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The board of directors of Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. has announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Bryant Pike, has tendered his resignation effective April 16^th, 2012, in order to pursue other business opportunities. Read the rest of this entry »

Ecommerce platform provider Shopify has acquired award-winning Select Start Studios Inc. (“S3”), also based in Ottawa. This strategic acquisition will allow the company to rapidly execute on their mobile growth strategy, and is the first major investment since raising $15 million in Series B funding on October 17, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

ACD Systems Inc. has announced its new antivirus software, acdONE Antivirus + Total Security. The new addition to ACD Systems’ product family is intended to guard the user’s system, protecting valuable assets such as photos, documents and videos from e-threats such as viruses, worms, malware and spam. Along with this new product offering, ACD Systems has dramatically discounted many of their products. The company is also offering limited-time deals on product bundles, giving customers a chance to further their savings even more. Read the rest of this entry »

The Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industry Association (SMPIA) is excited to announce that we will be shining a spotlight on Saskatchewan interactive and traditional media partnerships at the Banff World Media Festival June 10-13th, 2012. Thanks to a Culture on Go: Market Access Grant from the Saskatchewan Arts Board, SMPIA will lead an industry delegation of Saskatchewan cross-media professionals to showcase their works as well as meet with creators and investors as part of the official Banff Festival program. Read the rest of this entry »

Big Blue Bubble Inc. is excited to announce the newest version of the epic side-scroller, Dark Incursion, now with iCade and Joypad support and a 99 cent price. The new update, which features movable and configurable controls along with improved AI and bug fixes, is now live on iTunes. Read the rest of this entry »

Secure digital media distribution company YANGAROO Inc. has announced the launch of its online music contest “DMDS Rising Star.” This initiative will support the tens of thousands of independent musicians who do not have the necessary means to connect with key decision makers at radio stations and TV networks across the US and Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Wave Accounting, the Toronto-based innovators of award-winning small businesses accounting software, announced today the launch of Wave Payroll, an easy, 100% online payroll tool saving time and money for small business owners, self-employed contractors and freelancers, and families who hire home care workers and nannies. Wave Payroll provides a full suite of features, including direct deposit, year-end tax forms (T4s), and remittance to government, for one low flat fee priced per employee per payroll. Read the rest of this entry »

TVO announced today that the TVO Docstudio iPad App will feature an exclusive pre-broadcast opportunity to view the documentary Lone Twin. The TVO-commissioned film Lone Twin, by filmmaker Anna Van der Wee (The Dead Are Alive: Eyewitness in Rwanda), airs exclusively on the TVO Docstudio App, from February 1-12. The documentary will have its world broadcast premiere on TVO on Wednesday February 15 at 9 pm ET. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite continues to build momentum as a platform for partners, developers, and users by extending functionality and integration opportunities with the release of their Engagement API, and another wave of apps to join their ever-expanding App Directory. Today, users gain access to a wave of new apps that join the App Directory including Digg, Trendspottr, and InboxQ. These apps are available immediately to HootSuite Basic, Pro, and Enterprise account holders worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »

Enviromon.net, a division of Windsor company Netmon Inc., has launched CloudHawk – a new cloud-based environmental monitoring service that allows businesses and consumers to monitor environmental conditions from anywhere in the world through a secure web browser. Read the rest of this entry »