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A kids’ game created by B.C. moms to kick-start imagination and get families talking is getting scooped up by families with travel plans for the holidays. Spark Story Starters, sold in 60 locations across Canada from Vancouver Island to Quebec,  is getting accolades for entertaining and connecting families during long car rides and airplane trips. Read the rest of this entry »

Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced the call for entries for the twelfth annual Adobe® Design Achievement Awards (ADAA). The competition recognizes the best student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from higher education institutions worldwide who have created innovative projects using Adobe software. Read the rest of this entry »

A new system update now available for the portable Nintendo 3DS^™ system adds a wide range of enhancements, including the ability for users to record 3D videos in continuous or stop-motion style, updated Nintendo eShop features, new StreetPass Mii Plaza^™ features and enhanced online gaming. All of the upgrades are available at no additional charge to Nintendo 3DS owners. Read the rest of this entry »

At a commemorative breakfast in Los Angeles yesterday morning, Telefilm Canada Executive Director Carolle Brabant was officially honoured as one of The Hollywood Reporter’s “13 Female Power-Players Who Rule the World“, the newly created sidebar for the trade publication’s annual Top 100 Power Women in Entertainment list. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Women in Entertainment, which has recognized in the past industry heavyweights such as Disney’s Anne Sweeney, Sony’s Amy Pascal, OWN’s Oprah Winfrey, NBCU’s Bonnie Hammer and A&E Network’s Abbe Raven. Ms. Brabant is the only Canadian industry player selected for 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Rural broadband service provider Xplornet Communications Inc. and Alvarion Ltd., a provider of optimized wireless broadband solutions addressing the connectivity, capacity and coverage challenges of public and private networks, have announced that Alvarion’s 4Motion® solution supporting TD-LTE was successfully tested in the 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz frequency bands. The trials were the first in Canada to demonstrate a seamless TD-LTE option over existing WiMAX infrastructure, offering a smooth migration path from WiMAX to TD-LTE technology based on a software-defined radio solution from Alvarion. Read the rest of this entry »

Quebec’s Colba.Net Telecom Inc., through its subsidiary Colba.Net Inc., has launched its new Internet protocol Television service. This follows a recent decision by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission approving the application by Colba.Net for a broadcasting licence to operate a Class 1 terrestrial broadcasting distribution undertaking to serve the Montreal Island. Colba.Net’s  footprint currently covers approximately 375,000 households on the Island of Montreal. Read the rest of this entry »

K?llo Inc. has announced the launch of its mobile medical clinic “Mobile Care™” – a mobile medical care unit that comes as the result of more than 18 months of diligent product and technology infrastructure development. The sole purpose of this unit is to dramatically improve the delivery of medical services to remote areas of the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile local search and advertising provider Poynt Corporation has announced a 50% increase in user activations for its mobile local search and advertising platform Poynt on Black Friday (November 25^th), an increase that is believed to be directly attributed to Android on-device offerings in the United States. This unprecedented increase in user uptake provides support to the Company’s belief that on-device offerings directly influence user discoverability of the Poynt platform. Poynt usage on Black Friday also increased with more existing Poynt users returning to utilize Poynt to find daily deals in their local areas. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal digital publisher Strategy First Inc has announced that FLATOUT 3: CHAOS & DESTRUCTION™, developed by Netherlands-based Team 6 Studios,  is now ready for Pre-Order on Steam  The destructive and high-octane game is fully integrated with Steam Works, and the Razer  Hydra Controller powered by  the revolutionary Sixense Motion tracking technology. Read the rest of this entry »

G4’s “X-Play” has announced the nominees for the ninth annual “X-Play Best of 2011 Awards” as selected by G4’s team of gaming experts.  In what will be remembered as one of the biggest years to date for the video game industry, the onslaught of shooters, sequels and sci-fi epics has lead to the culmination of 25 award categories including Best Shooter, Best Writing, and Best Animation.  Read the rest of this entry »