The London Public Library is working on a new strategic plan, and asking Londoners for their input about how the library can best support the community. Complete the quick online survey to share your thoughts (whether you use the library or not), and help set the future direction for the London Public Library
Cineplex has announced its offer to purchase EK3 Technologies, a digital merchandising provider in London with operations in Canada, the United States and other countries. The initial offer is approximately $40 million, in addition to a reverse earn-out payment which could push the total purchase price up to $78 million. EK3 will be renamed and…
Bellybets.com is the bun-in-the-oven project that was launched this past spring by London entrepreneur Peter Scott. “It’s a new take on the classic ‘I’m having a baby, let’s guess what I’m having’ that lots of people do at work,” explained Scott, President of Traxion Consulting. “Normally you would do a baby pool with a piece…
The Ontario government announced supports for local research teams through the Ontario Research Fund-Infrastructure program this week. The program provides research institutions with funding to help support infrastructure needs such as modern facilities and equipment. The announcement includes support for 12 southwestern Ontario research teams to help them make discoveries. “Research teams in southwestern Ontario…
A group of grad students in London has a dream – to expose more people to hacking, making, and the digital humanities. And they’re doing it on wheels. The group started the DH Maker Bus project as a way to get to the Digital Humanities 2013 conference in Nebraska this summer. In collaboration with community…
Industry-leading Voices.com is celebrating the registration of its 100,000th voice talent member with the launch of a new website, rebuilt from the ground up. Part of the project included the implementation of “responsive design,” a design technique that accurately resizes the contents of a web page to any screen, regardless of its scope or device.…
TechAlliance member Info-Tech Research Group has purchased the historic Masonic Temple, host to music legends such as Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, and David Bowie. Info-Tech Research Group acquired the building from Bell Media. “It’s been a truly amazing year for us here at Info-Tech Research Group, and we’re so excited to make…
It’s another win for Simalam Inc. and Emerging Leaders at IABC’s Virtuoso Awards on June 6. The Virtuoso Awards have recognized excellence in communications and the best in creative strategy and design across Southwestern Ontario since 1995. This award is the third for the exciting collaboration. Simalam received the Techcellence Community Engagement Award from TechAlliance…
Critical Outcome Technologies Inc. (TSX Venture: COT) (“COTI” or the “Corporation”) announces positive results from experiments carried out with its lead cancer drug candidate, COTI-2, in the cancer research laboratories of Gordon Mills, M.D., Ph.D. Chair of the Department of Systems Biology and the Co-director of the Khalifa Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy at The…
This November, Business London will be honouring 20 business people under 40 years of age who are making their mark in London with business success and community involvement. We are looking for people who have achieved a level of success that is rare at a young age, and nominees can be entrepreneurs, executives, managers or…