matchmove artist), John Dinh compositor, Karen Cheng (compositor), and Rickey Verma (compositor). Read the rest of this entry »

Communitech is using the latest technology to help companies find suitable candidates to fill some of the 1,300 specialized tech jobs currently available in Waterloo Region. More than 15 companies will participate in the TechVibe Online Career Fair Tuesday, Feb. 28^thfrom noon until 6 p.m. EST, which will feature virtual booths and enable live conversations between recruiters and candidates. Read the rest of this entry »

EXFO Inc. announced earlier today that a world-leading wireless system vendor has chosen EXFO’s wireless simulator products to ensure that its tier-1 operator customers can deliver high quality of service (QoS) to their subscribers over their wireless networks. This multimillion dollar order is for an EXFO solution that covers the LTE, 2G, 3G and CDMA domains. Read the rest of this entry »

Ontario’s law enforcement leaders today kicked off the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) annual crime prevention campaign with a focus on cybercrimes, joined by corporate sponsors in attendance to support the public awareness campaign. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. has launched the Spectate Update for the popular cartoon style third-person shooter, MicroVolts.   The Spectate Update features an all-new Observer Mode which offers an up-close and personal view of every MicroVolts match, along with new items in the Capsule Machine and the item shop and a new server called “Nickel”.  Read the rest of this entry »