Village Gamer

A new podcast is now available for baseball fans in general and fantasy baseball fans in particular. The “Dear Mr. Fantasy” podcast is an extension of the fantasy baseball blog of the same name. Chris McBrien, the baseball blogger from Barrie and the writer behind the website, also takes to the microphone to produce the weekly podcast, which launched its inaugural show on January 15th, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Project X Labs has announced the availability of GeoDash 2, its most advanced location intelligence tool ever. GeoDash 2 brings customers even more power with features that offer advanced productivity and uses the cloud to deliver mobile intelligence tools with the MicroStrategy business intelligence platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based tech start up Foodtree Media, Inc. is excited to announce a new partnership with local restaurants including Bishop’s, Refuel and Nicli Pizzeria, heralding the next step in promoting transparency in food information. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based Guardly develops mobile applications that broadcast calls for help and connects people to provide assistance in case of emergency. Today, Guardly is announcing a free nationwide service for students, faculty and staff at 67 Canadian universities and colleges across Canada. By simply downloading the Guardly app and registering with a university-issued email address, campus members can hold their own personal code-blue emergency phones, providing one-touch mobile access to campus security from virtually any location on campus. This is the first time that a service of its kind is being made available to Canadian students. Read the rest of this entry »

TELUS is making access to reliable, verified Canadian healthcare information online a snap with My Health Reference, a new health reference internet portal designed to help Canadians find the relevant information and tools they need to take better care of their health and the health of their loved ones. Read the rest of this entry »

Make Technologies, leader in legacy application modernization software and services, will team up with Kaavo, Inc., an American cloud management software provider, to deliver a webinar titled “Migrate Legacy Applications to the Cloud” on January 24, 2012 at 11 am PST/2pm EST. Cloud computing has moved from science fiction to business reality. Enterprises are looking to cut costs and gain agility by migrating mainstream business applications to cloud infrastructure and platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

The six-figure upfront cost of video conferencing typically forces small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to make do with consumer-grade services such as Google Hangouts or Skype. To further bridge the gap between these services and expensive telepresence solutions, Vancouver’s CounterPath Corporation and California-based Vidtel, Inc. have announced interoperability to provide SMEs with an affordable, high-quality mobile video conferencing alternative. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver 3D asset developer Tiger Shark Studio is proud to announce the availability of their latest creation, the Valkyrie Battle Tank Toolkit.  Available on both the Tiger Shark Store as well as the Unity Asset Store, this battle tank has a playable demo and is priced at $95.00. Developers who purchase the tank through Tiger Shark’s store will also receive Custom Car Pack 1 free of charge. Read the rest of this entry »

App strategy and marketing firm App-Promo has announced the official launch of their Windows Mobile version of the App-Promo app. The App-Promo app is an effective tool for app owners, brands and developers alike to learn the secrets of app marketing in order to increase downloads and overall app success in the marketplace. The app is also available for sale for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Nokia QT for $6.99 in app stores. Read the rest of this entry »

Robert Hart, President of the Canadian Cloud Council, announced today that the organization will be hosting their first semi-annual national conference titled “A Call to Action – Awakening Canada’s Cloud Agenda” (PDF) on March 12 and 13, 2012 in Edmonton at the Matrix Hotel. Read the rest of this entry »