Village Gamer

Toronto author and interactive developer Daniel Stern has released his new video game success philosophy entitled The Zen Art of Playing Video Games: How to Play Video Games in a New Way. The book is not a manual on how to succeed in video games but rather on how to succeed in life through video games – I have downloaded a copy of the book and will be offering a review in a few days. Read the rest of this entry »

Armodilo Tablet Display Stands are now available as a custom order configuration with direct support for Square’s credit card processing system. Integrated directly into the housing of the Armodilo tablet display system, the Square reader has been designed into the iPad kiosk and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 kiosk to be a seamless component of the display system. Read the rest of this entry »

Devolutions, the Canadian-based creator of Remote Desktop Manager (RDM) has announced today that it has released the latest version of its enterprise-wise password management tool, Password Vault Manager 4.2. Password Vault Manager (PVM) empowers teams of all sizes – from agile start-ups to established multinationals – to centralize all of their passwords and credentials in one secure repository. Plus, the tool’s easy-to-use interface makes it simple to manage user security rights and access, strengthen network security by generating strong and unique passwords, and reduce help desk support calls regarding lost or forgotten passwords. Read the rest of this entry »

InnoTechnix, a Sainte-Adele based company specializing in the manufacture of small robots accessible to the general public, is proud to announce the launch of MandleBot. MandleBot is a robotic arm made of aluminum with a gripper, the first in a wide range of specialized robots. Developed and assembled in Canada, this robot can be controlled manually or automatically from a USB port with InnoTechnix-designed software (for Windows). One of the main features of MandleBot is that it can be disassembled using a simple Allen key, and reassembled by an 8-year-old child in a few hours. Read the rest of this entry »

Prefect® Inc. has announced that it is now offering its flagship virtual market testing service for film/TV professionals to other industries. Prefect- an online tool that measures audience reaction to elements of a filmmaker’s production – is now available to professionals in the music, literature, gaming, fashion and snack food industries. Read the rest of this entry »

Destiny Media Technologies has announced the release of an all new Play MPE® app for iPhone and iPod Touch.  Industry professionals who receive content through the Play MPE® system can access new broadcast quality pre-release music and music videos through installed applications on Windows and Macintosh, through any web browser and on iOS using the Play MPE® iPhone app. Read the rest of this entry »

The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) is in Ottawa to advocate for improvements to the patent and trade-mark systems in Canada. On the occasion of World Intellectual Property (IP) Day, IPIC is calling on the government to make small but important changes to Canada’s IP laws to ensure that IP owners and Canadian innovators do not face the inadvertent loss of rights from events ranging from natural disasters to simple clerical errors in the application process. Read the rest of this entry »

The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, today applauded the launch of the SOS Response personal safety smartphone app. EVA BC, SOS Response and Telus partnered to create this new app, which is a personal, monitored alarm system for girls and women. Read the rest of this entry »

Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises Holdings Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, “Mobilicity“) has obtained two orders of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) authorizing Mobilicity to, among other things, call and hold meetings at which two arrangements will be voted on by debt holders pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act. Each of the meetings of security holders is scheduled to be held on May 21, 2013. The record date for entitlement to vote at the meetings is April 25, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

Amjay Software Solutions Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of Canada’s first mobile application for ordering prescriptions. Amjay Software Solutions plans to launch cloud-based text messaging and IVR solutions in Q3 of this year.  The software, like all Amjay solutions will seamlessly integrate with any pharmacy operating system. Read the rest of this entry »