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The 2012 .CA Impact Awards recognize youth, educators, not-for-profit and public organizations, small businesses and web developers and designers for their innovation and the impact of their .CA websites and applications. Read the rest of this entry »

via OpenMedia: As Ottawa prepares to release the framework that will shape the future of mobile in Canada, a new campaign titled “Stop the Cell Phone Squeeze” is urging Canadians to speak out against the Big Three providers’ near-oligopoly on the cell phone market. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has announced the appointment of Maurice Boucher as director of marketing and communications. In the course of his duties, Boucher will support the strategic objectives of the CMF by providing opinions and advice on internal and external communications to the board of directors and executive team. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian Tire Corporation has deployed the Vendor Management System from Soft Solutions, with ibs Referential Vendor Management becoming the latest module that Canadian Tire has licensed from the California-based Soft Solutions, to accomplish the full coverage of their Master Data Management (MDM). Read the rest of this entry »

Sprightly Software has released an update to Trip Journal for Business for mobile iOS. The iPad and iPhone app, available on iTunes for $14.99 USD, tracks business vehicle use and makes it easy to record almost every aspect of business vehicle use. The app keeps track of all the details of vehicle use for accounting, client billing, incoming tax purposes, and more. Trip Journal for Business is also available for Mac in the Mac Store for $29.99 USD. Read the rest of this entry »

If classic Run n’ Gun genre fans choose to envision a weapon that bests suits their own personal taste, chances are it has been included in this adrenaline packed action-shooter from GlitchSoft. Star Marine: Infinite Ammo, which will release on iTunes tomorrow, January 12th, boasts 7 powerful weapons, each with their own strengths and best use scenarios. Each weapon can be unlocked through play, and features a set of upgradable spec’s to match the player’s progression through the game. Read the rest of this entry »

Multiplatform deployer of interactive entertainment TransGaming Inc. announced today that it has expanded GameTree™ TV, TransGaming’s premier on-demand Smart TV gaming platform, to support set-top boxes based on the MIPS® architecture from MIPS Technologies. MIPS Technologies is the leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for the global set-top box market, with its processors shipping in more than 75% of set-top boxes worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »

Baltimore’s Big Huge Games, a subsidiary of Rhode Island-bases 38 Studios, has teamed up with BioWare to create a cross promotion to reward fans of both Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and Mass Effect 3. By playing the upcoming demos (may not be available in all countries) for both Reckoning and Mass Effect 3, gamers will receive special in-game items, including Mass Effect inspired, Omni-blade daggers in Reckoning and special Reckoning-themed armor and assault rifle in Mass Effect 3 designed by award-winning artist Todd McFarlane. Read the rest of this entry »

The Laurier Innovation and Technology Club (LITC) and SIFE Laurier have come together to bring Wilfrid Laurier University’s biggest ever entrepreneurship competition. With Inceptive Solutions Inc. as a sponsor – a small business solution provider that helps entrepreneurs start or grow their business – students can submit entries to the competition in teams or individually for their chance at winning up to $18,000 in prizes. The competition will be held on March 02, 2012 at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. Read the rest of this entry »

Brad Martin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Random House of Canada Limited, announced today that Random House of Canada (RHC) has become the sole owner of McClelland & Stewart (M&S). Read the rest of this entry »