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Drivers in Metro Vancouver have a new, real-time traffic map to plan smarter and more efficient journeys. The traffic map is free to use and accessible online at the Drive BC and Translink web sites. The map colour-codes major highways and roads in the Metro Vancouver region according to traffic speeds. Green means traffic is moving well, orange means traffic is slow and red means traffic is very slow. Read the rest of this entry »

Real-time bidding (RTB) is revolutionizing digital ads, enabling marketers to reach millions of online consumers across tens of thousands of websites with highly focused content. The challenge is ensuring that those ads only appear on sites that are appropriate to the marketer’s brand. A new case study examines how Australian company Funbox is using the SiteScout self-serve RTB platform to balance split-second media buying decisions with robust brand safety in order to deliver the most impact for online advertisers. The full Funbox case study is available online. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian retailer Rexall has announced the launch of MyRexall, providing its customers with the ability to view and print their personal medication records online. In addition to viewing their medication record, MyRexall will allow customers the ability to request a refill at their local Rexall, print their medication record for review with a physician or other health care professional and easily transfer prescriptions to their local Rexall pharmacy. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite announced yesterday that it has secured an additional $165 million US in capital for its Series B Financing round, in order to continue meteoric growth and dominance as a social relationship platform. The latest deal, representing one of the largest rounds of global venture capital funding, is a co-investment led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from Accel Partners and existing investor, OMERS Ventures. Recently celebrating its 4th birthday, HootSuite pioneered the category of social media management. Today, HootSuite has more than 7 million users in nearly every country around the world who use its secure, social relationship platform for social media management, social marketing, social customer service, and social selling. Read the rest of this entry »

The BC provincial government is opening the lines of communication so British Columbians can speak up about the future of digital services and the tools that deliver them, including the BC Services Card. This fall, government will undertake a provincewide citizen consultation process to gain a better understanding of British Columbians’ priorities, expectations and vision for the future delivery of government services digitally, with a specific focus on how the BC Services Card may be used as a key tool to enable this vision. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile security and risk management solutions provider Fixmo and BlackBerry® have announced plans to bring the Fixmo Sentinel device integrity verification and tamper detection solution to the BlackBerry® 10 platform. Fixmo Sentinel is used today throughout the U.S. Federal Government to meet the Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIGs) for mobile device deployments. Today’s announcement expands on a collaborative effort between Fixmo and BlackBerry that began in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian fitness company GoodLife Fitness has announced the launch of the free GoodLife Fitness App. The App, which is available for download on the App Store, allows users to add fitness class schedules to their personal schedules on their iPhone or iPod touch, share free passes with their friends, and receive notifications about important club announcements, among other convenient features.  The purpose of the App is to integrate fitness into the busy lives of all Canadians. Read the rest of this entry »

Polar has announced the launch of MediaVoice, their native advertising platform. Consumers are hungry for high-quality content, advertisers are looking to engage in meaningful ways with their target audiences, and publishers are in search of new revenue channels. Native advertising is rapidly emerging as a new marketing medium for advertisers to effectively reach and engage consumers. Inspired by their 6-years of experience working with over 400 publishers, Polar has been working hard to develop a platform that addresses some of the challenges seen with how native ads are being done today. Read the rest of this entry »

SoMedia Networks a Vancouver-based developer of globally scalable cloud-based video production solutions, is pleased to introduce SoMedia Enterprise, its large-scale video production platform. SoMedia Enterprise is the first video production platform that offers large digital agencies and media companies affordable access to on demand video production services in unlimited volume anywhere in North America. Read the rest of this entry »

In the Chat Communications Inc., a Waterloo-based provider of social media sales, insight and customer service solutions, has announced the launch of ITC Express, a publicly available cloud-based platform that facilitates fast and easy connections between companies and social media consumers. In the Chat’s Express solution brings together advanced text analytics and a true contact center platform to enable companies to deliver instant support for consumers seeking sales and service information in real-time, through social media. Read the rest of this entry »