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Just over 4 months in existence, NextSportStar.com continues to be successful in attracting sports fans and non-sports fans from all walks of life, and from all over the world. According to Alexa.com, the third-party traffic monitoring portal, compared to all other websites NextSportStar.com is ranked 7,432 in the U.S., 10,751 in Canada and 44,669 Globally – ranking NextSportStar.com within the top 1% of all websites worldwide. According to the December 2011 Netcraft Web Survey Study, there are approximately 555 million active websites worldwide. NextSportStar.com continues to set new records, currently recording an average of almost 100,000 visitors daily. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto game publisher Wicked Interactive has teamed with Bellevue, Washington’s Primordial Computers for a special Mission Against Terror holiday bundle. The bundle will include unique in-game items not available anywhere else as well as 10% off a limited-edition Mission Against Terror-branded Satyr Computer, which recently received 4.5 stars out of 5 from PCWorld as well as a top score in PCWorld’s WorldBench 6 benchmark tests.  Read the rest of this entry »

Got an idea for an animation project created with new technologies? For its eighth year, the National Film Board of Canada’s Hothouse program is issuing a call for submissions for emerging animators across Canada, one that will feature an emphasis on digital technologies and a Genie-winning animator as mentoring director. Read the rest of this entry »

CDW Canada, provider of technology solutions for Canadian organizations in the public and private sectors, today launched its fourth annual Teaching with Technology™ Contest, providing Canadian educators, school administrators and IT staff the opportunity to win information technology for their classrooms and schools*. With a total prize value of $21,000 this year, the contest begins today and runs until Wednesday, February 29, 2012. This year’s contest also features a new video component, allowing educators to submit video entries. Read the rest of this entry »

Beginning today, Loud Crow Interactive is holding a Christmas scavenger hunt, and the prize is a brand new iPad2 pre-loaded with Loud Crow’s interactive story apps. All you need to do to play is download (or update – purchase of app required) A Charlie Brown Christmas to v2. The contest is also available for Android and Nook users, please see links below. Read the rest of this entry »

Vistek’s third annual Photo Contest – the Every Picture Tells a Story Photo Challenge – has launched to great success and hundreds of entries thus far, with submissions being accepted up until February 24, 2012. Departing from its previous format of inviting participants to Capture Canada, the Every Picture Tells a Story Photo Challenge opens up submissions to a more artistic, interpretive bent. Read the rest of this entry »

Pro athletes will not be the only ones cashing in on their highlight reel moves in 2012, as Electronic Arts Inc.  today announced the EA SPORTS™ Challenge Series, a sports video game tournament series that will determine the most skilled Madden NFL 12, NHL®12 and FIFA 12 gamers. Powered by Virgin Gaming and exclusive to the PlayStation^®3 (PS3^TM) computer entertainment system, participants will compete for over $1-million in cash and prizes – the largest prize money of any console-based sports gaming tournament ever. Available online at Virgin Gaming, new technology allows gamers to participate in the tournament online at their leisure by pairing up gamers playing on the site at the same time. Read the rest of this entry »

Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced the call for entries for the twelfth annual Adobe® Design Achievement Awards (ADAA). The competition recognizes the best student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from higher education institutions worldwide who have created innovative projects using Adobe software. Read the rest of this entry »

The International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) have announced the Platinum Sponsorship of ProSiebenSat.1 Games, the second largest media group in Europe. As well as supporting the Awards as a sponsor, ProSiebenSat.1 Games will give IMGA winners access to their expertise in the field of integrated communications through a package of media exposure worth up to one million euros. Read the rest of this entry »

Time is winding down as eco-responsible schools have only two weeks left to enter the Staples Canada Recycle for Education Computer Lab Contest for a chance to win one of 20 computer labs valued at $25,000 each. Over 100 entries have been received so far, meaning there are still very good odds for schools that enter. Entries will be accepted only until December 16, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »