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Moneris Solutions^® has announced the launch of e-Select plus^®Mobile App, offering Canadian merchants the ability to accept credit card payments using their smartphones and capture sales on the go. Merchants can obtain real-time authorization, send email receipts to customers, and generate reports on transaction history through their mobile devices. The bundled card reader accessory plugs into the audio port of the smartphone, allowing credit cards to be swiped for ease-of-use. The Mobile App extends the capabilities of the e-Select plus platform, offering merchants additional convenience and security. Read the rest of this entry »

What do Degrassi: The Next Generation and Life with Derek have in common? These popular Canadian programs were both recipients of the Shaw Rocket Prize, an annual $50,000 prize awarded to the best independently-produced Canadian children’s program.

As part of the Shaw Rocket Fund, the Prize is presented each year to a Canadian children’s, youth, or family program and its associated digital content, voted for by children across the country. This is the seventh year for the Prize, supporting the production of high-quality Canadian children’s programming since 1998. Read the rest of this entry »

Webnames.ca has partnered with Small Business BC to offer a great opportunity to win a free FastTrack WordPress Website or Professional Video during October’s Small Business Month. The contest will be running for the entire month of October 2011, takes only minutes to apply and is open to residents of Canada (except Quebec). For full contest details and for your chance to win, visit the webnames contest page. Read the rest of this entry »

Ideavibes has announced the release of a new freemium version of its popular Crowd Engagement Platform which helps organizations manage their own crowdsourcing or crowdfunding campaigns to facilitate engagement and tap into the wisdom and power of the online crowd.

The Freemium Edition of the Ideavibes Crowd Engagement Platform, now available, allows customers to run their first crowdsourcing or crowdfunding campaign in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese for up to 45 days. Read the rest of this entry »

As part of the Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC), Wapikoni Mobile celebrated its first international launch yesterday with the screening of the year’s best films. Among the special guests of the night were some thirty young filmmakers from First Nations of Quebec and Latin America who have traveled a long way from their remote communities to share their work. Ghislain Picard, Chief of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, attended the screening and came to salute and encourage the work of these young artists. The Anishnabe rapper and spokesperson for the Wapikoni Mobile, Samian, also joined the night through video. He announced the concert that he will give for the benefit of the organization featuring Florent Vollant, Elisapie Isaac, Loco Locass, Richard Séguin, Anodajay and other friends on November 29^that the Club Soda. Read the rest of this entry »