Village Gamer

The first major fund-raising campaign by Canada’s leading communications foundation has surpassed its goal.  The Communications + Public Relations Foundation will use proceeds to conduct original research to establish the profile of today’s public relations practitioners and determine the skills and aptitude that Canadian employers will be expecting from public relations professionals in the future. Read the rest of this entry »

The spotlight is on as the nation’s largest talent search series gets underway with the eagerly-awaited premiere of Canada’s Got Talent. Citytv has unveiled the full episodic breakdown for the 11-week, 22-episode, all-new Canadian edition of the international Got Talent franchise. Canada’s Got Talent airs Sundays at 8 p.m. local time and Mondays at 7 p.m. local time, beginning Sunday, March 4 on Citytv. The first-ever Canada’s Got Talent winner will be revealed in the live season finale on May 14. Read the rest of this entry »

Bell Aliant is bringing its world-class fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network to Greater Sudbury, investing $30 million to bring FibreOP™ services to 55,000 homes and businesses in the Greater Sudbury area, which is part of Bell Aliant’s operating territory. Through a strategic partnership with Bell, products are marketed under the Bell brand. FibreOP will be marketed as Bell FibreOP. Read the rest of this entry »

GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund and the Research & Development Corporation (RDC), a Crown corporation of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, has announced a combined $542,000 investment in the development of a new and innovative marketing analytics tool from adfinitum Networks Inc. Read the rest of this entry »

Ricoh Canada Inc. has announced the addition of a Toronto date for its “Ricoh and U” tour, currently completing a twelve-city run across North America. The seminar is a powerful educational session designed to demystify Managed Document Services (MDS), and help businesses explore and leverage its many advantages.  Read the rest of this entry »

Canon Canada congratulated Toronto teens Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad by presenting them with new cameras over the weekend. The teens’ remarkable feat saw a Lego passenger carried 80,000 feet above the Earth via a weather balloon. Using two Canon cameras that were programmed to take photos every 20 seconds, the teens were able to document the entire journey with incredible images. Read the rest of this entry »

Along with updates to its web site, Maide, Inc. has extended the functionality of its CadControl iPad app to the iPhone, and released a brand new app called CadRemote that will simplify presentations and collaborative reviews. It lets you use your phone to navigate a 3D model, and sketch over the screen in Solidworks, Maya, 3DS Max, Sketchup and Rhino. Camera control is in the free app, with an in-app purchase for control of your mouse, and sketching functionality.  Read the rest of this entry »

Cackleberries Entertainment, a studio we first told you about in 2009, is set for official launch. Eight years in the making, Cackleberries is the vision of Coquitlam, BC mom Eronne Foster, who wanted to build a virtual world around teaching kindness, empathy, honesty and loyalty – along with a few school subjects. In a recent interview with Tri-City News, Eronne outlined what has been developing inside the New Westminster studio’s walls. Read the rest of this entry »

MPS tools provider Print Audit® has followed up its best revenue month ever with the launch of a disruptive new business model. In the past, print management solution sales have greatly benefited end-user organizations and software vendors, but they have put little into the pocket of the office equipment provider. Print Audit is changing that with the launch of Print Audit Premier. Read the rest of this entry »

On Wednesday February 1st 2012, Seventyeight Digital was announced as having created the Best Mobile Site of 2011 for the Immortals Mobile Web App by Kentico, Seventyeight Digital’s preferred CMS. Read the rest of this entry »