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CTV and Whizbang Films have announced that production is underway on the new CTV Original Movie, Horses Of McBride. The two-hour movie is inspired by the heart-wrenching true story of how the community of McBride, B.C. pulled together to rescue two starving horses trapped on a mountainside during Christmas 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

Edmonton is home to the Greater Edmonton Regional Technology Alliance, Canada’s first and only grouping of incubators that nourishes the growth of emerging knowledge-based companies and coordinates the region’s business incubators. Read the rest of this entry »

Some big news for fans of arcade-style gaming and awesome content recently came across my desk. Ontario indie developer Arctic Empire is serving up a massive update for its “Tetris-meets-Bejewled” title Burger Joint. Read the rest of this entry »

Redknee Solutions Inc., an Ontario-based  provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications service providers, and Tech Mahindra, a global systems integrator and business transformation consulting organization focused on the communications industry with offices in Canada, has announced the availability of Telco-in-a-Box, a solution that will provide MVNO/Es with a low-risk, flexible approach that can be launched to the market in weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

Knightscove Media Corp., a Canadian distributor of family entertainment, announced today the execution of the definitive agreements regarding its acquisition of fifty-one percent (51%) of Toronto-based FDR Media Group Inc., a Canadian diversity-focused media company, broadcasting original and library HD programming in both Hindi and English. Knightscove previously announced its intention to acquire FDR on August 2^ND, 2011. The transaction is subject to formal regulatory approval from both the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and the TSX Venture Exchange. Read the rest of this entry »

Markham-based Qdata inc. and the Viascan Group Inc. of Montreal are entering into a definitive merger agreement creating Canada’s leading company in the barcoding, RFID, and wireless networking industry. Read the rest of this entry »

With the release of MyAjaxApp.com, a new opportunity for supporting data-driven Ajax applications is launched. MyAjaxApp.com is now providing an easy, affordable and scalable way to construct a database that is instantly available for JavaScript programmers. This system is aimed towards small to medium sized companies who have been unable to build or use a database system, due to cost, infrastructure and technical barriers. Read the rest of this entry »

Real time, experiential social communications platform provider Ortsbo accelerated to more than 107 Million Unique users for the 30 day period of January 25, 2012 to February 23, 2012. The actual results of 107,771,092 Unique Users for the period represents an increase of 167% since Ortsbo’s last reported results on November 10, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Research In Motion Limited subsidiary QNX Software Systems Limited, a provider of software platforms for connected embedded systems, has announced new preferred partnerships with LS Research and Silex Technology to develop and co-market wireless connectivity solutions for embedded systems based on the award-winning QNX^® Neutrino^®Realtime Operating System (RTOS). Read the rest of this entry »

Building on its success as a specialized IT services investment firm in the United States, Technology Capital Investors (TCI) announced today it has broadened its reach into Canada — opening a new office in the Toronto area as TCI Canada.  Read the rest of this entry »