An Innovative Way to Adopt Cloud Services. Join us for a Webinar on March 27 to Launch the Modular Data Protection Services 360° Partner Program™ Modular DPS Inc. brings new alternatives to the Cloud Data Protection Services marketplace. The increasing array of offerings and associated marketing misuse of terminology such as business continuity and … [Read more...]
B.C. teachers to vote next month on whether to launch illegal job action
March 21, 2012 by
The B.C. teachers' union is asking its members if they want to break the law by mounting a strike to protest legislation that bans them from such job action. Teachers will also be asked during a vote on April 17 and 18 if they want to withdraw all voluntary extra-curricular activities. The B.C. Teachers' Federation plans to launch a legal … [Read more...]
Apple’s next-gen iPad launch event is tomorrow, get your liveblog right here!
March 6, 2012 by
Got plans for tomorrow? Of course not -- you canned 'em a week ago. For those still unaware, Apple will be unveiling its next iPad at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco tomorrow, and as always, we'll be there live to bring you the news as it happens. Feel free to get caught up on the latest from the rumormill right here, … [Read more...]
Government to launch province-wide fugitive-return program
March 3, 2012 by
B.C.’s justice minister has announced a new province-wide Fugitive Return. Shirley Bond explains it’s an extension of the Vancouver Police Department’s successful Con Air. "People, fugitives, who have outstanding warrants in other Canadian jurisdictions, returned to their jurisdiction. So this is an attempt to bring all of the … [Read more...]
Two Luxury Cruise Lines Launch Sales
February 24, 2012 by
If you’re looking to set out on an upper-crust cruise vacation, but don’t quite have the high society bankroll to fund it, you’re in luck. Two luxury small-ship cruise lines have recently launched promotions that reduce rates on sailings to the Caribbean, Mediterranean, China, Egypt, and beyond, by 25 to 40 percent. Just … [Read more...]
House’s spring session to launch on-air
February 13, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Liberals launch the spring legislative session — and the race towards the next provincial election — on Tuesday, but Premier Christy Clark is taking an unconventional route to laying out her priorities.Rather than stand up before elected members in Victoria, she will broadcast her agenda over private radio.Serious and … [Read more...]
Lenovo trudging into the smart TV arena, plans LeTV launch in Q1 2012 (update: aka IdeaTV)
November 30, 2011 by
A Chinese company throwing French around in its product names. Right. Oddities aside, it looks as if the LePhone will soon have LeCompany -- Lenovo will be pushing out its first smart TV in the first quarter of 2012. The simply-titled LeTV will be an internet-connected display, but outside of that, hardly anything else is being made public. There … [Read more...]
Pirate Bay founders launch ‘copyright respecting’ BayFiles sharing site, still dream of a life on Sealand
September 3, 2011 by
It ain't often that the hated few have a genuine change of heart, but it sounds as if the folks who founded The Pirate Bay are tired of sailing the same seas. After years of turning a blind eye to content mavens across the globe, Fredrik Neij and co. have launched what appears to be a legitimate file-sharing site -- one that's "respectful of … [Read more...]
Translink to launch GPS bus tracking
August 21, 2011 by
Coast Mountain Bus riders will soon be able to track their bus using GPS technology. As of September 6th, the Translink smartphone app will be overhauled to feature the new tool. "The key element is our real time bus information. That's currently something that isn't available. What we're doing is we're leveraging the GPS systems within … [Read more...]
Launch @ GROW 2011
August 4, 2011 by
Launch Party is teaming up with Dealmaker Media and influencers across Canada to host Launch @ GROW (#lpgrow) on August 17th, 2011. 15 startups voted in by YOU! will demo at the reception, of which four will win the chance to present on stage at the Grow Conference. Head on over here to VOTE: http://launchatgrow.strutta.com/ With over 600 … [Read more...]
