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Conquer Mobile, a Vancouver-based developer of secure enterprise workforce apps, joined Sanotron’s recent Hacking Health event and swept up awards with eBeeper, a breakthrough mobile app for Emergency Departments. The Sanotron Hacking Health event in Vancouver attracted over 200 people and assembled over 30 projects, to innovate health technology and complete for prizes. Judges included emergency physicians from BC and Alberta, managers from Fraser Health IT, and Vancouver General IT, and the Vancouver Coastal Health director.  eBeeper won three awards: Read the rest of this entry »

The finalists for Innovator Idol were announced today by the Research Innovation Commercialization Centre (RIC Centre). The start-up companies will pitch their new business ideas to an expert business panel on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at the annual Innovator Idol competition. At stake is a prize package worth over $30,000 to help propel business forward for the lucky winner. This year’s title sponsor of “Innovator Idol” is intellectual property law firm Bereskin & Parr LLP. Read the rest of this entry »

Today pilots across the Inner Sphere can add “Misery” to their list of weapons in their arsenals as Piranha Games and Infinite Game Publishing announce the long-awaited 85-ton Stalker Mech, Misery, now available in the Mech Lab for MechWarrior Online. Sporting top speeds of 48.6 kph and armed with four medium lasers, a Gauss rifle, a large laser and an SRM-6, this is what Misery truly looks like. Additionally this gigantic update brings pilots the chance to nab the new Jenner Champion Trial Mech as well as the hugely anticipated option to customize the color of all Hero Mechs – get all of the goods in the Mech Lab and start customizing now! Read the rest of this entry »

SES Conference & Expo, the leading online and integrated marketing event series, announced today that online marketing and advertising professionals who attend this year’s SES Toronto Conference, June 12-14, 2013 at the Toronto Marriot Downtown Eaton Centre, will be able to participate in the popular “Meet the Experts Roundtable Forum.” This forum facilitates face-to-face interaction and discussion with industry thought leaders and leading practitioners. Attendees will also be able to hear these industry luminaries speak throughout two morning keynotes, over thirty conference sessions, theatre presentations and express clinics on the Sponsor Showcase floor, and 4 ClickZ Academy onsite training workshops. Read the rest of this entry »

EA Sports™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) have announced an extension of their existing licensing agreement until December 31, 2022. Under the terms of the agreement, EA Sports maintains exclusive rights to release FIFA-branded action and management videogames. In addition, EA Sports also holds exclusive rights to release the official FIFA World Cup™ videogame, as well as retaining its status as a Presenting Partner of the FIFA Interactive World Cup. Read the rest of this entry »

In honour of Mother’s Day, and starting today through to May 13th, game publisher G5 Entertainment is offering Masters of Mystery: Crime of Fashion by Big Blue Bubble to iOS, Google Play, Kindle Fire and Nook users at no charge. Initially released for PC, this hidden object adventure has spent over 10 days in top 10 of all major casual game charts and has instantly won hearts of mobile players. Now you can get this detective adventure for free. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian indie developer Itzy Interactive has announced the release of their electrifying puzzler, Vex Blocks 1.0 for iOS devices via the Apple App Store. Nominated for “Best Brain & Puzzle” and “Best Casual Game” in this year’s “Best App Ever Awards” Android edition, the easy-to-play, exciting and addictive block game is now available for the iPhone and iPad. An alternative to traditional, “Match 3” type puzzle games like Bejeweled or Candy Crush, players create chains of colored lightning by matching up blocks based on symbol, color or both. Read the rest of this entry »

CanWIT‘s BC chapter invites you to register for the May Breakfast Club when the group hosts Nimrat Dhariwal and Karen Bresler, who will discuss Negotiation Skills for Women. Come and hear from these certified professional coaches as they share their insights on leadership skills, transition and career change. This May 15th event promises to be engaging, informative and interactive with coaches who are effective, personable leaders, educators and trainers. Read the rest of this entry »

Previously known as the Non-Fiction track at the Banff World Media Festival, 2013’s Factual Entertainment program, presented by IMPACT, will investigate, interrogate and open up a dialogue exploring strategies for bringing factual content to the next level. This track features exclusive Master Classes and engaging panel discussions – you do not want to miss out on the opportunity to hear from the best in the business. Get your tickets now for this year’s Festival. If you’re already registered, Banff .Connect is now online so that you can choose your sessions and book meetings. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute® Software Corporation, persistent endpoint security and management solutions provider for computers, laptops, ultra-portable devices today announced Absolute Computrace® was named the Best Forensic Tool by SC Magazine for the second year in a row. Organizations are well aware of the importance of data security with many businesses implementing governance, risk management, and compliance procedures to safeguard this information from unauthorized access and potential breaches. In support of these efforts, it’s become an absolute requirement that they have the tools in place to properly protect this sensitive information. Read the rest of this entry »