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DMTI Spatial Inc. (DMTI), a Markham-based provider of Location Intelligence solutions, has released the latest version of Location Hub Portal, formerly known as Location Hub Address Assure. This version was developed to help marketers leverage their location-based information to execute more effective campaigns and increase their conversion rates while relying on a single online solution instead of multiple products. Through an agreement with Cornerstone Group of Companies, DMTI customers are now able to access Cornerstone data to obtain the names and phone numbers associated with the addresses they possess from within Location Hub Portal. Merging DMTI’s ability to ensure address accuracy, eliminate duplication and infill missing data with Cornerstone’s contact information allows Location HubPortal users to uncover new opportunity and improve their return on investment. Read the rest of this entry »

Innovative learning solutions provider Desire2Learn Incorporated has announced the acquisition of Degree Compass™, a predictive analytics technology that helps students select the courses to take that will drive the successful completion of their degree program. By predicting student success based on rich graduate data and current student data, the Degree Compass acquisition strengthens Desire2Learn’s robust analytics offering by providing colleges and institutions with technology that increases graduation rates. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) administers the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentive program on behalf of the Government of Canada. The CRA is committed to informing businesses in Canada about available incentives, making them easily accessible, and managing the SR&ED program with fiscal integrity. In response to Economic Action Plan 2012, the CRA is taking the following steps to improve the predictability of the outcome of SR&ED claims: Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has announced enhancements to 911 services that will enable Canadians who have hearing or speech impairments to communicate with 911 call centres via text message. Telephone and wireless companies must upgrade their networks to support this new feature by January 24, 2014. Read the rest of this entry »

Surveys about surveys, late fees for on-time payments and application overkill. If it makes absolutely no sense, then it must be red tape. Today, as part of Canada’s Red Tape Awareness Week, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released its real-life stories of ridiculous government rules from across the country, along with an online petition to reduce government red tape. Read the rest of this entry »

The time draws closer to fight for justice against a revolutionary turned tyrant in Assassin’s Creed III newest adventure, the Tyranny of King Washington. The Infamy, the first episode of a three-part tale, will be available on Microsoft’s Xbox 360® and Windows PCs on February 19th followed by PlayStation®3 on February 20th.  In the first episode of the Tyranny of King Washington series, our hero, Ratonhnhaké:ton, awakens from an unsettling dream to find that, despite his efforts to deliver justice in the newly-founded United States of America, a new king has been crowned – George Washington. The Infamy will take gamers through the beginning of the journey to dethrone King Washington. Read the rest of this entry »

Building on its continued commitment to lifestyle-based real estate, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Canada (BHGREC) today launched Community Scout, a new specialty search app that is exclusive to Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Canada and offered through iPhone and iPad. The free application – launched in conjunction with its web-based companion Lifestyle Search – offers consumers a more thorough look into communities across Canada, ensuring that they have the clearest picture possible of a community before making a decision on their next home. Read the rest of this entry »

Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking, announce the Top 50 Video Game Villains of All Time as voted for by over 5,000 of their readers.  The list, which is revealed in its entirety in the new Guinness World Records 2013 Gamer’s Edition book, sees the iconic Nintendo Boss Bowser crowned king, with Portal’s GLaDOS in the runner up spot. A total of 5,699 total votes were cast on the Guinness World Records website, which placed Assassin’s Creed’s Borgia family at #7 and “The Readers” from Mass Effect at #21. I don’t remember The Readers from ME, but I do know The Reapers. Read the rest of this entry »

DHX Media Ltd. is pleased to announce the renewal of the animated children’s series, Arthur, with Brazil’s TV Cultura, for a term of three years, for the third time since originally licensed in 2007. DHX will provide seasons one through six of Arthur, the lovable aardvark, via Media Mundi for the Brazilian market. Additionally, DHX Media signed a deal with Globosat in Brazil for its hour long Christmas special, Gotta Catch Santa. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver Animation School, a Granville Island-based educational institution offering entry level and advanced programs for the animation, film and game industries, has named well-known cartoon writer Jack Enyart the instructor for its newest online course – Writing for Animation. The brand new online course offering from Vancouver Animation School will focus on two very intensive streams – animation pitch bibles and animation scriptwriting. Students will learn how to create their own characters, settings and plot lines for animated series. Read the rest of this entry »