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LightSpeed, a Montreal-based software company using Macs, iPhones and iPads to help retailers revolutionize the in-store shopping experience, today announced Web Store 3.0. LightSpeed Web Store is a powerful tool that offers retailers a fast and intuitive way to create a user-friendly e-commerce platform that is seamlessly integrated with their POS solution. Web Store 3.0 features a new template engine that offers unlimited customization options to empower retailers to build a tailored online presence and create a compelling e-commerce experience. This is the first in a series of announcements the company is making this month to enhance the LightSpeed platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Telefilm Canada wishes to advise its clients that the Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF) resources for low-budget French-language projects (budgets of less than $1.5 million) have been allocated for 2013-2014. The CFFF Production Program was open to low-budget French-language projects on May 3, 2013. Due to the implementation of a new faster decision-making process as part of our Program Redesign initiative, the funds assigned to this portion of our clientele were allocated sooner this year compared to previous years. However, all projects already submitted will be analyzed. Read the rest of this entry »

The Casual Games Association (CGA) has announced that it will feature the first North American Indie Prize Showcase at its Casual Connect Conference in San Francisco. The event, launched earlier this year at Casual Connect Europe and Asia events, is expected to feature new games from more than 100 indie development teams. The Indie Prize Showcase is a free program created to reward the industry’s top independent development talent with resources, relationships and recognition. For the first North American event, more than 100 games will be featured on-site at Casual Connect by the development teams who created them. Take a look at some of the games already featured – can you spot the Canadian titles? Read the rest of this entry »

I received a very poor attempt at phishing email this morning, purporting to be from Shaw. The email did not have any Shaw logos or anything remotely official about it, but I still feel compelled to warn others about the attempt, as forewarned is forearmed. I’ve included the body of the email below; should you receive any type of email such as this – which, by the way, Shaw would never send – be sure to copy the message’s headers and then forward the entire email on to the security department at Shaw (for those emails pretending to be from Shaw) via internet.abuse -at -sjrb – dot – ca. If you do not know how to get the header information, please see this resource page on the Shaw website. Read the rest of this entry »

Today at the International Start Up Festival in Montreal the Canada Media Fund (CMF) launched a report it commissioned about the audience engagement activities of Canada’s first digital entertainment accelerator, ideaBOOST.  Available only in English, ideaBOOST: Audience Engagement Report, is the result of a research partnership between the CMF and the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab and their ideaBOOST accelerator program.  Read the rest of this entry »

Music for Productions has just announced that they have added a chat feature to their stock music library website. With this new chat feature stock music library experts can see when a guest has arrived on the site. This allows Music for Productions to quickly answer questions, help customers with their searches, and even play music to them in real-time. This is ideal for customers that are producing a show or need a piece for a solo performance and may not have the time to search and decide on a track on their own. With the new chat feature, finding production quality music is made easier than ever before. The new chat application will open new possibilities for Music for Productions and their clients by having instant, live access to customers who are on the site and looking for a track or package for their project. Read the rest of this entry »

Bryan Pearson, a best-selling author and expert on using customer data to create emotional brand loyalty, is now tackling a more challenging task: building customer-engagement initiatives that benefit business clients. In his latest book, The Loyalty Leap for B2B: Turning Customer Information into Customer Intimacy, Pearson, president of LoyaltyOne, operator of the AIR MILES Reward Program, draws on more than 20 years experience in building customer loyalty by applying his time-proven principles in the business-to-business context. The e-book, which includes case study examples from American Express, SalesForce and others, was just released by the Portfolio imprint of Penguin Group in Canada and the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

Mind over Monsters! A new expansion is now available for Sword of the Stars: The Pit, the popular role-playing game from Kerberos Productions. The MindGames DLC expands the fan-favorite roguelike by unlocking the eerie powers of the mind for all playable characters. In addition to 28 new psionic powers, MindGames offers two new playable characters, ten new levels, new monsters, new weapons and items, and new game mechanics which will enhance the already-addictive game experience for old players and newcomers alike. Read the rest of this entry »

BC’s provincial government has announced a new technology pilot project that will give BC Corrections‘ inmates and community corrections clients direct, secure and easy access to legal documents, client histories, discharge dates and medical appointments – all at the touch of a fingerprint. The innovative project, called the Integrated Corrections Operations Network (ICON II), is the first of its kind in Canada and is being tested by a select group of inmates and clients in two correctional centres and five community corrections offices throughout B.C. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft has released a new gameplay video for Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag featuring commentary from Game Director Ashraf Ismail. On the voyage to Havana with your ship The Jackdaw, learn the rules that Edward and his crew live by, and how they defy the empires of the 18th Century. Read the rest of this entry »