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TELUS is giving Canadians in British Columbia, Alberta and Eastern Quebec something to “Tweet” about with a free Twitter app on its Optik TV service. The Twitter app is designed to provide Optik TV viewers with convenient access to Twitter features and content without missing a moment of their favourite TV show. Read the rest of this entry »

Tribal Nova, the developers behind the award winning PBS Kids Play! and CBC Wonderworld online learning programs have announced the launch of “i Learn With”, a suite of early childhood education apps designed exclusively for iPad. i Learn With is a curriculum-oriented, game-based school readiness program for children ages 3-6, developed and designed with experts in early childhood development to deliver a fun and truly educational experience. Read the rest of this entry »

Enterprise cloud data protection solutions provider Perspecsys has announced a series of new capabilities that further extends its marketplace leadership. First among the company’s new capabilities is support for Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validated encryption modules, which are required for encrypting data within Federal organizations. The FIPS standards are also used extensively in many industries, particularly financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare, or wherever there are federal regulations governing data security. Read the rest of this entry »

Paris-based music streaming service Deezer, which already has over 20 million users, is launching in Canada, Australia and New Zealand and is set to become a top destination for all music fans. Deezer will respond to their needs: discover, listen to, organize and share all the music they love, anytime and anywhere, without limitation, on any device. Read the rest of this entry »

At the recent Demo Spring 2012 event in California, Vancouver’s CrowdFanatic released a new addition to Facebook, the CrowdFanatic App. This ‘Groups-Connectivity Layer’ is a revolutionary application which directly connects groups and
pages on Facebook with each other. For example, by using the app, The Hunger Games fans can challenge Twilight fans, Apple aficionados can engage hard core Androiders and Romney supporters can try to convert Obama’s voters to win the election. Read the rest of this entry »

Legendary Canadian rock band Rush has made their highly anticipated album “Clockwork Angels” available for pre-order starting today April 24th on the iTunes Store. All pre-orders include an instant download of their new single “Headlong Flight” with the remainder of the album delivered on the June 12th release date. Read the rest of this entry »

New Home Buyers Network (NHBN) has launched the first iPad app in Canada to make the hunt for new houses and condos in Ontario a whole lot easier. As Canada’s go-to source for online listings of new-build homes, NHBN sees the new app as a natural extension of its existing family of digital offerings that includes the popular homebuyers.com website. Read the rest of this entry »

QuestChat, North America’s busiest chat line and one-stop destination for exciting phone connections with local singles, today raises the chat game by launching its premiere, free-to-download App for iPhone and Android platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite has extended the functionality of their market-leading social media management system with a new wave of partner integrations. Joining their growing App Directory are MailChimp, Chime.in, Identi.ca, Vision Critical Surveys, and RSS Reader. These apps are available immediately to HootSuite’s Free, Pro, and Enterprise clients which now make up close to 4 million users worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »

As part of its ongoing work to encourage Canadians to take action on violence against women and girls, YWCA Canada, the country’s oldest and largest women’s multi-service organization, released the much awaited YWCA Safety Siren app for Android smartphones.  As part of its suite of anti-violence tools and programming for young women, the Safety Siren is a unique violence prevention and intervention tool, turning your Android smartphone into a multi-functional safety device. Read the rest of this entry »