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Independent Montreal game developer Trapdoor and EA Partners have announced that the sci-fi stealth-action puzzler Warp™ is now available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points. Warp is the first title to kick off Microsoft’s third-annual Xbox LIVE Arcade ‘House Party’ for Xbox 360, a line-up of this season’s best downloadable games coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade. Read the rest of this entry »

The latest CGI trailer for FarCry 3 has been released by Ubisoft. The trailer’s synopsis: Far beyond the reach of civilization is a mysterious island overrun with violence and suffering. While traveling with friends, you are taken captive and brutalized. Your only hope of survival lies in unraveling the dark secrets of the island and its deranged inhabitants. Alone at the edge of the world, where nothing is what it seems, you must find a way to fight back and escape this island of insanity. Read the rest of this entry »

Now anyone can make an Android app and start earning money with Andromo App Maker for Android. Andromo is a free web service for creating pro-quality Android apps without coding. Without the high cost of hiring a consultant or learning how to program themselves, entrepreneurs can design their own original apps in minutes. Read the rest of this entry »

ICEmobile is an open source project for the development of web-based, Enterprise Java applications for mobile devices. ICEmobile leverages mobile browsers’ support for HTML5, CSS3 and Ajax to create web-based applications where the client presentation matches the device’s native look and feel but is delivered via a secure, enterprise-strength, Java backend. The web-based approach ensures seamless cross-platform support for today’s most advanced smart phones and tablets, including iOS, Android, and Blackberry devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s Cruise Experts Travel is holding a contest to give away a free cruise for two in the Mediterranean this year. Partnering with Norwegian Cruise Line, the prize includes a cruise for two aboard the Epic in a balcony stateroom, one night hotel accommodation in Barcelona with breakfast included, ground transportation to/from the destination airport and point of embarkation/debarkation, and roundtrip air to Barcelona from New York City. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s now a new source for news on global tech innovation, as BetaKit launched today to focus on covering emerging technology around the world. The publication is an initiative of Sprouter Inc., the creators of popular startup resource Sprouter, and will provide news and analysis on early-stage technology. Read the rest of this entry »

The Government of Canada and partners Telefilm Canada and Export Development Canada are supporting Canada’s leading game development industry at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco with prestigious meeting space, a networking event and a matchmaking program. Read the rest of this entry »

Navigata Communications 2009 Inc. has begun a commercial trial of SuperWiFi service in Kamloops.  SuperWiFi users will be able to access the Internet throughout the city from any standard WiFi-enabled device.  Voice, video, data and web browsing will all be supported on a high-speed, low-latency network. The service will be marketed under Navigata’s newest subsidiary, kuMobile. Read the rest of this entry »

CharityFocus.ca, a new bilingual web site developed by Imagine Canada, provides detailed financial information based on an organization’s filings to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). But more importantly, charities now have the opportunity to start supplementing this information with details about their programs and accomplishments. Together, the information found in CharityFocus provides a balanced picture of Canada’s charities – their work, their funding and their people. Read the rest of this entry »

While Canadian educators believe that digital technologies can enrich students’ learning, there are still significant challenges to overcome in making this happen – with one of the main barriers being students’ lack of digital literacy skills. And school filters and policies that ban or restrict networked devices in the classroom take away the very opportunities young people need to develop digital literacy skills such as good judgment and responsible use. Read the rest of this entry »