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Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) has announced the launch of a new television campaign geared towards raising awareness and driving home a message. The television creative, which consists of two thirty second spots, was developed and produced by TBWA Toronto and voiced by Canadian actor, Gordon Pinsent. Read the rest of this entry »

Best Buy is teaming up with nine stores in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto to help collect and recycle the several pounds of electronic waste that are accumulated in Canadian homes each year. Local residents are encouraged to drop off their used or unwanted personal electronics for free and safe recycling at one of the participating stores for Best Buy’s Tech it Away event. Everyone who drops off electronics to be recycled at any of the participating store locations will be entered for a chance to win a $1,000 Best Buy gift card. One gift card is available to be won at each of the nine stores. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute^®Software Corporation, a Vancouver-based provider of firmware-embedded endpoint security and management solutions, announced today they are the recipient of the 2012 Lenovo Diamond Supplier Award, the highest award given to Lenovo worldwide suppliers and partners. The Diamond Award is presented annually to a key partner that drives Lenovo’s success over the past year. Read the rest of this entry »

“Is it the weekend yet?”… “Time flies!” … “There aren’t enough hours in a day!” – these are all phrases we hear often, and sometimes say ourselves. But what if time didn’t exist? What if we lived in a world free of alarm clocks, appointment times, and calendars? Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto company ecobee Inc., maker of the award-winning Smart thermostat, has now begun selling its new ecobee Smart Si thermostat. Designed for home use, the Smart Si thermostat delivers ecobee’s energy-efficient technology at a great price. The thermostat can be adjusted anytime from anywhere, using a computer, iPhone, smart phone or tablet. Read the rest of this entry »

Now in its ninth year, SES Toronto, the global Internet marketing education and training event being held June 11-13, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Toronto, offers Canadian Internet marketers two brand new specific Canadian panel sessions. Conquering the Growing Canadian Affiliate Marketing Industry will examine the growing retail merchant channel and how to accommodate Canadian affiliate partnerships. Made in Canada: Marketing Online Worldwide will focus on how to balance Canadian and American content challenges and compete in the U.S. market as a Canadian business and not lose your Canadian online presence. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2012 Research Money Conference will take a hard look at the new innovation policies that emerge from the federal budget. Today and tomorrow at the Minto Suites in Ottawa, some of Canada’s leading innovation thinkers and practitioners will look beyond the money and assess the overall impact on future business success in Canada’s knowledge economy.  Read the rest of this entry »

Ganz, creator of Webkinz World™, the original kids’ online world, is excited to introduce a game-changing innovation in family-friendly virtual fun: Webkinz Friends™ on Facebook.  Now teen and adult Webkinz™ fans can play the new Webkinz Friends social game, growing their Webkinz Friends family and creating the Kinzville of their dreams. Read the rest of this entry »

Attendees at Discovery 12 were given the chance to touch and be touched by ShadowSense™, a new Canadian-born technology. Nytric™ and its sister company Baanto™, makers of the world’s largest and most intuitive multi-touch screen technology, showcased this revolutionary touchscreen experience at the Discovery 12 Conference and Showcase, which was held in Toronto earlier this week.
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Interactive entertainment company Ludia Inc. has announced its debut in publishing activities with the signing of a new publishing deal with Brisbane-based video game studio Red Sprite Studios. Ludia and Red Sprite Studios are currently working together to bring the ‘Save Our Village’ game to various platforms starting this summer. ‘Save Our Village’ is the first publishing deal for Ludia, but the company plans on taking on more projects in the near future. Read the rest of this entry »