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Canadian daily deal site WagJag announced today that it has been selected by TELUS to provide an innovative loyalty program to TELUS wireless customers.  Throughout the duration of the program, eligible TELUS wireless customers will receive a complimentary $10 WagJag.com credit at the beginning of each month.  The credit can be used towards any WagJag purchase before month’s end. Unused credits expire at the end of each month and cannot be saved or rolled over to subsequent months. Read the rest of this entry »

Secret Location, the award-winning digital agency behind such projects as the Digital Emmy-nominated Endgame Interactive, is deep into building a cross-platform audience for King in advance of the show’s season two premiere on Showcase this Wednesday, February 29th at 9 p.m. et/pt. The audience building campaign is being launched via a six-part online video series and custom Facebook app built for the show by Secret Location.  Read the rest of this entry »

IAB Canada has announced that Jeff Rosenblum, co-President of Questus (iMedia US’s 2011 Ad Agency Of The Year) and “Naked Brand” filmmaker, will be the lead-off keynote speaker at IAB Canada’s MIXX Canada Conference, slated for March 27, 2012 at the Carlu Theatre in Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile risk management (MRM) company Fixmo and intelligent enterprise mobility solutions company AirPatrol, a US-based company with an R & D facility in Burnaby, have announced a technology partnership that will enable enterprises and government agencies to actively protect their mobile devices and maintain corporate compliance through location-based policy controls and context-aware data protection capabilities. Read the rest of this entry »

Intelligent broadband network solutions provider for fixed and mobile operators Sandvine has announced that it is bringing its Network Policy Control solutions to ClearSky Technologies, a provider of hosted and managed mobile data solutions for 80 wireless carriers serving eight million subscribers, and Nex-Tech Wireless, a North American wireless operator.  These Sandvine customers were announced within the past six months. Read the rest of this entry »

Synchronica plc, a UK-based innovator in mobile messaging solutions with a research and development centre here in Canada, has announced new functionality within its flagship Unity product to provide on-the-fly translation between 53 languages. Powered by Ortsbo, users of Unity simply initiate a chat and then choose their preferred Ortsbo-supported language. Messages which are sent and received as part of the chat are then instantly and seamlessly translated without requiring any further user intervention. Read the rest of this entry »

Without a doubt, the most competitive street in the country is Toronto’s Bay Street.   On February 29^th, it’ll be lawyer against lawyer; broker against broker; banker against banker as teams compete for the highest Scrabble score to raise money for literacy. This year’s SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge is on target to be a record breaker for Frontier College with more teams (60), a bigger venue (Sony Centre), and a goal to raise over $350,000 for Frontier College’s literacy programs. Read the rest of this entry »

With the increasing popularity of smartphones, tablets and social media sites, many Canadians are concerned that they may become a victim of fraud. Fraudsters have sophisticated ways of stealing or tricking consumers into revealing personal information through these online channels. Read the rest of this entry »

Destiny Media Technologies has provided an update on the development of its second generation playerless streaming video solution, which will eliminate the need for publishers to maintain separate streaming hardware and various video formats to reach their audience. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is hosting a national event on the future of the Internet in Canada with a full audience at the Westin Ottawa. If you’re not able to attend, you can follow the Twitter hashtag #CIRAif for live tweets. Read the rest of this entry »