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They Innovate Inc. is celebrating the launch of their wearable tech accessory Clipless, on Kickstarter. Clipless is a patent-pending solution to secure phones or tablets to clothing or surfaces. Simultaneously, they are unveiling a partnership with Y Combinator funded Tagstand, the creators of NFC Task Launcher. Clipless is the first wearable phone accessory that works with normal clothing, with or without pockets or a belt. Inspiration for the product came from female professionals who disliked the bulky traditional phone holsters but had no fashionable alternatives. The clothing connector is great and the mounts included make it far more powerful. Read the rest of this entry »

Sosign, a Montreal-based e-commerce solution provider for brands, has launched Brandicted, a unique shopping discovery and social network site, in private beta. With Brandicted, people looking at user-posted pictures can act on their love-that-thing feeling and buy it quickly and easily. They can also share the image, or one they’ve taken, at Instagram speed, and talk about it using Brandicted’s social tools. Friends as well as Brandicted’s algorithms will suggest other products just like it, which shoppers can buy and comment on. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal-based Agendize has introduced a dedicated mobile version of its website and software suite, Agendize Anywhere, which enables its audience of Digital Agencies, Resellers, Hosting Providers, Telcos and end-user SMBs around the world to access the most comprehensive suite of online interaction tools from any mobile device. The new mobile experience has been designed for both new and existing users, whether looking to discover Agendize online features, or access their Click-to-call, Live Chat, Online Appointment Scheduling, and more, while on the go. Read the rest of this entry »

Travelocity and VFM Leonardo have had a long history of success. Travelocity has been using VFM Leonardo’s VScape as their visual content management system since 2008 and will continue as such under a recently renewed agreement. Travelocity and affiliate sites access and manage more than 1.5 million photo images for 140,000 global hotel properties using the system. In addition to continuing to provide Travelocity with a leading digital asset management platform, VFM Leonardo’s VPowered display technology will be used to display visual content of hotels on Travelocity’s global network of websites. The agreement extends beyond desktop websites as Travelocity has adopted The VPowered Mobile Media Galleries for their smartphone and tablet websites and future mobile apps. Read the rest of this entry »

According to PwC’s annual Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2013-2017 (available by paid subscription), spending on traditional media will continue to dominate over the next five years– the 9% of overall consumer E&M spend on digital content in 2012 will rise to just 16% of total spend in 2017. However, digital innovation is crucial for E&M companies in North America, the South Pacific and Western Europe and will be a key priority for these markets over the next five years. Read the rest of this entry »

Best Buy Canada is bringing you all of the exciting action and announcements live from the floor at E3. Electric Playground host and fellow gamer Marissa Roberto will be front and centre in the action interviewing gamers, testing games and getting an insiders’ look at all of the breaking E3 news. To get all of the latest content from Best Buy at E3, follow us on twitter @BBYC_GamersClub, check out Best Buy Canada At E3 and watch the live stream videos on Best Buy Canada’s dedicated Youtube channel. Daily live blogs, videos, interviews, announcements and more starting June 10th. Read the rest of this entry »

The Observatoire du documentaire and MEDIA, in association with the Canada Media Fund and Canadian Heritage, have published the Additional Funding Guide for Documentary Film, the English version of the Guide des financements complémentaires pour le documentaire. The original French version of the guide, published last November, has also been revised and includes an updated list of available resources. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal company OMsignal is the developer of a revolutionary line of bio-sensing clothing, and it has successfully secured seed round financing of $1 million from venture capital funds Real Ventures, Golden Venture Partners, and David Cohen (CEO of TechStars).  The company was formed around the idea that clothing could help consumers be healthier, fitter and happier. With the recent rise in popularity of bracelets and clip-ons, consumers have demonstrated a clear demand for wearable computing and all the bio-feedback that comes along with it. In addition to physical activity, bio-sensing clothing from OMsignal captures ECG and breathing patterns on a continuous basis.  Read the rest of this entry »

NBS Technologies, a Canadian software and equipment provider for financial card personalization, has announced that the VaultSEcure® secure element from INSIDE Secure is now fully supported by the XpressiTrusted Service Manager (TSM). Financial institutions, mobile network operators and service providers can now use the Xpressi Trusted Service Manager to easily provision mobile secured applications on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices based on this embedded secure element and securely download cardholder credentials. Read the rest of this entry »

QoE-driven video management and monetization solutions vendor Avvasi Inc. is pleased to announce it has added a tier-1 US mobile network operator to its roll of customers. The provider is the latest carrier to deploy Avvasi’s solutions to measure its subscribers’ mobile video experience as it develops services that can monetize video traffic over its network. Read the rest of this entry »