21st
November
2012
Vancouver-based identity verification startup Trulioo has announced that the company has raised two million dollars in seed funding from Blumberg Capital, and recruited Google’s Director of Identity Andrew Nash as their Chief Technical Officer. Trulioo’s “ProfilePlus” product was released in beta today, assisting websites that already utilize Facebook Connect detect fake accounts. ProfilePlus is a free SaaS product, and leverages Trulioo’s patented algorithms to analyze a user’s Facebook account and provide a score indicating how much time it would take to create the account. Read the rest of this entry »
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21st
November
2012
DHX Media Ltd. has partnered with Amazon’s European digital media subsidiary on a non-exclusive SVOD UK license adding close to 1,000 half hours, to their existing offering, of DHX’s classic children’s TV shows such as Inspector Gadget and Dennis The Menace. Read the rest of this entry »
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21st
November
2012
Montréal-based game developer Sava Transmedia, and Zynga have announced that Rubber Tacos, the critically acclaimed free-to-play game for Facebook and Zynga.com, is now available worldwide from the App Store on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch and coming soon to Google Play. Read the rest of this entry »
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21st
November
2012
A new spam email bearing the brands of various shipping companies has recently surfaced. The email highlights an unsuccessful delivery and suggests clicking on a link for more information. As holiday shoppers are expecting to receive more parcels, Canada Post would like to remind everyone to be vigilant as these emails could contain viruses. Read the rest of this entry »
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21st
November
2012
RBC has announced that the bank has removed most fees on the RBC Visa Gift Card. In addition, funds on the prepaid card will no longer expire. In a recent RBC poll, 42% of Canadians surveyed said expiry of funds, expiry fees and maintenance fees were reasons to not purchase multi-purpose gift cards. At the same time, more than a third of respondents said they choose to give a gift card because 37% want to give the recipient options and 36% are not sure of what to buy. Read the rest of this entry »
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