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Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. has announced the launch of its new Maypole Challenge update for the studio’s cartoon style third-person shooter MicroVolts.  In this new spring update, MicroVolters worldwide will battle it out together to complete particular goals to unlock exclusive prizes that will benefit the entire MicroVolts community.  Read the rest of this entry »

Rockstar has announced its Max Payne 3 downloadable content plans with a full lineup of multiplayer content planned for release this summer and beyond, starting with the Local Justice Map Pack coming in June. Players will also be able to order the Max Payne 3 Rockstar Pass to get all of the upcoming DLC at a special discounted rate, compared to purchasing each pack individually. Read the rest of this entry »

Best Buy Canada is celebrating the grand opening of four new stores – three in B.C in Burnaby, Coquitlam, Vernon and one in Kingston Ontario beginning Friday May 4 until May 10. Grand opening promotions and sales offered at all Best Buy Mobile and Best Buy store locations, plus customers can enter to win a $500 Best Buy gift card at each store. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based Payfirma, developer of  simple, fast, and secure mobile point of sale products for businesses, has opened up its mobile payment platform to developers. Any third party mobile application for iPhones, iPads, or Android devices can now accept mobile payments in-person with the swipe of a credit card. Developers can leverage Payfirma’s payment platform to manage transactions, PCI compliance, and credit card reader integration. Read the rest of this entry »

The producers of Indie Game: The Movie have announced that Jim Guthrie’s amazing work on the film’s soundtrack will soon be available for your listening pleasure.  Not only is it coming in digital form on May 15th, but starting today, Jim is taking pre-orders for an absolutely beautiful double Vinyl LP edition of the music. Read the rest of this entry »

UK-based Just-Eat, the world’s largest online meal take-out and delivery ordering service, announced the closure of a financing round of $64 million led by funds managed by Vitruvian Partners, a European private equity firm, with Index Ventures, Greylock Partners and Redpoint Venturesalso participating. This investment marks the Just-Eat Group’s third and largest funding round in less than two years. Read the rest of this entry »

International Datacasting Corporation, an Ottawa-based digital content solutions distributor for the world’s premiere broadcasters, has announced that Cory Garbolinsky has resigned as the Corporation’s Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance, effective June 6, 2012 and has committed to assist the Corporation with the completion of its first quarter of fiscal 2013 consolidated financial statements and related filings. The Corporation has initiated a search for a new Chief Financial Officer. Read the rest of this entry »

Frontline Technologies Inc., a Toronto-based private cloud computing and trading platform company, is pleased to announced the appointment of a new board member, Mr. Mo Hirani pending regulatory approval. Frontline also announced the appointment to its Audit Committee two of its existing board members, Ian Camacho and Laurie Clark. Read the rest of this entry »

Nissan Canada announced the winner of the Nissan Innovation Challenge in a 30-minute television show on CityTV Sunday evening. Kelly Ruest, a mother of two from Cornwall, Ontario, pitched her winning advertising idea on Facebook and focused on the themes of innovation and technology, demonstrated through a family road trip. Kelly’s concept has been developed into a 30-second national television spot which premiered yesterday during the Nissan Innovation Challenge episode on CityTV, and will air regularly on conventional and specialty channels across Canada. Read the rest of this entry »