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Klipfolio Inc. has announced the release of version 1.4 for its mobile BI dashboard. Key to this update is annotations, a feature that lets users attach notes and insights to any Klip on their dashboard. When an annotation is added to a Klip, other users will be notified by a yellow indicator icon that appears in the corner of the Klip. The annotations feature is designed to encourage users to contribute their insights to key performance indicators (KPIs) for everyone to use. Read the rest of this entry »

Flowfinity Wireless Inc., a proven provider of enterprise mobile apps for business process automation, has announced a solution for streamlining business workflows and approvals for access on smartphones and iPads, allowing companies to mobilize business approval processes such as pricing requests, special offers, timesheets, purchase orders and expenses, by replacing spreadsheets and ad-hoc emails with a streamlined system accessible from anywhere. Read the rest of this entry »

Author, director and actor William B. Davis will be reading excerpts from his new memoir Where There’s Smoke…Memoirs of a Cigarette Smoking Man and having a Q & A session at Nightwatch Video in Vancouver this Friday evening. Copies of his books will be available for purchase, as well as personally autographed photographs. Light refreshments will be served. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’ve bought a new cell phone recently, then you know saying goodbye to your old one is often hard to do. After all, it has given you years of service and helped to create lasting memories of connecting with friends and family. This Sunday’s Earth Day 2012 is the perfect opportunity for Canadians to give their old cell phones the send-off they deserve and ensure they don’t end up in Canada’s landfills. Read the rest of this entry »

Email2 SCP Solutions, a Vancouver-based developer of user-friendly SaaS email encryption and secure file transfers, announces the release of the Mac® Desktop Agent for Apple computers and notebooks. This agent enables Mac users of Microsoft® Outlook and cloud-based email services including Yahoo! Mail and Gmail to benefit from the Email2’s encryption technology. Read the rest of this entry »

Global Television has announced that its perennial fan favourite, Rookie Blue will return for a third season, in simulcast with ABC on Thursday, May 24^th – 10pm ET/PT. The rookies may appear to be better on the job, but there’ll be plenty of “bumps in the road” this season to make their lives difficult and the plots interesting. Read the rest of this entry »

The winners of the C2-MTL contest launched in February by the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation have been announced. The 25 emerging entrepreneurs will get to attend C2-MTL, the new international business conference to be held in Montreal from May 22 to 25, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Charles Sirois, Chairman of the Board of Telesystem, is pleased to announce the appointment of his son, François-Charles Sirois, as Chief Executive Officer. François-Charles has served as President of Telesystem since June 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

TELUS World of Science in Edmonton is getting a facelift that will boost tourism and create jobs and growth throughout Alberta, thanks to support from the Government of Canada. This was announced today by the Honourable Laurie Hawn, Member of Parliament (Edmonton Centre), on behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. Read the rest of this entry »

Kevin O’Leary joined Canada’s Immigration Minister, Jason Kenney, today to make a big announcement for the country’s startup and venture investing community. Canada’s startup visa, if implemented, will create highly skilled jobs and bring much-needed capital into Canada’s startup sector. Read the rest of this entry »