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In 2012, The Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) introduced The World’s Most Valuable Social Network – the first online search party that allows Canadians to “donate” their Facebook or Twitter newsfeed as a vehicle for raising awareness when a child goes missing. The World’s Most Valuable Social Network has assisted in the safe return of six missing children since its launch, and the tool is expanding to include Pinterest and Foursquare in the search for missing children. Up to 50,000 children are reported missing in Canada every year. Today, leading up to International Missing Children’s Day (May 25^th), MCSC is expanding The Most Valuable Project with the launch of two new digital tools: Most Valuable Check-In and Most Valuable Pinboard. Read the rest of this entry »

SalesWays launched the innovative and patented ASPEC sales tracking and opportunity management app in December of 2012 for the iPhone and Cloud. Since then, thousands of people have signed up for ASPEC either on mobile or directly in the Cloud. ASPEC Mobile 1.2, available this week, now includes French, Spanish, and Italian languages to add to the English, German, and Portuguese languages currently available. Business users will appreciate the increased functionality of being able to assign additional roles to users so information can be filtered to maintain security while assuring everyone has all the information they need to succeed at increasing their sales productivity. Read the rest of this entry »

Music for Productions has just announced that they have added new stock music to their online database, which has been composed by new composers to join the MFP team including, Margaret Maria, an award winning Canadian Cellist. Her first 3 pieces are now available in the stock music collection through the Music for Productions (MFP) website. Read the rest of this entry »

LogicHotspot, a WIFI Service Provider with proven time control router technology and Safe OnLine Outreach Society (SOLOS), a British Columbia educator of children and parents on internet safety, have combined their specialties to give parents control of their home network and give children and parents up-to-date educational tools to control their online lives. BoundaryBox gives parents the ability to control the access to each device connected to the home network by controlling the network itself – before each device goes online. In addition to allowing the network’s administrator to set time limits for each user, BoundaryBox provides age and audience appropriate educational tips to teach kids how to be safer online. Read the rest of this entry »

San Francisco developer Elgato has announced that Game Capture HD, a powerful, full-featured game recorder, is now available at 140 Future Shop retail locations from coast to coast and on the Future Shop web site. The Elgato Game Capture HD is the leading solution to record console gameplay and will complement Future Shop’s existing lineup of XBox and PlayStation accessories at an MSRP of $189.99 CAD. The software application required to use the Elgato Game Capture HD is available as a free download. Read the rest of this entry »

Three Ottawa high school friends are the first Canadian grand prize winners of Trend Micro‘s fourth annual “What’s Your Story?”, an international video contest promoting safety on line. “What’s Your Story?” an award-winning, user-generated video contest is an interactive platform for young people to showcase their creative talents, and harness the positive power, reach and connection through storytelling. The 2013 contest received entries from both individuals and schools across Canada and the United States answering the question, “What does the good side of the Internet look like?” for a chance to win one of two $10,000 grand prizes. Read the rest of this entry »

Players all over the world fell in love with many memorable, adventure-filled moments in the well-received Donkey Kong Country Returns game for Wii: jumping around the game’s lush and colourful side-scrolling levels; clinging to the side of a swinging platform; riding on a speeding mine cart; and leaping from barrel to barrel between foreground and background. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, launching May 24 for the Nintendo 3DS system, includes all these great moments, but also offers players a host of new features that were not available in the original Wii game and a beautiful new 3D makeover that makes the graphics look more impressive than ever before. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® has showcased the first gameplay trailer dedicated to the Archer. Developed by Ubisoft Montréal, The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot is a hilarious free-to-play PC title that thrusts you in an outrageous medieval fantasy world called Opulencia where wealth, status and showboating are the name of the game! Read the rest of this entry »

Tubetime has announced the launch of the Android version of its all-in-one TV app, now available on Google Play. Tubetime delivers a unique second screen TV experience, including a complete TV guide and universal remote features. A majority of Canadian TV lovers can now enjoy Tubetime by downloading the free app either on the App Store or Google Play. Read the rest of this entry »

PayPal has revealed the findings of a global study that paints a dim future for the wallet, especially in the Canadian market. Almost nine in ten (87%) Canadians indicated they wished they did not have to carry a wallet followed by a vast majority (83%) of respondents across five countries (Australia, Canada, Germany, the U.S. and the U.K.) wishing they were wallet-free. Nearly one in four Canadians (23%) and almost half of Canadians (47.9%) between the ages of 18 and 24 would choose a smartphone over a wallet if they could only bring one item when going out. Those in Ontario (28%) and the Prairies (23%) were most likely to choose their smartphone over their wallet. Read the rest of this entry »