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Are you using social media to connect with your customers during the holiday season? HootSuite has partnered with Foursquare to provide a venue management solution for businesses, combining the power of customer insights from Foursquare with HootSuite’s social engagement capabilities, and just in time for the holidays! With this new app integration, you can take further control of your business listing on Foursquare. There are millions of business listings on Foursquare, all created by customers who visit those venues. This is a huge opportunity to better understand these conversations about your business and learn how to connect and engage with your customers. Read the rest of this entry »

Rogers Communications has announced the expansion of its data centre business in Western Canada and a new operating unit, Rogers Data Centres. Rogers Data Centres launches today with a newly expanded data centre in Edmonton and confirmed plans to open a Western Canada flagship data centre in Calgary in January 2014. Read the rest of this entry »

Arlene Dickinson, CEO of Arlene Dickinson Enterprises (ADE) and YouInc.com, has announced the formation of AK Technology Group (AKTG), a partnership with Kinetex, a leading North American Marketing and Sales Tech consultancy. AKTG will focus on fueling entrepreneurial innovation in the technology sector. Recognizing that entrepreneurs have unique and diverse needs in bringing their innovations to market, AKTG will offer a range of services that will enhance the commercialization process and accelerate time to market. With a vast wealth of experience, AKTG provides expert counsel to technology companies for business planning, product design (ODM), marketing, manufacturing, sales and distribution. The first global innovation from the new partnership will launch in early 2014. Read the rest of this entry »

Several international experts from Paris, London, Beverly Hills and San Francisco will be present during the FINANSO 2013 conference on crowdfunding, to be held in Montreal this Thursday, November 21 at the new Marriott Montreal Downtown Hotel. FINANSO is a non -profit organization that aims to support the achievement of economic, social and community projects through the use of participatory web solutions such as crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto is poised to host its sixth Startup Weekend, an event bringing together entrepreneurs, designers and developers to participate in 54 hours of taking innovative business ideas from concept to launch. This time around makers have been added to the mix, and teams will be using a fleet of 3D printers, laser cutters and an exciting array of rapid prototyping tools to bring their product ideas to life. Hardware, wearable technology and robotics are the order of the day, and teams will be competing to win their very own MakerBot 3D printer alongside a host of other prizes to help them build their startup. Read the rest of this entry »

CenturyLink company Savvis, a provider of cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for businesses, has announced plans to expand its presence in Canada with the summer 2014 launch of a new data centre in the Toronto region. Designed to serve growing demand for access to secure colocation, managed hosting and cloud services in Canada, the 100,000-square-foot TR3 data centre will support up to five megawatts of IT load. The data centre, now reserving pre-orders, will also receive Tier III certification from the Uptime Institute, signifying high availability through redundancy. Read the rest of this entry »

Sobeys Inc. has unveiled a new way for busy Canadians to plan their next meal and organize their weekly shopping requirements with the launch of its new free mobile application. The app, with hundreds of easy to prepare recipes, new ingredients to discover and instant access to the weekly flyer, was first made available for iOS earlier this year, and now it’s available for Android as well, making it easy for Canadians to shop for fresh, tasty and seasonal food while saving time and money. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian social TV audience measurement company Seevibes has expanded beyond its borders with the acquisition of TvTweet, leader of social television measurement in France, and has also announced the opening of an office in France to jump-start its development in Europe. Founded in Bordeaux in 2011, TvTweet is already present in seven European countries, covering more than 100 prominent media and working with the biggest names in the industry including Orange, TF1 and NRJ12. Read the rest of this entry »

Launching on November 15 and running until December 8, Mattel Canada will debut the Mattel Digital Shop ‘n Play at the CN Tower. The pop-up retail experience offers holiday shoppers an interactive shopping concept coupled with digital brand play, featuring the most popular toys available this holiday season. Mattel makes holiday shopping feel more like a futuristic gaming experience versus a tedious task on a busy to-do list. Read the rest of this entry »

Former Ubisoft, Activision Blizzard, and Relic veterans announce the formation of Pixelmatic, a new social mobile game startup based out of Shanghai and Vancouver. The Pixelmatic team’s experience ranges from creating highly rated multimillion dollar AAA franchises to multimillion user top ranked social games. Pixelmatic’s focus is on creating “true social games” to push the current boundaries of social game conventions. Read the rest of this entry »