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Canadian consumers are set to break online shopping records this holiday season, with more than half electing to click-and-ship over standing in long line ups at check-out counters. A new Angus Reid survey commissioned by Federal Express Canada Ltd. (FedEx Express Canada), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., reveals that 55 per cent of Canadian holiday shoppers will turn to e-commerce this holiday season to take advantage of advanced online shopping technology and fast shipping. Last year, approximately 45% of Canadians were expected to shop online, according to Deloitte’s Consumers Spending with Restraint, 2011 Holiday Outlook Survey.
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Ubisoft® has announced that Tom Hardy is attached to star as “Sam Fisher” in its forthcoming movie based on the Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell video game universe, with Eric Singer attached to write the screenplay. Hardy is a highly-versatile actor whose recent work includes the critically-acclaimed roles of iconic villain “Bane” in The Dark Knight Rises and con man “Eames” in the Academy Award®-nominated Inception.  He recently starred in Lawless, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, the boxing drama Warrior, and the thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.  He will next be seen in the lead role of Mad Max: Fury Road.  Eric Warren Singer wrote the Black List script American Bullshit, which David O. Russell will direct with Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Renner set to star. Singer’s previous credits include the thriller The International. Read the rest of this entry »

The Observatoire du documentaire and Antenne Media Grand Sud are publishing a guide that lists the major sources of additional funding available for the documentary film sector in Canada, the US and Europe. The Documentary Additional Funding Guideis a practical tool enabling Canadian and European producers and filmmakers to identify the different resources available for their own productions or co-productions: private funds dedicated to audiovisual content, including broadcaster funds, awards, grants, financial guidance and calls for projects by festivals, independent production cooperatives, provincial arts councils, crowd-funding platforms, help with distribution, marketing and audience development (US), hedge funds, the IFCIC and Sofica (France) and more. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal-based Genetec™, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of world-class unified IP security solutions, today unveiled its plans for bringing physical security software to the cloud. In conjunction with a strategic multi-year alliance with Microsoft Corp., Genetec is developing true, reliable, hosted security solutions including Video Surveillance, Access Control and License Plate Recognition (LPR) as a Service that will be built on Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud-computing platform. The new cloud-based security solutions will combine the strength of Genetec’s unified security platform with the global reach, scalability, and reliability of Windows Azure. Following an aggressive development schedule, Genetec is planning on delivering its first cloud-based service offering in the first half of 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

A little love goes a long way. To help small businesses survive and thrive in a tough economy, Intuit Inc. will grant a wish a day, valuing up to $5,000 each, to 15 businesses through its Love Our Local Business program this holiday season. Small businesses in the United States and Canada can submit their wishes at Love Our Local Business and then rally their fans to vote for their submissions. Intuit will fulfill one wish a day from December 3rd to 21st. Read the rest of this entry »

Google Canada and Communitech have announced a partnership to help mentor and grow a new generation of successful Canadian-led technology companies. As part of today’s announcement, Google Canada and Communitech will be opening a new digital collaboration space, as a place for mentoring and hosting start-ups in the early stages of their involvement with Communitech’s Hyperdrive initiative. Located adjacent to both the Hyperdrive and Google Kitchener-Waterloo offices, this new space will be used in part to connect startups to Google’s Global Entrepreneurial Network and Google Developer Network, as well as to startup initiatives around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Communitech’s HYPERDRIVE program is hosting startup recruiting events in Vancouver and Toronto this month to encourage applications from some of Canada’s most promising entrepreneurs. The Vancouver event November 14 fittingly coincides with Global Entrepreneur Week which runs until November 18, the world’s largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life and drive economic growth. Read the rest of this entry »

Check out this Business Opportunity from BCTIA and Discovery Parks – The Generator is based on the concept that free-flowing ideas, minimal barriers and a belief in serendipity accelerate the growth and success of technology companies. Early-stage technology-based companies, preferably based in Vancouver and who meet the following criteria are encouraged to apply for this program. Deadline for entries is 5pm PST on December 14th 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

During his opening keynote at the company’s annual customer conference, Mark J. Barrenechea, President and CEO of OpenText will unveil the industry’s first cloud designed specifically to address Enterprise Information Management (EIM). Available beginning today, OpenText Cloud aims to provide all OpenText software as cloud based offerings, in addition to the existing on-premises products. OpenText Cloud provides customers with anytime, anywhere access to OpenText’s EIM solution portfolio in the cloud, including more than 20 ready-to-use applications and services. Read the rest of this entry »

This week, Startup Canada and hundreds of community partners are putting business mentors and enterprise mentorship in a national spotlight through the Canadian Mentorship Challenge during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) November 12th through 18th. Across Canada, organizations participating in the Canadian Mentorship Challenge will host events to collectively mentor 10,000 enterprising Canadians. Read the rest of this entry »