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20th January 2012

Buy BC-Made Orbitron: Revolution On XBLIG And Help Fight Cancer

firebase industriesFirebase Industries Ltd. is proud to announce that on Friday, January 20th and Saturday, January 21st of 2012, 100% of the net revenue from Firebase Industries’ Xbox Live Indie Game, Orbitron: Revolution will go to support the British Columbia Cancer Agency through the BC Cancer Foundation’s Ride to Conquer Cancer event. Read the rest of this entry »

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20th January 2012

Calgary Social Enterprise To Create IT Employment For People With Autism

specialist peoplePeople at the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum usually have a higher than average IQ, and special mental gifts – photographic recall is common. In spite of this, they have an unemployment rate higher than 85%. Observing the amazing abilities of his own son with Autism, Danish Information Technology professional Thorkil Sonne founded Specialisterne (‘The Specialists’) in 2004, employing persons with Autism as IT consultants, primarily in software testing and data conversion. Read the rest of this entry »

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20th January 2012

Distribution360 Sells Lifestyle Series to Sky Living It in the UK and Studio U7 in Russia

distribution360Distribution360 announced yesterday that it has finalized sales for two of its lifestyle series.  Studio U7 has acquired the television rights to White Iron Picture’s Puppy SOS and Wraith Films’ Ghostly Encounters for distribution to select territories: Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Baltics. In addition, Puppy SOS has been licensed by Sky Living It (part of BSkyB) in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »

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20th January 2012

Pixton Comics wins eSchool Media Award as a 2012 Best Ed-Tech Product

pixtonVancouver’s Pixton.com, a web-based tool that students use to write about any subject in the colourful visual format of comics, has been recognized by eSchool Media as one of the Best Ed-Tech Products of 2012. Teachers and administrators at schools and colleges across Canada and the United States nominated their favorite educational technology product or service. Read the rest of this entry »

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