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With tax season in full swing, many professional service providers are utilising various digital tools that cost effectively deliver their message to their clients and prospects. One such tool, Uberflip, provides a cloud-based digital publishing solution that can convert PDFs – such as whitepapers, analyst reports, financial statements, and marketing materials – and turn them into documents that are interactive, accessible, and trackable. Read the rest of this entry »

Kobo Inc. has announced plans to open new Kobo branded shops within 100 WHSmith High Street retail locations in 2012. This decision follows the successful trial of the ‘Kobo Centre’ in some of WHSmith’s larger stores. Across the United Kingdom, WHSmith stores will provide consumers with a signature Kobo experience that features the full range of Kobo eReading devices, including the award- winning Kobo Touch™ eReader and the family friendly Kobo Vox™ eReading tablet. Read the rest of this entry »

The winners of the C2-MTL contest launched in February by the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation have been announced. The 25 emerging entrepreneurs will get to attend C2-MTL, the new international business conference to be held in Montreal from May 22 to 25, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Charles Sirois, Chairman of the Board of Telesystem, is pleased to announce the appointment of his son, François-Charles Sirois, as Chief Executive Officer. François-Charles has served as President of Telesystem since June 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Kevin O’Leary joined Canada’s Immigration Minister, Jason Kenney, today to make a big announcement for the country’s startup and venture investing community. Canada’s startup visa, if implemented, will create highly skilled jobs and bring much-needed capital into Canada’s startup sector. Read the rest of this entry »

Recognizing the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship as a driver of the Canadian economy, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney launched consultations today on whether to create a new and specialized program to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Read the rest of this entry »

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, the Women in Leadership Foundation (WIL) will host its 7^th Annual BC Women in Business Luncheon at the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver, BC. The event will celebrate and honour female role models in business with all proceeds supporting the WIL Mentorship Program. Read the rest of this entry »

On Thursday, April 19 the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) and TELUS will announce a milestone campaign to make a difference for young entrepreneurs as they launch new businesses across Canada. Join CYBF, TELUS, and small business owners at the event to unveil a significant donation to support youth entrepreneurship in Canada and a cheque presentation that will help a promising young entrepreneur launch a new business. Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung Electronics Canada and Cineplex Entertainment have announced the official launch of the Cineplex Store App on select models of Samsung SMART TVs, Blu-ray Players and Home Theatre Systems. Allowing Canadians to share their passion for movies at home, the Cineplex Store has thousands of movie titles available to rent or purchase.  Read the rest of this entry »

Just weeks into Andromo‘s official release, there are 55,483 users signed up to make custom Android apps online. Andromo is an online web service for creating Android apps without coding. Aspiring app developers can now make their own professional app in minutes. Read the rest of this entry »