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30th January 2012

BC Film Industry Gets Cloud-Powered As Scalar Decisions Launches RenderCloud

scalarCanadian IT solutions integrator Scalar Decisions has announced the launch of their RenderCloud project, which will see a number of British Columbia digital media studios move to a high-performance cloud computing model to render their digital productions, availing of Scalar’s centralized IT facilities at the Centre for Digital Media on the Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver. Read the rest of this entry »

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30th January 2012

Rogers LTE Network Now Live In Communities Surrounding Montreal

rogersRogers has announced that its Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network is now available in more cities surrounding Montréal, including; Laval, Terrebonne, Brossard, Longueuil and Vaudreuil with plans to expand to more than 25 additional cities this year. This will bring LTE to more than half the Canadian population by the end of the year. Read the rest of this entry »

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30th January 2012

OpenText Achieves VERS Certification For Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Records Management

Open TextOpenText announced that it has continued to extend its leadership as a global information governance solution provider by becoming the first major ECM vendor to achieve VERS certification for its records management solution with Microsoft SharePoint 2010.  With this accomplishment, OpenText further establishes itself as the premier partner for information governance solutions that extend and enhance SharePoint 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

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30th January 2012

VantageWire Opens Toronto Location

vantagewireVantageWire has announced the opening of its new office in Toronto, Canada’s largest financial district. Through establishing a contact point in Toronto, home of the Toronto Stock Exchange, VantageWire will be able to better service clients based in Ontario and Eastern Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

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30th January 2012

SOCAN Unveils Refreshed Brand Identity

socanSOCAN CEO Eric Baptiste has unveiled the music performing rights organization’s refreshed brand identity, including a new logo. SOCAN’s new brand will be reflected in the design and content of all of its marketing and communications materials, as well as on its website and social media pages. Read the rest of this entry »

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28th January 2012

Gathered Thoughts From Game Design Expo 2012

Last weekend we spent a very enjoyable and informative time at the 6th Game Design Expo presented by Vancouver Film School. As in previous years, we were treated to some very inspiring and informative talks – some that make us wish we were game developers or trying to figure out a way to apply the processes covered to our own project endeavours.

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27th January 2012

Geneva Film Co Showcases 3D Mobile And Glasses-Free 3D Tablet

geneva film companyTop directors from Ridley Scott to Martin Scorsese are now filming in 3D. But what does this shift to mean to the global advertising community? At Advertising Week today, Geneva Film Co. founder and director James Stewart took a detailed journey to the next dimension of advertising. Stewart’s Advertising Week presentation explored new 3D platforms, costs, and implications for creative and storytelling. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th January 2012

CRTC Moving Ahead With Capacity-Based Billing On February 1

CRTCThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has confirmed that the new wholesale rates for independent Internet service providers (ISPs) will be implemented on February 1, 2012. The large telephone and cable companies will proceed as scheduled with their proposed implementation plans, with the exception of the Bell companies. Their implementation plan has been modified on an interim basis while the CRTC resolves issues raised by the Canadian Network Operators Consortium. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th January 2012

Fotobounce Expands Functionality

fotobounceApplied Recognition Inc. has announced the release of Fotobounce Viewer, a photo viewing and photo sharing application for the Apple family of mobile devices. With this release, Fotobounce expands the Viewer’s already substantial scope of compatibility, running on virtually any mobile platform including Apple, Android and the RIM Playbook. Also significant for its enhancements to the user’s photo sharing and organization experience is the release of Fotobounce v3.7. Of particular note is that this version of the Fotobounce desktop photo application supports the Chinese language – the developer’s way of celebrating the Year of the Dragon. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th January 2012

Congratulations To The Canadian Winners At The History Makers Awards

history makersThe winners of the 2012 History Makers Awards were announced last night at a fabulous gala event in New York City. After an extremely difficult selection process, the Jury chose seven productions that have made an outstanding impact this year. Of those seven, three are Canadian productions or co-productions. Read the rest of this entry »

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