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SmartSource.com is one of the most popular online couponing sites in the US, with 10 years of experience and millions of coupons redeemed. Until now, Canadian consumers looking to save money on everyday products were mostly limited to coupon inserts in their local paper, the arrival of coupon packs in the mail, or the delayed gratification of third party savings sites. To provide Canadian families the savings they need when they need them, News Marketing Canada, the company behind the SmartSource brand of consumer savings products and services, has launched SmartSource.ca, a website devoted to providing instantly available printable coupons on hundreds of products, ranging from food items to household goods to electronics and more. Read the rest of this entry »

CBC has announced significant new initiatives to improve local services for thousands of Canadians across the country, continuing its “Everyone, Every Way” strategic plan unveiled earlier this year. New radio and internet services will be introduced for the London and Kitchener-Waterloo areas of Ontario and new weekend news programming will be introduced in Edmonton, Ottawa, the Maritimes and St. John’s through the spring and fall of 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

CIBC Mellon has announced the Canadian release of Workbench^SM Mobile for the iPad®, a new app enabling the firm’s institutional clients to authorize instructions and securely view key reports and account information while on-the-go. To access the new app, registered CIBC Mellon Workbench users can download Workbench Mobile at the App Store through the BNY Mellon Connect^SM Mobile portal. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal software publisher Strategy First Inc. has announced a publishing partnership with Berlin studio Just A Game GmbH for the 3rd person shooter title Deep Black. Strategy First will publish Deep Black to North American retail outlets as well as work with Just A Game on a worldwide digital release strategy for Deep Black with all participating outlets. Strategy First and Just A Game will provide further updates about some of the innovations that they are bringing to Deep Black that will allow Gamers an opportunity to experience the game on a whole new level. Read the rest of this entry »

The Langley Social Media Meetup Group and We Make Stuff Happen are hosting two events this week with guest speaker Kevin Knebl, dubbed “the most recommended man on LinkedIn. The first is a Meetup tonight at the Guildford Sheraton, which is located at 15269 104th Avenue in Surrey. Tickets are $39.20 (+HST) per person, and the doors open at 7:00 p.m. Your ticket price includes a copy of Kevin’s latest book, The Social Media Sales Revolution. Read the rest of this entry »

EA BioWare™ has announced the opening of a state-of-the-art customer service center in Galway, Ireland. The new facility, BioWare’s first outside of North America, will provide 24/7 support for Star Wars™: The Old Republic^™, the award-winning story-driven massively multiplayer online game from BioWare and LucasArts. BioWare Ireland is recruiting another 200 jobs in preparation for one of the biggest game launches of the year. Star Wars: The Old Republic will be released in North America this December 20th. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile game developer XMG Studio and the National Post are calling all Canadian college and university students to bring their game-ideas to life at Great Canadian Appathon². Over the weekend of September 30 “HUBS”, where students can gather, will be set up at over 20 participating colleges and universities, across the country, to give student game developers and designers the chance to work around the clock and compete for $50,000 in prize money.

Similar to the Great Canadian Appathon, the largest ‘hackathon’ to be held in Canada, GCA² guarantees participants 48 hours of intense fun, meeting new people, learning stuff, and building a game on top of the world’s leading mobile API’s. Some of the talented designers and developers from XMG will be on-site at the major universities’ “HUBS” to motivate and mentor the teams. All other coders can rely on a 48-hour support line for questions and advice on how to work with the latest interfaces. Read the rest of this entry »

N-able Technologies®, a provider of remote monitoring and management (RMM) automation software for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT departments, has announced the general availability of N-central 8.1, its next-generation managed services technology platform.

Now available worldwide, the new N-central 8.1 RMM automation platform offers industry-first VMware remote monitoring and delivers valuable new Scheduled Task improvements along with automated warranty expiration monitoring. Technicians “on the go” will also appreciate the new N-central mobile app now supporting the Android mobile platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Calgary’s Nexen Inc. has announced that at high noon on Wednesday, September 28th, staff will attempt to break the Guinness Record for the “World’s Largest Gathering of People Dressed As Superman.” The record-breaking attempt, which will be held at the Nexen Lobby and Century Gardens, will kick off the Nexen 2011 United Way “Be a Superhero” campaign in heroic style by bringing together 289 or more Nexen employees dressed as Superman. Read the rest of this entry »

Provider of information technology and business process services CGI Group Inc. has announced its plans to develop an SAP Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Regina, creating at least 70 highly skilled IT jobs and building on CGI’s commitment to growth in Western Canada.

In partnership with SaskTel, Saskatchewan’s leading telecom provider, and through the CoE, CGI will provide IT services, including application management, project consulting and delivery and infrastructure management to clients in Saskatchewan and Western Canada. Read the rest of this entry »