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Bald is beautiful. MGA Entertainment Canada will launch a new range of hairless Bratz^®dolls this summer at Toys”R”Us Canada to support children dealing with hair loss due to illnesses such as cancer and alopecia, donating a portion of every sale to Starlight Children’s Foundation. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute® Software Corporation, a Vancouver-based provider of firmware-embedded, persistent endpoint security and management solutions, announced today the release of Absolute Manage 6.1 which includes expanded “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) support for ultra-portable devices, including laptops. Read the rest of this entry »

Angoss Software Corporation is pleased to make available new features to its predictive analytics and data mining software suite version 8.0 which includes KnowledgeSEEKER® and KnowledgeSTUDIO®. The new features advance Angoss’ big data analytics capabilities and improve data mining productivity and efficiency for companies with growing volumes of structured and unstructured data who are using analytics to transform information into insight and action. Read the rest of this entry »

SMART Technologies Inc., a Calgary-based provider of collaboration solutions, announces that TELUS has been appointed an authorized SMART dealer. TELUS is a leading telecommunications company in Canada and provides a wide range of communications products for wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, digital media and collaboration solutions. Read the rest of this entry »

Susan Hammond’s award-winning Classical Kids series has been re-developed for the iOS Apple iPad tablet and will be released via the Apple app store on May 22. Classical Kids -The Complete Teachers Edition features seven individual Classical Kids stories with accompanying teacher’s notes and includes the Juno and Emmy winning Beethoven Lives Upstairs, the platinum-selling Mr. Bach Comes to Call and the Juno and Parent’s Choice Gold Award winning Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery. The Complete Teacher’s Edition app is priced at C$139 and individual Teacher’s Editiontitles are available for C$19.99. Read the rest of this entry »

CIBC and Rogers Communications have announced an agreement to launch Canada’s first joint mobile payment solution, allowing Canadians to pay with their CIBC credit card at the checkout counter using their Rogers “Near Field Communications” (NFC) enabled smartphone. Beginning later this year, customers will be able to use this payment capability at merchants across Canada where contactless credit card payments are accepted. Read the rest of this entry »

The BC Government’s Emergency Info website has taken a very novel approach to teaching people about being prepared for emergencies. Using the always-popular Zombie theme, visitors are told that if they’re ready for a Zombie attack, they will pretty well be ready for any emergency or disaster that could arise. Read the rest of this entry »

ATLUS, a brand of Index Digital Media, Inc., has announced that “Game of Thrones™,” the RPG based on the internationally bestselling book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin and the critically acclaimed HBO® television series, Game of Thrones®, is now available in stores across North America for Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3  and PC via download.  Read the rest of this entry »

Funcom is excited to announce that the next Beta Weekend for its upcoming modern-day massively multiplayer online game ‘The Secret World’ will start on May 18^th at 9am PDT / 6pm CET and run until Sunday May 20^th at 11.59pm PDT / May 21^st 8.59am CET. During this Beta Weekend players get to pick up where they left off with the same character they played during the first Beta Weekend, as they get to meet all-new characters in Kingsmouth each with their own unique missions and storylines. Read the rest of this entry »

Czech Republic-based Amanita Design and Vancouver developer Hothead Games have partnered to announce the launch of Machinarium for Android, including Google Play, Amazon’s Kindle Fire and the NOOK App™ store. Android tablet users can now discover the award-winning, steam punk world of Machinarium, navigating a clever little robot called Josef from the scrapheap into the city to save his robot girlfriend. Read the rest of this entry »