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4th November 2011

Waterfront Toronto CEO Joins Governor’s Council of i-Canada

CATAWaterfront Toronto CEO John Campbell has accepted an invitation to join the Governor’s Council of i-CANADA, announced i-CANADA Chair Bill Hutchison today. Waterfront Toronto has already signed development projects valued at more than $1.45-billion and that is just the beginning of the +$30 billion revitalization of Toronto’s Central Waterfront. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th November 2011

Digi Awards 2011 Nominees

digi awardsnextMEDIA has released the nominee list for the 2011 Digi Awards, which will be presented at a gala event on December 6th at the Carlu in Toronto. Hosted by Jeremy Hotz, the awards show, which runs in conjunction with nextMEDIA 2011, will highlight the always impressive work coming from Canada’s creative studios. The full list is laid out below, but you can also head over to the Digi Awards Nominee Showcase to have a look at the nominated works. Tickets are still available for both nextMEDIA 2011 and the Digi Awards. Good luck to all of the nominees! Read the rest of this entry »

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4th November 2011

Stingray Digital Announces Karaoke Channel App For Google TV

Stingray DigitalInnovative Montreal-based media and technology company Stingray Digital has officially announced the availability of The Karaoke Channel App for Google TV. Designed and optimized for the large screen experience, this easy-to-use app delivers 1000s of high-quality HD karaoke videos to television sets instantly through Internet streaming. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th November 2011

Chaordix Transforms Marketing Plans With Crowd Intelligence

chaordixCrowdsourced marketing specialist Chaordix has announced Crowd Intelligence™, a process which applies unique new methods of crowdsourcing and data analysis to generate new levels of rich market insight and data that would be difficult, if not impossible, to acquire through traditional research methods. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th November 2011

BCTIA Tech Accelerator Fires Up Job Growth

bctiaA program to help technology companies develop has also accelerated job growth in the sector. In its inaugural year, the BC Technology Industry Association’s (BCTIA) Centre4Growth program helped over 200 companies, with job growth increasing overall by nine percent or 76 new jobs. The program also helped tech companies raise revenue and investment by $17 million, delivering an estimated $6.4 million in regional economic benefit. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th November 2011

Telecom Complaints Rise 114 Percent In 2010-2011

cctsCanada’s Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS) reports an increase in telecom consumer complaints for the fourth straight year.  Highlighted in the annual report is the significant CRTC ruling that now allows for customers of all Canadian telecommunications service providers to go to CCTS. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th November 2011

Softchoice Announces Acquisition of UNIS LUMIN

softchoiceSoftchoice Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the business of UNIS LUMIN, one of Canada’s most highly regarded Cisco networking and managed services companies. The acquisition strengthens Softchoice’s professional services capabilities while providing the technology foundation to support the Company’s future cloud offerings. Softchoice has agreed to pay approximately $17 million in cash for substantially all assets of UNIS LUMIN, subject to balance sheet adjustments. The transaction is subject to approval by the Competition Bureau of Canada and is expected to close before December 31st, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th November 2011

Puzzling and Perplexing Case of Missing Superplexus

plasmartIn a puzzling case of international art theft, a Superplexus, a large-scale, museum-quality, hand-made, interactive sculpture created by American inventor Michael McGinnis, has gone missing. Last seen October 23rd in Essen Germany on display at the Spiel Essen 2011 Games Fair, the Superplexus was on display at global toy distributor PlaSmart Inc.’s Perplexus booth which was visited by thousands of visitors during the high-profile and highly attended, four day trade show. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th November 2011

Cage of Monkeys Releases Quadra

cage of monkeysVancouver’s Cage of Monkeys has announced that their first game, Quadra, is now available exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch. Quadra is an addictive, fast paced Action-Puzzle game that anyone can pick up and play, and enjoy. Your goal is to remove blocks from a grid by forming 2×2 patterns of the same color. The more blocks you chain together the higher your score. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th November 2011

UBC Continuing Education Digital Media for Entertainment

UBCThe role of digital media and technology is having a significant impact on how we create, produce and distribute entertainment. UBC Continuing Education invites you to join expert presenters who provide an overview of the digital media industry and convergence of film and TV. Read the rest of this entry »

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