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An important industry forum, the Canada Cloud Network, is launching an exciting R&D program: Always On Cloud Computing. The initiative will enable Canada to become a world leader in the global Cloud computing sector. Recent downtime incidents from giant Cloud providers and lack of effective SLAs, highlight that despite the advances in underlying technologies, operating critical IT infrastructure in a single data centre still presents a major risk of a catastrophic failure that can endanger customer relationships and ultimately lead to business failure. Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa developer Mediachance has announced the release of HDR Art 1.0, its new photo editing app developed for iPhone. For last couple of years the “HDR effect” became commonplace in artistic image manipulation but if used creatively, it can be a powerful secret weapon of any image processing toolbox. Unlike a typical HDR software where you need multiple image exposures, HDR Art is build from ground-up with the purpose of applying the same effect to a single image source. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile social video network Keek has announced the release of its app for BlackBerry. The new Keek app is available for download in BlackBerry World and supports smartphones using BlackBerry 10. Keek is experiencing explosive growth around the world, adding over 200,000 new users per day and is consistently ranking as one of the top social networking apps on iPhone and Android. Read the rest of this entry »

LinkedIn is the world’s largest and most influential professional social network, and in order to help organizations effectively build their presence on this epicenter of networking, HootSuite is excited to release powerful new LinkedIn features in the HootSuite dashboard. Marketers, HR professionals and community managers using LinkedIn Company Pages can now fine-tune messaging with advanced targeting options (for Enterprise clients), and improve the performance of page and status updates with the introduction of new analytic modules (available to Pro and Enterprise clients). Read the rest of this entry »

Tribal Nova, the developer behind the award winning PBS Kids Play! and Kids’ CBC WonderWorld online learning programs, are proud to announce their latest app, i Learn With Poko: Emotions and Colors!, is now available on the App Store. An important addition to their most awarded i Learn With suite of early childhood education apps, the new i Learn With Poko: Emotions and Colors! app is one of the very few app that teaches young children important social development skills such as emotions, feelings and problem solving with their favorite Kids’ CBC character Poko. Read the rest of this entry »

QuickPlay Media, a provider of cloud-based managed service solutions for the distribution of premium media to IP-connected devices, has launched TVX^SM*, a TV everywhere express solution, giving content and service providers the ability to quickly, easily and cost-effectively introduce multiscreen services, with both VoD and live TV content to their customers. As an “off the shelf” solution, TVX enables content and service providers to roll-out a branded and configurable multiscreen offering in as little as 90 days, at a fraction of the cost of building it in house. Read the rest of this entry »

Music for Productions has just announced that their new online licensing tool will be launched within days. A valid license with Music for Productions grants customers the right to both the recording (master copy) and the composition (musical copyright). This is more commonly referred to as the synchronization right. Synchronization is the right to affix music with visual images or other audio signals and to mechanically reproduce the copyrighted music in soundtracks and copies of soundtracks. This is ideal for any production whether in theatre, radio or television. Read the rest of this entry »

Knowing when, where & how to fish in Minnesota just got easier. The App Door, developers of several successful outdoor apps, recently launched the latest in their iFish Series of apps. The iFish Minnesota 1.1 app has a sleek and simple interface that allows anyone to easily search for lakes by name or by proximity. Once a lake is selected, a wide range of information is readily available including fish species, directions, weather conditions – even a calendar for the best times to fish. Where available, it also includes detailed lake maps, local visitor information and nearby photos. Read the rest of this entry »

Sprightly Software has announced the release of RootDown FM 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. RootDown FM is an internet radio station, streaming live 24/7. RootDown FM plays an eclectic mix of jazz, funk, hip-hop, soul, latin, reggae, afrobeat, leftfield, downtempo, and beats. Listeners now have a great new way to listen at home, work, or on the go. Read the rest of this entry »

Reader™ Store from Sony has announced the addition of Kids Corner, a dedicated shopping section that will offer illustrated and enhanced children’s content. Kids Corner, which is available in the US and Canada, supports EPUB3.0 content, a new industry standard file format, allowing customers to enjoy embedded media and interactivity within the book itself when viewed on compatible Android tablets and smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »