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Yesterday at f8, Kobo announced the next advancement in social eReading that will provide people with the ability to engage in conversations with each other while reading, as well as a Facebook integration that makes it easier for people to feature their eReading activity on their Facebook profile. Read the rest of this entry »

Just in time for the new Fall season, CTV’s new App for iPad is now available on the App Store. The app lets users enter a unique, curated chat environment that includes tweets from cast members, Facebook comments and other insider and public commentary from across the social web, acting as a companion during primetime television shows. The CTV social app also allows users to stream on-demand a long list of CTV and CTV Two’s new programs and returning hits in primetime, late-night and daytime. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based Fleetly has announced the launch of a new fitness app that analyzes your goals, body, and workout history, along with the combined results of all users, to benchmark your changing Fitness Level – all while challenging you to compete for bragging rights on leaderboards. Whatever your Fitness Level or goal, Fleetly monitors your progress, plateaus and your training log – from time exercised, to weight lifted, to distance run – to provide recommendations that continually change based on your progress. The app is available today for free on the web and for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch from iTunes. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic signature provider Silanis Technology has announced the release of e-Sign Desktop™ 7.0 (formerly known as ApproveIt Desktop) with support for Microsoft Word and Excel 2010. The company’s flagship product is the most flexible electronic signature solution for internal business processes. The expanded support in version 7.0 will ensure organizations can benefit from the efficiency and security of e-signatures in the environment of their choice. In addition to Microsoft Word and Excel 2010, e-Sign Desktop supports IBM Forms, MS InfoPath, and Adobe Acrobat. For a complete list of supported applications and environments, visit e-Sign Desktop Product Documentation. Read the rest of this entry »

Serebra Learning Corporation has announced important enhancements to the Serebra Campus learning management system (LMS) that will make it easier for students to learn while engaging with each other, and with administrators.

“We constantly look to advance our platforms in ways that motivate students and that enrich their on-line learning environments,” said Serebra’s President and CEO, Taleeb Noormohamed. “I am particularly excited about our second round of new social learning tools. Students can find fun and more meaningful ways to track their educational progress.” Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile Fringe has launched Push a Deal, the first service to use willing consumers’ smart-phone GPS locations to send them deals when they cross the “geo-fence” and enter a participating store’s immediate vicinity. For the smartphone savvy set, this app means immediate savings on things to buy, do and eat at close proximity.

Since its launch in late 2008, Mobile Fringe has built a robust mobile retail platform that has achieved over one million user impressions through retail shopping apps such as the Toronto Eaton Centre and Yorkdale Shopping Centre apps. Now the company is using that expertise and launching a mobile location-based service where deals are presented and pushed to users who are truly in the right place at the right time. Starting in Toronto, Push a Deal will be rolling out to Canadian cities over the ensuing months. In fact, willing consumers in Vancouver and Montreal can already download the app and have existing local group deals sent to them. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based Strangeloop Networks has announced its latest product – Mobile Site Optimizer – the first website acceleration solution designed from the ground up to meet the specific needs of mobile users. Mobile Site Optimizer (MSO) – which is currently in beta and will be available in Q4 of this year – is the latest in a series of industry firsts for Strangeloop. The company was also the first to offer advanced site optimization via the cloud, as well as the first to integrate Google’s SPDY protocol into its products. Read the rest of this entry »

D-Link has announced the D-Link® DAP-2565 AirPremier® N Dual Band PoE Access Point with Plenum-Rated Chassis powered by CloudCommand™, designed for indoor plenum deployment in above-ceiling airspace installations. The new Cloud-Managed solution provides small and medium-sized businesses, as well as K-12 and hospitality environments, with a secure, reliable and affordable way to manage their networks. Read the rest of this entry »

Beanheads Consulting Inc. recently released Photo Folder 1.0 for Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and app that provides users with intuitive photo organization tools including personalized folders and filters for easy photo finding. The Photo Folder app allows users to create personalized folders to quickly organize their photo library. Additionally, users can select multiple photos and file them in designated folders. Multiple layers of folders allow users to further arrange their photos into a hierarchy that best suits their needs. In additional, flexible options such as assigning ratings or assigning keywords within a photo’s metadata gives users the ability to filter their photo collection to find a desired image. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most popular Palm OS applications, body-PRO, has been re-engineered specifically for iOS and on September 13, 2011 it was co-released with NutriScanner. Both of these applications offer unique firsts for iOS applications as well as deliver successfully as best in class applications for Health and Fitness. The combination of body-PRO and NutriScanner provides the health, diet and fitness enthusiast with more features than any other fitness application. Read the rest of this entry »