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FinanceIt has announced the launch of their iPad app which will be available in early August. The app will make it easy for businesses to offer consumer financing by using the iPad camera to scan a photo ID for an instant loan approval. This feature, along with a completely paperless process, will reduce the entire funding process to less than 5 minutes. Access to the first release of the app will be limited, and granted on a first come, first served basis for those who register. Read the rest of this entry »

Telefilm Canada has announced its support for the production of nine English-language feature films from all regions of the country through the Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF). The total amount granted to produce the projects retained, for the fourth quarter of 2012-2013, is $13.8 million. Read the rest of this entry »

Pertinent information for the game development industry: The average British gamer is married, aged 35 and earns £23k a year, a study from Paris-based social media network Pixwoo revealed yesterday. Researchers found that while the stereotypical gamer is a student with plenty of time on their hands, it is actually settled, working Brits who are most likely to unwind playing videogames – and female gamers spend just as much time indulging in their videogame hobby as their male counterparts. They will spend around two and a half hours a day – five days a week – in front of their console and stay up until 10.58pm playing computer games. It also emerged that gamers own two different consoles, 18 games and take around a month to complete one game. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian comedy trio of Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay and Mike Smith, also known as Ricky, Julian and Bubbles, are thrilled to announce they have acquired the rights to the ‘Trailer Park Boys’ franchise from the show’s original producers, Mike Clattenburg, Barrie Dunn and Mike Volpe. The ‘Boys’ are widely considered by some to be Canadian comedy icons and the ground-breaking mockumentary series has lived in the hearts of fans for more than a decade.  Mike, Robb and John Paul are extremely excited to announce to the fans around the globe that a brand new season of Trailer Park Boys is already in pre-production and will be available on their new internet channel, SwearNet.com. Read the rest of this entry »

The CASSIES Awards come with bragging rights not just within the creative communications industry, but also within business boardrooms across Canada. The country’s only industry awards recognizing business effectiveness (based on rigorous published cases), has just announced its 2014 call for submissions and entries are due by Thursday August 1, 2013, 12:00pm ET. Read the rest of this entry »

Softchoice has announced its participation in the Microsoft Devices Program, which will empower the IT solutions and services leader to resell Surface Pro and Surface RT to U.S. clients. Softchoice’s participation in the program expands its growing portfolio of mobile products and service offerings. As one of North America’s top Microsoft Large Account Resellers, Softchoice also brings deep expertise in large-scale PC and Tablet deployments, including custom configuration, imaging and asset tagging, inventory and warehousing. Read the rest of this entry »

Netflix Inc. announced yesterday that an expanded multi-year licensing agreement with PBS Distribution has been signed, making a wide variety of great PBS programming available to Netflix members in the U.S. and Canada. Beginning this fall, Netflix members can enjoy exclusive subscription video-on-demand access to all seasons of critically acclaimed The Bletchley Circle, a gripping murder mystery drama from the UK. In 2014, Netflix will become the exclusive SVOD home of Super Why!, the award-winning PBS KIDS hit preschool series which helps kids build critical literacy skills through storybook adventures. Read the rest of this entry »

MasterCard celebrated 40 years in Canada yesterday by announcing the corporation’s partnership with MaRS Discovery District to open a new networking space for entrepreneurs and announcing MasterCard N>XT, the first payment network developer challenge with Rogers and CIBC as co-sponsors, to be held at the MaRS Center. Read the rest of this entry »

Rogers Communications announced today a new customer loyalty program, Rogers First Rewards, to thank and reward customers for their business. Launching in key markets throughout 2013, Rogers First Rewards allows customers to get more of what they want by earning points on their eligible purchases that can be redeemed for a wide selection of Rogers products and services. Read the rest of this entry »

343 Industries, Xbox 360 and Virgin Gaming are teaming up again to launch the “Halo 4” Global Championship, a summer-long tournament that will give gamers around the world a chance to battle* for glory and win $500,000 in prizes, including a grand prize of $200,000. Spanning multiple live events and five weeks of online competition on Xbox Live, the tournament is the biggest “Halo 4” competition yet, and will kick off at the Rooster Teeth Expo on July 5 and on Xbox Live on July 15. Competitors will test their skill and fortitude against one another in intense free-for-all matches over a series of qualifying rounds (based on average scores and elimination matches) for a chance to rise through the global leaderboards and win coveted prizes. Read the rest of this entry »