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February is recognized as Time Management Month, giving focus on the need to evaluate and reprioritize out-of-balance lives. To help draw attention to the massive amount of time spent on time-killing activities that throw life out-of-balance, OfficeTime, which began in 2003 as a spin-off from former Edmonton software developer Transcena Design, has released its annual “Top 10 Time Killers” list. The list was created following a worldwide survey of over 600 people, mostly small business owners, freelancers and other professionals. Results were ranked based on the percentage of people spending between one to two hours on each activity. Read the rest of this entry »

cfactor Works Inc. (cfactor), a Saskatoon-based developer of socially infused Human Resource technologies, announced the addition of California Pizza Kitchen (“CPK”) to its client portfolio. At the outset of this new relationship, cfactor will deploy Talent Effectiveness for CPK. This solution is designed to enhance the execution of employee engagement initiatives and programs by providing managers with on-demand access to engagement survey results, relevant engagement metrics and the ability to roll out and track engagement action plans. Read the rest of this entry »

 Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform engine and development tools, today announced that Call for Speakers for Unite 2013, taking place in Vancouver on August 28-30, has now begun and submissions will be accepted through April 3, 2013. Tickets are already on sale, and Early bird registration discounts are available through April 22. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto’s Zevrix Solutions has announced that LinkOptimizer for Mac, its popular workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign, is available at 50% off on the discount website BitsDuJour on February 11-12 only. Awarded 4 out of 5 starts by Computer Arts magazine, LinkOptimizer automates complex image manipulation tasks allowing to significantly reduce the size of InDesign links, save processing time and reduce production costs. Read the rest of this entry »

TribeHR, pioneer of the industry’s first social HR platform, today released year-end results that showcase its accelerating appeal and value among new and existing medium-sized customers. During 2012, TribeHR grew its net new customers by almost 300 percent, equating to more than 500 percent increase in sales. TribeHR now boasts customers in more than 20 countries including the U.S.A, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Read the rest of this entry »

BlackBerry and Unity Technologies have announced that they are working together to create a Unity deployment add-on product for BlackBerry® 10 smartphones, empowering Unity’s over 1.5 million strong developer community to publish their games on these powerful platforms. The deployment tools will also be available for BlackBerry PlayBook™ tablets when they run the BlackBerry 10 OS. BlackBerry 10 will now be one of the premiere mobile platforms supported by the market-leading Unity engine. The deployment tool is currently in development by Unity Technologies and BlackBerry, and will be released as an add-on option for Unity. Read the rest of this entry »

McAfee Canada has released findings from the company’s 2013 Love, Relationships and Technology survey which examines the pitfalls of sharing personal data in relationships and discloses how breakups can lead to privacy leaks online. Sixty (60) per cent of Canadian smartphone owners have personal and intimate information on their mobile devices, such as bank account information, passwords, credit cards and revealing photos, yet four out of 10 users do not have password protection on their devices, leaving a huge gap in personal data protection. Read the rest of this entry »

PC-over-IP® (PCoIP®) protocol developer Teradici has announced the availability of its Teradici Arch™ published desktop software technology preview. Teradici Arch delivers session-based Microsoft® Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops using the high performance PCoIP remote display protocol, the same protocol currently used in the VMware View® solution. With Teradici Arch, IT managers who deploy Microsoft RDS desktop environments can now ensure consistent performance and security to RDS desktops while enabling rich media and remote access for users. Teradici Arch allows IT managers to use all PCoIP-based solutions in their RDS deployments, including zero clients from Teradici OEM partners and the Teradici APEX server offload card for enhanced PCoIP performance and user experience. Read the rest of this entry »

The lines between home and work are blurring. With busy lives and packed schedules, Canadian families need a way to manage “one life”. They want to be able to work where, how and when they want – on their terms. According to an Ipsos Reid study released today, 70 per cent of Canadian parents depend on technology to keep their families connected, while 78 per cent believe that technology allows their families to stay better organized. This survey, commissioned by Microsoft Canada, found that Canadians believe their lives have grown more complex over the past three years, and as a result, are utilizing new technology such as smartphones and cloud services to connect with family members on-the-go and stay on top of their hectic schedules. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based Angoss Software Corporation is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding letter of intent dated January 25, 2013 (the “LOI”) with Peterson Partners, Inc. (“Peterson Partners”), an arm’s length party, in connection with a proposed acquisition (the “Transaction”) by an affiliate of Peterson Partners (“AcquireCo”) of 100% of the outstanding securities of Angoss. Read the rest of this entry »