16th
January
2012
Aspen Skiing Company has announced a new partnership with community-based digital signage solutions provider ScreenScape Networks. In using ScreenScape, Aspen/Snowmass will develop its own place-based media network to provide rich media content, promotional messages, news, weather and other information to locations throughout the resort area. Read the rest of this entry »
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16th
January
2012
On-demand Software Asset Management (SAM) & License Analytics company AssetLabs has announced the availability of Win7Assist, empowering corporate SAM teams and Microsoft SAM Partners to forecast the times and costs of migration paths to Microsoft Windows® 7, as well as identifying applications that may hinder a Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade. Read the rest of this entry »
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16th
January
2012
IBM partners who are looking to integrate their technologies with IBM’s LotusLive will gain valuable insight from Silanis’ technical presentation offered as part of Lotusphere 2012’s Best Practices track. Senior Technical Lead for Silanis Technology Inc., Bogdan Chifor, who managed the integration of his company’s e-signature cloud-based technology with IBM LotusLive to create Silanis’ new e-SignLive™ Software as a Service product, will present the learnings the development team made during the software development process. Read the rest of this entry »
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16th
January
2012
Tasha Zimich, a student graduating Simon Fraser University’s School for Contemporary Arts Visual Art Program, decided to tackle on a long-time dream of illustrating and self-producing her own graphic arts books. Thanks to crowdsourced funding at IndieGoGo, her dream is becoming a reality. At the close of her campaign, Tasha has achieved and exceeded her $1600.00 funding goal. Read the rest of this entry »
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16th
January
2012
Movie Seals Digital is proud to announce the upcoming release of their Heroes of the North related novella, Manon of the Frozen North aka Nordik diaries, about a troubled but very intelligent teen growing up in a remote, desolate area full of loneliness, fear and danger. Her diaries entries reveal her inner struggles and ends just before the events of Episode Four: Nordik Origins in the award-winning Canadian superheroes web series, as part of the series innovative transmedia storytelling. Read the rest of this entry »
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16th
January
2012
Janitorial companies have long used the clipboard and pen to record inspections. This process is a familiar method to any industry but, the days of performing routine inspections with the old clipboard and pen are numbered. Hand-held devices like the iPhone have reduced the need to collect inspection data by pen. Tapping down notes on your iPhone is now the norm for professional janitorial service companies using this new app. Read the rest of this entry »
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16th
January
2012
Rogers Media and L’Oréal Canada embark on a nationwide search to discover Canada’s most talented hair and makeup artists in the new original six-part digital series Canada’s Best Beauty Talent. In each webisode, 12 of Canada’s aspiring hair and beauty experts will showcase their skills and compete for beauty talent recognition, prestige, and the ultimate in beauty stardom. Read the rest of this entry »
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16th
January
2012
Colin Carrie, Member of Parliament for Oshawa, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), has announced that the Government of Canada will invest up to $1.5 million for FIRST Robotics Canada. The funding will create opportunities for students in southern Ontario to participate in robotics competitions and real-world engineering challenges, encouraging them to look at science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields as potential study and career paths. Read the rest of this entry »
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16th
January
2012
Quillr® Interactive Stories has announced the release of their first interactive children’s musical book for the iPad, Saving Grape-Jelly Cheeks. The delightful story of a little budgie rescued from a chilly Canadian fall using only string, a box and a stick is true. And in a unique twist, Saving Grape-Jelly Cheeks is told through catchy a cappella songs and original music that will have children and parents laughing and interactively joining in to rescue the little green bird. Read the rest of this entry »
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16th
January
2012
Montreal’s D-MagiK has announced the release of its much anticipated sheet music reader SheetRack to the iTunes App Store for $2.99 USD. Successor to SheetRack Lite, the lite version that had several tens of thousands of downloads, SheetRack is one of the fastest sheet music readers available. With original and useful features such as blowing to turn pages, music page previews, metronome, high speed page turning, and an ever growing library of sheets available for free, SheetRack is ramping up to become the iPad Musician’s favorite companion. Read the rest of this entry »
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