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Robert Hart, President of the Canadian Cloud Council, announced today that the organization will be hosting their first semi-annual national conference titled “A Call to Action – Awakening Canada’s Cloud Agenda” (PDF) on March 12 and 13, 2012 in Edmonton at the Matrix Hotel. Read the rest of this entry »

Bronto Software, a US-based provider of marketing platforms for retailers and other commerce-focused companies, has announced that its CEO, Joe Colopy, will be leading a presentation at Dx3 Canada in Toronto. Dx3 Canada is a trade show serving digital marketers, digital advertisers, and digital retailers which will take place January 25-26, 2012 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Read the rest of this entry »

Data Center Intelligence (DCI) software developer CiRBA Inc. has announced support for Red Hat™ Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 in its latest release of CiRBA Version 7.0. CiRBA’s new Control Console provides IT organizations with unprecedented control over risk and efficiency in virtual and cloud infrastructure. The console provides a revolutionary visualization revealing in a single view where attention is required at the VM, host, and cluster level and explicit instructions on what to do in order to eliminate risk and increase efficiency. Read the rest of this entry »

Edmonton’s Pyxwise Software is pleased to announce that Simplex Spelling HD is a top 10 finalist in the 2011 Best App Ever Awards in the category of “Best Special Needs App”. More than 7000 applications were submitted and over a quarter million nominations were placed by users of the site. The purpose of the Best App Ever Awards is to raise user awareness about the best apps available, not just the top selling titles. Read the rest of this entry »

As many of our readers have probably noticed by now, today is the SOPA Blackout day across the Internet.  What is that?  Well, in simple terms, it’s a day (or 12 hours for some sites) where the web admin essentially pulls their website off the Internet in protest of 2 bills currently sitting before U.S. Congress: The SOPA (or Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act).  While these bills are sitting before the American Government, they have the power to forever change the Internet for the entire World. Read the rest of this entry »

Sarbakan collaborated with Ubisoft Montreal to create new downloadable content for Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012, exclusively for Kinect for Xbox 360, available now for download on Xbox Live for 400 MS Points. A first for the Quebec City–based game developer, Sarbakan’s  DLC is part of the “Back in Shape” mode. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver Film School (VFS) is proud to launch its fourth annual Women in Games Scholarship as part of Game Design Expo 2012.  Worth up to $49,250, application details will be provided at the Game Design Open House on January 22^nd, which also features sample classes and arcades of student- and alumni-created games. Read the rest of this entry »

Bioware has announced that the demo for Mass Effect™ 3 will be available beginning February 14, 2012. The extensive demo will allow players to experience the all-out galactic war against an ancient alien race known as the Reapers from multiple fronts, including the mind-blowing opening attack on Earth that kicks off the single-player campaign. Read the rest of this entry »

Registration for the free digital culture festival Social Media Week Toronto (SMWTO) happening February 13th through 17th is now open. Anyone interested can sign up for one or more of the 70 events available on a first-come, first-served basis. Read the rest of this entry »

National Bank is proud to announce that over 250,000 logins have been registered to its Mobile Banking Solutions since the application was launched on November 19. Just as they already do with their computer, clients with smartphones (iPhone^®, Blackberry^®1 and Android™) can use the m.nbc.ca mobile site to view their account balances, pay their bills, manage the limits of their Client Card and transfer funds from one account to another, not only at National Bank, but using Interac e-Transfer^®2, to any personal account in a participating Canadian financial institution. Read the rest of this entry »