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Ontario’s Extreme Ease Software, a developer of enterprise help authoring, PDF publishing, content management and knowledgebase management, has announced the availability of its latest release, HelpConsole 2010 Service Pack 5.  In this release, HelpConsole includes a newly redesigned PDF publishing engine, improved language translation, improved support for mobile devices including iPhone and Android phones, and provides full development support for all modern browsers including IE, Firefox Safari, Chrome and Opera. Read the rest of this entry »

Vistek’s Production Video Solutions Group (PVSG) is adding a second date to its fully-booked day-long (and free) Acquisition to Archive event. Wednesday, October 19th has been added to the original October 18th showcase of the latest technologies and processes to simplify and streamline video file-based production workflow. The Acquisition to Archive events will take place at Vistek’s flagship store at 496 Queen Street East in Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile game developer XMG Studio and the National Post tested Canada’s students at the Great Canadian Appathon2 (GCA2)  mobile video game coding marathon, on their design creativity and development prowess. Over the weekend of September 30th, more than 125 competing teams gathered in 21 hubs for a sleep-deprived, energy drink-induced and pizza-fueled weekend of creating the next hit sports game app. Read the rest of this entry »

The winners from this year’s IndieCade Festival have been announced. Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees who were among the chosen few for 2011, but especially to our Canadian developers who were recognized with awards:

Best in Show went to FEZ by Polytron Corp. and the Best Visuals award went to Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP – Superbrothers, Capybara Games, Jim Guthrie.

Other Canadian nominees were:

Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure by Untold Entertainment
superHYPERCUBE by Game Dev Collective Kokoromi
The Depths to Which I Sink – Bigpants

Big Blue Bubble Inc. has announced that Masters of Mystery Online, the online version of their mystery-based hidden-object game series is released on Facebook. Murder and intrigue are the name of the game in Masters of Mystery Online, a crime-busting game where you  build your firm, close cold cases and help your friends. Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to BC indie developer Justin Scott, whose 2D PC side-scrolling game Icarus has been recognized as one of the top indie games on the market by American review site Game Tunnel. A graduate of Simon Fraser University, Justin has worked at PartnerPedia’s Vancouver office, and currently works for Telus as a Developer Analyst. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian visual communications solutions provider CBCI Telecom will be offering live demonstrations of the US-made Snapstream Media Monitoring Appliance at the upcoming GTEC 2011 conference on October 18th and 19th at the New Ottawa Convention Center. GTEC 2011 expo floor tickets are free for public sector personnel or $50.00 for the private sector, so register soon. There are still some ticket options available for the full conference, as well. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund has sent out a reminder that October 14, 2011 is the first closing date for the 2011-2012 English Production Incentive. As the guidelines (PDF) for the English Production Incentive state:

Applications to this program will be accepted until October 14, 2011, or until funds for the province or territory’s allocation are depleted, whichever comes first. If any portion of a province/territory’s allocation has not been committed by October 14. For example, if the CMF has not received complete, eligible application(s) with regard to the province or territory’s allocation by this date, the uncommitted portion will be made available to other projects eligible for the English Production Incentive in this fiscal year. That said, in no case will the CMF’s contribution to a project from the English Production Incentive exceed 10% of a Television Component’s Eligible Costs or $1 million, whichever is less.

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Nanaimo children’s author Emily Madill has just launched her new website and blogs designed to empower others to believe in themselves. In Emily’s Journey, some of the topics she writes about relate to life as a Mom. In Confident Kids Are Cool, Emily will cover topics geared for school-aged children and will offer up fun ideas and confidence-boosting activities for kids to feel good about who they are. Read the rest of this entry »

The 6th Rubik World Championship is considered to be the largest meeting of the Grandmasters of the cube. During the 3 days the speedcubers are competing for more than 24,000 euros total in 19 official events. The most anticipated event is the 3x3x3 and many are anticipating a new world record. People are placing their bet on Feliks Zemdegs from Australia who shocked the world with a 5.66 second world record this year at the Melbourne Winter Open. Read the rest of this entry »