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As part of its ongoing work to encourage Canadians to take action on violence against women and girls, YWCA Canada, the country’s oldest and largest women’s multi-service organization, released the much awaited YWCA Safety Siren app for BlackBerry® smartphones.  As part of its suite of anti-violence tools and programming for young women, the Safety Siren is a unique violence prevention and intervention tool, turning your BlackBerry smartphone into a multi-functional safety device. Read the rest of this entry »

Nintendo Canada is introducing an optional accessory that gives Nintendo 3DS owners a second analog stick to control compatible games. The highly-anticipated Circle Pad Pro will launch in Canada on February 7th. It will be sold through EB Games stores at a suggested retail price of $19.99. Read the rest of this entry »

On-demand Software Asset Management (SAM) & License Analytics company AssetLabs has announced the availability of Win7Assist, empowering corporate SAM teams and Microsoft SAM Partners to forecast the times and costs of migration paths to Microsoft Windows® 7, as well as identifying applications that may hinder a Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade. Read the rest of this entry »

Janitorial companies have long used the clipboard and pen to record inspections. This process is a familiar method to any industry but, the days of performing routine inspections with the old clipboard and pen are numbered. Hand-held devices like the iPhone have reduced the need to collect inspection data by pen. Tapping down notes on your iPhone is now the norm for professional janitorial service companies using this new app. Read the rest of this entry »

Rogers Media and L’Oréal Canada embark on a nationwide search to discover Canada’s most talented hair and makeup artists in the new original six-part digital series Canada’s Best Beauty Talent. In each webisode, 12 of Canada’s aspiring hair and beauty experts will showcase their skills and compete for beauty talent recognition, prestige, and the ultimate in beauty stardom. Read the rest of this entry »

Quillr® Interactive Stories has announced the release of their first interactive children’s musical book for the iPad, Saving Grape-Jelly Cheeks. The delightful story of a little budgie rescued from a chilly Canadian fall using only string, a box and a stick is true. And in a unique twist, Saving Grape-Jelly Cheeks is told through catchy a cappella songs and original music that will have children and parents laughing and interactively joining in to rescue the little green bird. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal’s D-MagiK has announced the release of its much anticipated sheet music reader SheetRack to the iTunes App Store for $2.99 USD. Successor to SheetRack Lite, the lite version that had several tens of thousands of downloads, SheetRack is one of the fastest sheet music readers available. With original and useful features such as blowing to turn pages, music page previews, metronome, high speed page turning, and an ever growing library of sheets available for free, SheetRack is ramping up to become the iPad Musician’s favorite companion. Read the rest of this entry »

iSIGN Media has developed a new data collection solution that will improve the quality of metrics businesses collect and help them apply that data to measure campaign effectiveness in real time, better engage consumers and generate sales, all while respecting consumer privacy. iSIGN will be exhibiting this new solution at Dx3 Canada in Toronto on January 25-26, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

gShift Labs, the creator of patent-pending web presence optimization software that is giving non-technical people control over their organic search campaigns, is offering a free how-to guide specifically designed for public relations agencies and departments. The guide can be downloaded from the gShift website, and is intended to inform PR firms and professionals of the increased impact they have on a client’s SEO strategy and web presence. Read the rest of this entry »

LearningMate Solutions, Inc., an international company with offices in Vancouver, has announced GoClass, a cloud based teaching and learning platform designed for mobile devices. GoClass is a revolutionary new teaching application for educators in todays connected world. The application is designed for connected tablet devices such as the Apple iPad and light weight mobile computing platforms. Read the rest of this entry »