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Kobo has announced its partnership with the McClatchy Company that brings all of the company’s daily newspapers to the Kobo store. Available today, Kobo customers can enjoy a two-week free trial to any of the company’s 30 daily newspapers including the prestigious Miami Herald and its Spanish counterpart El Nuevo Herald. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver developer EvidencePix Systems Inc. has introduced EPIXTRUST™, a disruptive technology redefining the security of your mobile device’s data. The EPIXTRUST™ patented process allows our products and services to instantly upload pictures, video and reports from smartphones and tablets – securely and privately. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based translation and localization services company ABC Language Solutions has announced the introduction of a new social media translation service for businesses and translators. The benefits of localization are being acknowledged by more and more businesses of every shape and size in an ever increasing global market. Read the rest of this entry »

Purple Forge, an international development company with a location in Ottawa, and the Green Party of Canada, were awarded four Pollies™ at the annual American Association of Political Consultants awards held in Austin last month for their mobile application developed for the 2011 Canadian federal election campaign. The Pollies™, considered the Oscars of political consulting, are scored and awarded by a blind panel of industry judges chosen from inside the association. Read the rest of this entry »

The newest findings in a new report (PDF) from Trend Micro compare the ability of several different mobile platforms to meet the demands of use in the enterprise.  Canada’s own BlackBerry 7.0 scored highest across the board, ahead of Apple iOS5, Windows Phone 7.5 and Google’s Android 2.3.  Altimeter Group, Bloor Research and Trend Micro’s own specialists carried out the research. Read the rest of this entry »

Customer communications management company Prinova® Inc. has announced the release of messagepoint® version 3.7 which adds support for highly-personalized, targeted messaging for email and SMS channels. Through integration with ExactTarget and Clickatell cloud-based delivery services, Prinova has added these new features to its messagepoint platform to drive increased response rates and return on investment for digital marketing efforts. Read the rest of this entry »

It has just become a lot easier to add a personalized touch to your wedding, birthday party or corporate event thanks to an exciting new line of products being launched by Toronto’s StickerYou this month at retailers across Canada and the United States. Make+Print Your Own™ is the first online-based resource allowing consumers to create glossy, professional quality stickers, labels and iron-ons and print them on their home printers. Read the rest of this entry »

Crackle, Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) multi-platform video entertainment network, announced a major distribution expansion today extending its offering of ad-supported full-length movies and television series to all consumers with Sony’s Blu-ray players, BRAVIA televisions and Network Media Players in Canada. The announcement was made by Eric Berger, executive vice president, digital networks, SPT. Read the rest of this entry »

The vulnerability of the energy industry’s new wireless smart grid will inevitably lead to lights out for everyone, according to leading cyber expert David Chalk. In an online interview for an upcoming documentary film entitled ‘Take Back Your Power‘, Chalk says the entire power grid will be at risk to being taken down by cyber attack, and if installations continue it’s only a matter of time. Read the rest of this entry »

Since the release of bookabi’s free version downloads have increased by over 250%.  Bookabi, created by Tamajii, has been featured as in the top ten of Top Educational Apps and as one of the Great Canadian Apps. Bookabi is free until the end of April and available worldwide through the App Store in the Education category. In the near future, users will be able to download additional backgrounds, characters and even share their stories with other bookabi users. Read the rest of this entry »