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Honouring the best and brightest of the Canadian digital media scene

The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) has announced the finalists for its inaugural Moonshot Awards. And while none of these companies will actually launch anything into space, the winners will ne honoured for

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 25th, 2013 Jeff Jedras
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Cisco banking study shows Canadians want more personal service, security

What do Canadians want from their banks? According to networking vendor Cisco Systems’ Customer Experience Report on retail banking, they want more privacy, more security and more personalized service. And probably fewer egg

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 23rd, 2013 Jeff Jedras
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Lessons we can all learn from RBC

Reports have emerged recently that 45 RBC employees are losing their jobs next month after RBC contracted a number of technological services to iGate, a California-based firm which specializes in sending jobs overseas.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 11th, 2013 Monica Goyal
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Two Montreal solution providers join forces

Two Montreal-based Microsoft partners are joining forces, with the announcement this week of the acquisition of AlphaMosaïk by Negotium Technologies. The combined entity, which will carry forward under the Negotium brand with both

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 10th, 2013 Jeff Jedras
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Intelligent Community Forum tackles rural issues

The flood of rural citizens to the world's urban centres continues unabated. Half the world's population lives in cities, and the UN predicts that by the time the world's population reaches nine billion

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 8th, 2013 Dave Webb
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Canadian businesses aren’t spending enough on innovation: report

A new report from the Conference Board of Canada is calling out Canada’s business community for failing to invest in innovation, releasing a report card that ranks Canada near the bottom of its

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 4th, 2013 Jeff Jedras
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Canadian business leaders worried about stagnation: report

While North American business leaders are largely no longer concerned about their own company’s prospects, they are concerned about a stagnating market, which is tempering hopes for sales and plans for hiring. According

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 3rd, 2013 Jeff Jedras
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Applications for TechWomen Canada mentorship program due Friday

If you’re interested in applying for the Canadian Consulate in San Francisco’s TechWomen Canada mentorship program, applications are due Apr. 5th. The program aims to connect Canadian women in IT with their peers

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 1st, 2013 Jeff Jedras
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Waterloo students competing in ‘March Madness’ of computer programming

As March Madness – the month of NCAA basketball playoff matches that is also viewed as the tournament that recognizes the best post-secondary school talent in the world – comes to a close,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 27th, 2013 Brian Jackson
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More powerful LinkedIn search promises better results

Smarter search. That’s the promise from social networking web site LinkedIn with its revamped search capabilities. In a blog post announcing the new search tools, Johnathan Podemsky, who according to his LinkedIn profile

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 26th, 2013 Jeff Jedras
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Ontario tax credits, talent pool used to lure video game firms

Why would a parent hand a $600 piece of breakable technology they depend on every day over to their two-year-old? It’s a good question, and one that inspired Jason Krogh, CEO of Zinc

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 26th, 2013 Brian Jackson
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Ottawa-area tech startups get nearly $4M in federal investment

Six Ottawa-area technology start-ups are splitting $3.67 million in investment from the federal government through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), an investment the government promises will create up

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 25th, 2013 Jeff Jedras
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VCs and accelerators get some love from Budget 2013

In a federal budget characterized by a minimum of new spending and investment, the small business and startup communities of Canada did receive some attention from finance minister Jim Flaherty on Thursday. Research,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 21st, 2013 Jeff Jedras
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Crowdfunding for change agents now live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRsjCzDcrCA The Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), in partnership with HiveWire, has just launched its new crowdfunding platform – Catalyst. CSI’s Catalyst allows change agents to harness the power of the crowd to fund

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 21st, 2013 Michael Cayley
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Ontario invests $50 million in new venture capital fund

More governments in Canada seem to be dipping their toes into the venture capital business. The most recent to test the waters is the Province of Ontario, which said Tuesday that it’s investing

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 20th, 2013 Jeff Jedras