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Cineplex Entertainment, via their Front Row Centre Events, and BY Experience present Leonardo Live, a satellite-delivered HD presentation of the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan,” captured at the U.K. National Gallery. On February 16 and 26, 2012, art lovers across Canada will be able to experience these da Vinci works. The historic exhibition is sold out in London and, due to the fragility of the paintings, the exhibition cannot tour. Read the rest of this entry »

When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, Canadians like to make ’em and break ’em! A recent survey created by Virgin Mobile Canada shows that more than half (51%) of Canadians make News Year’s resolutions, but most of us (52%) can’t even last more than a month before we give in to temptation. Read the rest of this entry »

Management consulting firm The Manta Group has announced the launch of their Knowledge Centre – where you can take online courses and obtain certification in best practice methodologies.  The Knowledge Centre eLearning portal provides visitors with easy access to training materials for IT management solutions that Manta has implemented or they may already have in place. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal-based corporate mail security provider Vircom Inc. has launched an online survey on the topic of email spam. The survey is open to the public and targets both corporate and personal users of email. Participants to the survey are eligible to win regular prizes such as gift cards from BestBuy, Subway and iTunes, along with a grand prize of the new iPhone 4S. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian producers are keeping up with the times when it comes to the use of mobile technology. Farmers have been as quick to purchase a smartphone (29%) as other Canadians (30%), according to a recent Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Vision panel study (PDF).  Read the rest of this entry »

Klipfolio Inc has released a year-end update for its mobile Business Intelligence dashboard, adding customer-requested features. Among the new features, Klipfolio has added a Facebook connector to let users access their Facebook Insights and their Facebook feed. Using Facebook’s Graph API explorer and FQL (Facebook Query Language) customers can now extract metrics from Facebook and monitor them on their dashboard. Read the rest of this entry »

Talent Technology Corporation, a leading provider of talent generation solutions, has announced the release of the latest version of their Talemetry™ talent generation suite. Talemetry offers solutions to help organizations source better talent, drive recruitment marketing initiatives, and more effectively engage with candidates. This latest release further enhances the ability for Talemetry customers to find and attract the best talent. Read the rest of this entry »

As we told you earlier this year, Toronto-based Maide Inc. has taken on the challenge of designing a new method of control for people who use 3D CAD programs. Their first product, Maide Control, turns the iPad into a multi-touch input device for programs such as Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3D Studio Max, Solidworks, Google Sketchup, and Rhinoceros 3D, and allows for multiple iPads to connect to one computer simultaneously.  Read the rest of this entry »

In preparation for its upcoming transmedia sessions in January, Merging Media Toronto has announced the five distinguished Jury members for the MMTO Lab Jury Panel who will listen to pitches and decide which workshop project will be named the winner. Read the rest of this entry »

The holiday season is filled with love, laughter and joy – and that’s especially true for children. With that in mind, Microsoft Canada today unveiled the art of its 15^thannual Holiday Greeting Card Competition, drawn by nine-year-old Maggie Yang, a member of the Eastview (Toronto) Boys and Girls Club/Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre. Read the rest of this entry »