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To celebrate UN World Water Day, The Water Brothers TV Series and TVO have announced the launch of QUENCH, a free app for iPhone and iPod touch that instantly connects you to the closest public water fountains and official water Re-fill Locations in the Greater Toronto area. Read the rest of this entry »

For online retailers, cart abandonment is a frustrating reality. On average, 75% of shopping carts are abandoned and less than 4% of visits result in a sale. To solve this problem, Kibboko is launching Carrot, a subscription software service that helps online retailers increase conversion rates and turn more visitors into happy customers. Read the rest of this entry »

Intertainment Media Inc. has announced that its social media, real time, experiential communications platform Ortsbo has applied for U.S. patent protection for its new e-Reader translator application. The app, now available in closed Beta, will transform the e-Reader industry by making it possible to instantly translate-in the user’s choice of text or audible speech-anything that can be loaded into the most popular e-Reader platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

Digital music service Rdio, an enterprise started by the creators of Skype is among the first music services integrated with Facebook timeline in Canada, allowing access to Rdio’s new milestone 15 million songs straight from your Facebook timeline. With the integration, people who use Facebook in Canada will now be able to share their musical tastes with their friends and discover new music directly on Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »

Hotel marketers are well aware of how important a strong web presence is in the travel market. Many have great websites that tell their hotel’s story, let visitors view photos and multi-media, and book their dream stay. But today, 31% of leisure travelers and 56% of business travelers access the internet for travel information on mobile devices, so a strong web presence means more than just a website. It means a mobile-optimized hotel website. Read the rest of this entry »

Uberflip (formerly “Mygazines”) has announced the roll-out of a completely redesigned service and pricing structure. Uberflip’s HTML5 solution seamlessly converts PDFs into stunning interactive publications that are device-ready for tablets, smartphones, and desktops from only $29.95 per month. Read the rest of this entry »

Online multimedia distribution platform SendtoNews.com has announced the launch of a Video service offering that enables advertisers access to its fast-growing sports video packaging and distribution service to both traditional and online news outlets. Read the rest of this entry »

On-demand TV software and solutions provider Espial has announced two new expansions. The first is for its Espial MediaBase, a high-performance, on-demand video platform that supports both HTTP and RTSP streaming from a single platform, allowing operators to efficiently manage, deliver, and stream video content to any viewing device. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute^® Software Corporation has announced today that Absolute Manage now supports Microsoft Windows Phone 7. With this announcement, Absolute Software provides support for the leading mobile device platforms, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows. Read the rest of this entry »

Payfirma, a developer of mobile point of sale apps for businesses in Canada, is proud to announce the release of its Android Mobile Payment App. Already available on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Blackberry, anyone with a Payfirma merchant account can now accept all major credit cards and VISA Debit on their Android mobile and tablet devices, anytime, anywhere. Read the rest of this entry »