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Human capital management solutions provider Ceridian Canada Ltd. has officially launched a new online service that gives small business owners all the tools necessary to pay and manage their people in one convenient location. Ceridian for Small Business provides employee-related solutions, which will result in up to a 9% reduction in labour costs for organizations with less than 50 employees. Read the rest of this entry »

Victoria’s GlasseyStrategy has announced upgrades to its StratPad family of iPad apps for business planning and strategy. New StratPad users will also learn from the three professionally developed sample business plans that come with the product. StratPad Plus is $9.99 USD and StratPad Premium is $34.99 USD. Read the rest of this entry »

Everyone’s favorite brother and sister bunny combo are back in Max & Ruby: Max’s Mole Mash. Now Watch More TV Interactive Inc. is offering this family friendly app for free (regularly $1.99 USD) on Saturday, February 18th. Max’s Mole Mash is rated 4+ and is compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad devices running iOS 4.2 or later. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent Montreal game developer Trapdoor and EA Partners have announced that the sci-fi stealth-action puzzler Warp™ is now available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points. Warp is the first title to kick off Microsoft’s third-annual Xbox LIVE Arcade ‘House Party’ for Xbox 360, a line-up of this season’s best downloadable games coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade. Read the rest of this entry »

ICEmobile is an open source project for the development of web-based, Enterprise Java applications for mobile devices. ICEmobile leverages mobile browsers’ support for HTML5, CSS3 and Ajax to create web-based applications where the client presentation matches the device’s native look and feel but is delivered via a secure, enterprise-strength, Java backend. The web-based approach ensures seamless cross-platform support for today’s most advanced smart phones and tablets, including iOS, Android, and Blackberry devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Navigata Communications 2009 Inc. has begun a commercial trial of SuperWiFi service in Kamloops.  SuperWiFi users will be able to access the Internet throughout the city from any standard WiFi-enabled device.  Voice, video, data and web browsing will all be supported on a high-speed, low-latency network. The service will be marketed under Navigata’s newest subsidiary, kuMobile. Read the rest of this entry »

Trend Micro Incorporated has announced Trend Micro™ Mobile App Reputation, the first industry technology that can automatically identify, analyze and rate mobile applications including malware, potential theft of private data and system resource abuse including battery, memory, and bandwidth.  This is welcome news for the growing number of Android users in Canada, who can download a free version of Trend Micro’s mobile malware scanner from Android Marketplace. Read the rest of this entry »

MEGA Brands Inc. has unveiled  its exciting new line-up of Mega Bloks Power Rangers construction toys at the 2012 American International Toy Fair in New York City. The Mega Bloks Power Rangers Super Samurai line, which will be available this fall, includes the iconic heroes, villains and locations from the hugely popular TV show, allowing kids to recreate their favorite scenes with build-and-rebuild playsets and collectible characters. Read the rest of this entry »

Calgary’s Above Border Inc. has announced the debut of their new Smartphone APP for the frequent international vacation and business traveler. The APP automatically tracks days spent in countries traveled for tax and compliance issues. Versions of the APP are now available on the Apple App Store, Blackberry App World and Android Market. Read the rest of this entry »

Health technology company Infonaut, a MaRS client, announced it has signed a contract with the University Health Network to test its real-time disease surveillance system, Hospital Watch Live, at Toronto General Hospital. Designed to assist hospitals in controlling and stopping the spread of infectious organisms, Hospital Watch Live has been installed on the multi-organ transplant unit, an area of the hospital where all of the patients are on therapies to prevent organ rejection, which also suppresses their immune systems. Read the rest of this entry »