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Ubisoft has released a new Watch_Dogs video, in which viewers can witness the actions of Aiden Pearce in the city of Chicago through the eyes of the Central Operating System (ctOS). Watch_Dogs will be released on the PlayStation®3, PlayStation®4, Xbox 360®, the Wii U™ system from Nintendo and Windows PC.

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Canadian out-of-home advertising provider Astral Out-of-Home, a subsidiary of Astral Media Inc., has launched the latest edition of the Carte Blanche for Creatives contest. New this year, the contest is expanding by adding a third part into the fold: the Digital Out-of-Home in Vancouver. Back for a fourth consecutive year, the contest offers agency creatives the opportunity to create an OOH ad on behalf of a client and submit it to the creative community for comments and votes, as well as to a jury made up of people from the industry. In addition to providing a vertical French advertising face in Montréal and an English bus shelter face in Toronto, the contest enters the Vancouver market with a digital English advertising face in English. Read the rest of this entry »

Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) has announced that it will launch its 2013 Scholarship Program on Tuesday, April 2^nd. Entering its second season, the AMI Scholarship Program reaffirms the organization’s continuing mission to improve, increase and promote media accessibility for all Canadians. The program awards two $5,000 scholarships per year to qualifying individuals, one of which is reserved for a student with a permanent disability. The application deadline for this year’s program is Tuesday, May 28^th at 3 pm ET. Read the rest of this entry »

The makers of Pipe Trouble, a game pulled from public broadcaster TVO‘s website under severe pressure by media and industry, say their game has been the victim of rampant misinformation and unfairly branded by critics as being an advocate for eco-terrorism. Pop Sandbox, which produced Pipe Trouble, says the game is clearly intended as over-the-top satire — and an engagement tool — that promotes a balanced approach to natural gas development. The game was created to drive awareness about the Six Island Productions documentary film Trouble in the Peace, and prompt a larger discussion surrounding natural gas production. Read the rest of this entry »

The Banff World Media Festival is pleased to announce exciting Master Classes and a Featured Session as part of the CBS Corp. Company of Distinction program. Gary Glasberg, NCIS Executive Producer, will be accepting the  2013 Program of the Year Award at BANFF. Check out this year’s agenda and then, if you haven’t done so yet, head over to the registration page and get your tickets for the Banff World Media Festival 2013 – the Early Bird rate ends on April 19th. We will be there this year, and on the hunt for Canadian entertainment producers for interviews. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has announced that Army of TWO™ The Devil’s Cartel is available today at retailers in North America and will be available Friday, March 29 in Europe. Building on the dynamic co-operative gameplay the franchise is known for, Army of TWO The Devil’s Cartel ups the ante further with deep customization and an intense story with unexpected twists and turns. The game introduces an innovative co-op feature called “Overkill” that rewards players for working together, allowing them to unleash the power of ultimate destruction. Read the rest of this entry »

Louder Than Ten, in collaboration with Padraig Kennedy, recently launched Pupil, a menu bar utility for Mac that lets users label & order their favourite display settings, so they can switch resolutions quickly and easily without having to go into System Preferences. Users save time and can revel in the right amount of screen space whether they’re reading, writing, coding, designing, or immersed in any task requiring a quick change of resolution. A clean user interface lets them customize their experience so they can spend less time setting their preferences and more time using them. Read the rest of this entry »

SecureKey Technologies Inc. has announced the commercial availability of its cloud-based briidge.net™ identity and authentication platform – a groundbreaking solution that enables people to use devices and credentials they already have to perform strong two-factor authentication, bringing trust to mobile and online transactions. The briidge.net suite of extended enterprise federated authentication services is easy for people to use and reduces the number of user IDs and passwords they manage, without sacrificing security and privacy. Read the rest of this entry »

MediaMiser has announced the release of MediaMiser SNAP and MediaMiser TEAM, a set of new intelligent media monitoring and media analysis products aimed at the small and medium enterprise (SME) market. MediaMiser’s intelligent monitoring platforms learn what is relevant to users as they easily collect, analyze and share the rising tide of data from digital news and social media sites. Read the rest of this entry »

With the growing complexity and organization of criminal activity, in tandem with an increasing emphasis on regulatory compliance, financial institutions are looking for an advanced solution to ease the burden. As a direct result of the need to stay a step ahead of the latest criminal advances, including online banking attacks and card fraud, over 1,000 financial institutions now rely on Verafin Inc., a St. John’s-based provider of enterprise fraud detection, anti-money laundering (AML) and compliance (FRAML™) software. Read the rest of this entry »