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The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) today announced the regional finalists of the 2014 BDC Mentorship Award. The annual award aims to raise awareness about the importance of mentorship and the role mentors play in the development of their mentees’ professional skills and abilities. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute® Software Corporation, the Vancouver-based provisioner for persistent endpoint security and management solutions for computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones presents an International IT Security Series, starting in Seattle, providing local IT leaders with an opportunity to discuss and address current IT security issues. Read the rest of this entry »

PayWith CEO David Strebinger has officially announced the expansion of the PayWith leadership team.  PayWith, a new mobile payments and marketing company, recently launched an innovative new smartphone app called the PayWith mCard that simply and securely enables in-store transactions with mobile devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Recycle My Cell, Canada’s free cell phone recycling program, is calling on Canadians from coast to coast to recycle their old cell phones and accessories in support of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22. Almost 582,000 devices were recovered through the Recycle My Cell program in 2013. Results from the 2013 National Cell Phone Recycling Study released today show that while Canadians replace their wireless device approximately every 30 months, only 10% of survey respondents recycled their old device when they purchased a new one, with 42% putting the old device in storage. Read the rest of this entry »

UK developer Feral Interactive has announced that Deus Ex: Human Revolution® – Director’s Cut, the enhanced version of the critically-acclaimed action role-playing game Deus Ex: Human Revolution, is out now for the Mac, available exclusively through Steam. Deus Ex: Human Revolution was developed by Eidos®-Montréal™ and published by Square Enix® for games consoles and PC. Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut makes several improvements to the original version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution including overhauled boss fights, reinforced combat mechanics and improved enemy AI. Striking visual upgrades to the textures, lighting, fog and shadows make this the best-looking and most immersive Deus Ex experience available. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has unveiled their most immersive EA SPORTS™ tournament title ever, EA SPORTS™ 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, now available in stores throughout North America. Complete with 11 Game Modes, 21 new stadiums, 7,469 players, 203 National Teams sanctioned by FIFA®, and one hundred new football animations, EA SPORTS 2014 FIFA World Cup is now available for Xbox 360® and PlayStation®3. Read the rest of this entry »

TransGaming Inc.,  provider of innovative technology solutions for the rapidly evolving video games industry, has announced a significant leap for its Graphics and Portability Group (GPG) by adding technology source-code licensing, full game publishing and the added support for the enablement of PC games and other DirectX®-based content on Android, iOS and SteamOS. These new products are market-driven opportunities to extend the company’s existing technology leadership business. The company’s strategy is tied to a changing industry, customers’ increased demand for technology to solve urgent development needs and the opportunity to achieve scalability. Read the rest of this entry »

LMI Technologies (LMI), a Delta-based developer of 3D scanning, measurement, and data visualization technologies, announces the official release of the next version of its 3D scanning software, FlexScan3D 3.3. This proprietary software is the 3D scanning engine that powers the company’s line of HDI 3D Scanners. FlexScan3D 3.3 includes new features that optimize the 3D scanning workflow from capturing scans, to building scans into a digital 3D model, to cleaning the model with new advanced post-processing capabilities.      Read the rest of this entry »

The second season of the Emmy^® nominated Netflix original series, “Hemlock Grove,” a riveting supernatural thriller from executive producer Eli Roth, will premiere on Friday, July 11th at 12:01 AM PT. Filmed in Ontario, the series is based on Brian McGreevy’s novel of the same name and is produced by Gaumont International Television. Read the rest of this entry »

Two-time Emmy^® Award recipient Toon Boom Animation Inc. has announced today the release of Toon Boom Condorito for iPad and Android tablets, available in Spanish and English. Have fun making cartoons with Condorito and his friends Coné, Yayita, Doña Tremebunda and Pepe Cortisona. Use your imagination to create a drawing or choose a Condorito clip art image, and then make it move. Users can easily share their Condorito drawing or animation with friends and family. Read the rest of this entry »