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Vancouver’s Chuckanut Media is proud to announce their first Social Networking Photo app, Cover Photo Maker for Facebook, is now available exclusively for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad for $1.99 USD. Cover Photo Maker for Facebook allows users to create personalized Cover Photos for their Facebook Timeline using their own photos directly on their mobile device. Read the rest of this entry »

Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) consulting firm Boast Capital unveiled StartUpGauge at DemoCamp Calgary. StartUpGauge is a platform that enables people to easily validate their ideas and connect with the right resources to form a team and take the idea further. Read the rest of this entry »

Astral Out-of-Home, a division of Astral Media Inc., innovates once again by announcing the adoption of Near Field Communication technology for its street furniture in Toronto and Montréal. The technology provides consumers with a totally new experience by allowing them to interact directly with advertising faces via their smartphone to get all kinds of information instantly and securely. Read the rest of this entry »

Neustar Inc., a Virginia-based provider of real-time information and analysis to the Internet, telecommunications, entertainment, advertising and marketing industries, has announced that TELUS has joined the Neustar Intelligent Cloud. The partnership will assist mobile solution providers in creating mobile services that work with TELUS and across other major operators in North America. Read the rest of this entry »

Sierra Wireless  has unveiled its newest family of AirCard® mobile hotspots for 4G LTE networks. Following on the success of the AirCard 754S, the new AirCard 760S, AirCard 762S, and AirCard 763S offer several feature enhancements, including an improved user interface, longer battery life, and expanded frequency band support across the product family, providing variants compatible with most common frequency band combinations around the world. The new mobile hotspots are expected to launch in select markets in North America, Australia, Asia, and Europe over the next couple of months. Read the rest of this entry »

UrtheCast is pleased to announce that it has taken another giant leap towards launching the world’s first HD video platform of Earth from space, by entering into a contract with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. As a preeminent provider of electronic solutions, MDA will supply information solutions in support of UrtheCast’s video of Earth from the International Space Station (ISS). Information solutions to be included in this agreement include space data handling hardware (data compression units), which will be integrated into UrtheCast’s two high-definition video cameras. Read the rest of this entry »

Talent Technology Corporation, providers of Talemetry™, a talent generation solution for corporate human resource (HR) and recruitment agencies has announced the acquisition of Hew York-based HR Integrations, LLC, providers of the HRNX (HR iNtegration eXchange) integration network. HRNX is a cloud-based solution that connects HR systems with leading HR services providers through pre-built, managed integrations. HRNX delivers a revolutionary alternative to expensive, complex, multiple, one-of vendor integrations. Read the rest of this entry »

NewspaperDirect announced yesterday that the company’s PressReader application for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ is included as part of the new BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update and will be preloaded on new tablets that ship with the latest operating system. Read the rest of this entry »

Secret Location, the award-winning digital agency behind such projects as the Digital Emmy-nominated Endgame Interactive, is deep into building a cross-platform audience for King in advance of the show’s season two premiere on Showcase this Wednesday, February 29th at 9 p.m. et/pt. The audience building campaign is being launched via a six-part online video series and custom Facebook app built for the show by Secret Location.  Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile risk management (MRM) company Fixmo and intelligent enterprise mobility solutions company AirPatrol, a US-based company with an R & D facility in Burnaby, have announced a technology partnership that will enable enterprises and government agencies to actively protect their mobile devices and maintain corporate compliance through location-based policy controls and context-aware data protection capabilities. Read the rest of this entry »