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SelectCore Ltd. prepaid telecom and financial services provider and transaction processor for the under-banked market, has appointed senior advisor, Bryan Kenyon to Executive Vice President of Financial Services. In this key role, Mr. Kenyon, who served as an early-stage executive for industry leader Green Dot, will leverage his considerable experience focusing on strategic planning, business development and the rollout of the Company’s financial service offerings including ReCash and Iridium MasterCard in both Canada and the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

Merchant Accounts.ca, a Canadian provider of e-commerce based credit card processing services, and dedicated security technology company McAfee have partnered to provide a more secure online shopping experience for merchants and their customers. The partnership now offers Merchant Accounts.ca’s customers with an easy way to become PCI-compliant though McAfee® PCI Certification Service. Read the rest of this entry »

Advertising agency henderson bas kohn has announced the launch of the Lorax-themed campaign “Let It Grow” on behalf of The Weather Network and Universal Studios to support The Nature Conservancy of Canada up to a total of $25,000 Canadian dollars. Read the rest of this entry »

For a 30^thconsecutive year, Montrealers and other festival visitors will be able to discover the world of media arts and art films at the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), thanks to support from the Government of Canada. This was reaffirmed today by the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. Read the rest of this entry »

Ivrnet Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and completed the previously announced transaction to acquire Calgary-based TxtMeNow mCommerce Inc. (“TxtMeNow”).  TxtMeNow is a recognized leader in helping North America’s leading brands to leverage text messaging, mobile websites, and data analytics into their marketing strategies. Read the rest of this entry »

Innovative motion technology developer D-BOX Technologies Inc. has signed its first agreement with Southern Theatres, LLC to install 25 D-BOX MFX Seats in The Amstar 14 in Dallas, Texas and 21 D-BOX MFX seats in The Grand 16 Slidell in Slidell, Louisiana. Read the rest of this entry »

Echoer, a free iPhone application that allows users to post and experience local thoughts, events and discoveries, launched today exclusively in the Canadian iTunes app store. The visual nature of the app makes it quick and simple to find out relevant, timely, and popular recommendations, news and opinions about local restaurants, bars, gigs and events – wherever people gather to share ideas and experiences. Read the rest of this entry »

EXFO has announced its successful participation in the first ever MultiService Forum VoLTE (voice over long-term evolution) Interoperability Event. EXFO’s test and monitoring solutions were an essential part of this event and were used to validate interoperability between dozens of 4G mobile network elements from multiple participating vendors. These interoperability tests helped show that VoLTE calls and supplementary services are a viable solution for providing voice services over LTE access, including roaming and interconnect scenarios. Read the rest of this entry »

By 2016, nearly four-fifths of 640 million mobile VoIP users will be making calls through apps downloaded on their smartphones, according to a recent report released by Juniper Research. While the mobile market has thus far been largely dominated by Apple iOS devices, Info Tech’s latest Android Market traffic numbers indicate its growth is four times faster than that of the Apple App store, making Android users an even more important target market for app developers. Read the rest of this entry »

IP-based multimedia communications solutions provider Media5 Corporation has announced the release of the new Media5-foneBBCom Edition. The BBCom Edition is an IMS MMTEL compliant softclient for iOS devices (iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod Touch®).  Read the rest of this entry »