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Montreal’s LightSpeed, a leading software company that helps retailers reinvent in-store shopping, and Chicago’s Braintree, the fastest growing payments platform for online and mobile commerce, today announced a partnership agreement to launch a flexible monthly payment option for retailers. A first for the retail industry, this new Monthly Maintenance Plan, is designed to help retailers manage their overall cost structure, with a level of flexibility that frees up cash flow.

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Most new parents feel pretty helpless and worry about their ability to protect their child from the slings and arrows the world is bound to throw at them. Clive and Daina, parents of a 4 ½ month old baby boy are no different. Like most of us, they were shocked, saddened, and deeply disturbed by the story of Amanda Todd, the girl who was driven to commit suicide when she could no longer cope with the torment of the bullies who harassed and threatened her. Unlike the rest of us though, Clive and Daina, founders of Pixton Comics, can actually effect change by reaching out directly to that age group of children most at risk of being bullied. Read the rest of this entry »

EPX Games has released a Night Whisper Lane gameplay footage trailer, updating previous trailers, which consisted of screenshots and renders. The studio is currently awaiting Apple’s review before the game launches sometime this week for iOS devices. Night Whisper Lane is the first authentic Survival Horror gaming experience specifically designed for iOS that merges classic “Point and Click” gameplay with a “Turn-Based Battle System” to help you fend off whatever evil awaits you in this seemingly endless labyrinth. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® and New Regency have announced that they are partnering on the forthcoming Assassin’s Creed® film. The partnership with New Regency comes hot on the heels of Ubisoft Motion Pictures attaching distinguished actor Michael Fassbender to the Assassin’s Creed film.  Ubisoft Motion Pictures, the film and television division of Ubisoft, will develop the Assassin’s Creed film in close collaboration with New Regency. The development of a screenplay is beginning immediately and the project is being fast tracked as the creative pieces come together, while allowing Ubisoft to maintain control of key elements of the movie’s creative direction. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed. Read the rest of this entry »