Entries in Toronto (100)

Thursday
Apr302020

City of Toronto partners with tech companies to provide free internet access to vulnerable residents

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The city of Toronto hopes to give more vulnerable residents access to free temporary internet during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several technology and telecommunication companies have donated to the city to help connect 25 large residential apartment buildings located in low-income neighbourhoods. 

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Tuesday
Jan282020

How to score $10 HAMILTON tickets in Toronto by using the official app

Photo courtesy of The Company – HAMILTON National Tour (c) Joan Marcus 2018

Mirvish Productions annoucned a new digital lottery for HAMILTON tickets in Toronto. 40 tickets for every performance will go for $10 each. Performances wil run February 11 to May 17, 2020 at the Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto. Forty (40) tickets will be sold for every performance for $10 each. The digital lottery will open at 11:00 AM on February 9 for tickets to the Tuesday, February 11 performance. Subsequent digital lotteries will begin two days prior to each performance.  

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Tuesday
Sep112018

Microsoft doubles down on Canadian investment with downtown Toronto HQ announcement

Microsoft Canada announced it will move its Canadian headquarters to a new space in the heart of downtonw Toronto in 2020. The new facility on Bay Street will be located at the new CIBC Square and will span four floors in the 132,000 square-foot space. 

The future home will also include a new state-of-the-art Microsoft Technology Centre that will serve partners, customers as well as a learning centre for school-aged youth. The move is just one of a series of significant investments Microsoft is making. These investments will enable an expansion of Microsoft's Canadian operations, including increasing staff, modernizing its real estate, and growing its research lab in Montreal that is focused on artificial intelligence. 

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Friday
Jul272018

Report: Video game arcades are making a comeback in Toronto

Video game arcades were the preferred hangouts of gamers in the 70's and 80's but were slowly killed off by home gaming consoles as well as the advent of networked gaming and the Internet. A new report finds that gaming arcades are making a comeback in Toronto.

"Toronto is experiencing a full-blown arcade and pinball machine renaissance, fueled by communities of players who share a love for the coin-op experience. Though a trickle of new machines continue to emerge on the scene, retro arcade and pinball machines make up the bulk of today’s “barcades” — the slang term for establishments that serve alcohol alongside retro-gaming goodness," states a report from Zolo.ca.

To celebrate the arcade revival, Zolo News has created 416cade, a map of all public-facing arcade and pinball machines across Greater Toronto. To find out where these pinball and games are at check out their maps here.