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Sandvine, a Waterloo-based provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, today announced it has successfully deployed video optimization at American companies nTelos Wireless with partner Mobixell. Sandvine’s patented divert technology has been successfully integrated with leading video optimization vendors and has been selected for six deployments worldwide in the last year alone. Read the rest of this entry »

Planned Parenthood Toronto has launched a new text messaging service this spring that lets teens connect directly with trained peer volunteers for personalized answers to their sexual health questions. A first in Canada, the text messaging service is targeted to youth aged 13-19 and provides reliable sexual health information directly to teens through their mobile phones. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian national voice and data solutions provider Primus Business Services has officially launched a new Hosted PBX suite of call centre services today, delivering big solutions for small businesses by eliminating capital costs, cutting operating expenditures and greatly reducing the technical complexity of implementing and supporting a full-service contact centre. Primus Business Services is a division of Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc., a subsidiary of PTGi. Read the rest of this entry »

The Rogers Innovation Report released today reveals that Canadian technology users are hungry for the next generation of Internet experiences. Over three quarters (79 per cent) say that the Internet allows them to connect in ways that make their lives better now and 72 per cent expect the Internet to play an increasingly important role in the next five years. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute^® Software Corporation, a Vancouver-based provider of firmware-embedded endpoint security and management solutions, today announced that it is hosting an Analyst and Institutional Investor Day in Montreal on Thursday, May 17, 2012.  Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s CounterPath Corporation has announced the worldwide availability of Bria Android Tablet Edition, a standards-based softphone that enables enterprises to extend VoIP calling and PBX features to Android tablets, including employee-owned devices. According to Strategy Analytics, Android had 39 percent of the in quarter shipments of the consumer tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2011, while a recent NPD In-Stat survey found that 78 percent of businesspeople who have a tablet at work paid for it themselves.  Read the rest of this entry »

The Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH chapter invites you to attend a presentation on Tuesday May 15th, at the Vancity Theatre featuring Danielle Feinberg, Director of Photography at Pixar Animation Studios.  The evening’s presentation will focus on Pixar’s lighting design process for Brave, which opens in theatres on June 22nd. Read the rest of this entry »

On Saturday, April 28, lines extended around a New York City block where over 2,500 people from around the world converged at Terminal 5 in Hell’s Kitchen to attend the finals of the EA SPORTS™ Challenge Series. Powered by Virgin Gaming and played exclusively on the PlayStation^®3, this pioneering event received worldwide participation by conducting preliminary qualifying matches online, resulting in over 100,000 competitors from around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Going Loud Studios is proud to announce that “DLC Quest”, winner of Official Xbox Magazine’s Xbox Indie Game of the Year 2011 and a finalist for Best Indie Game at the 2012 Canadian Videogame Awards, is now available for purchase from the Mac App Store, at a promotional price of $0.99 USD. Read the rest of this entry »

mDialog™, a Toronto-based video stream management solutions provider for addressable and measurable TV commercial breaks on Internet connected devices, has announced that former CBS Executive Jeff Clark has been appointed Chief Revenue Officer. Read the rest of this entry »