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27th June 2013

Internationally Renowned Jury Members Evaluate Canada’s Innovative Digital Interactive Projects

Canada Media FundA jury of nine renowned individuals in the digital media sphere met in Toronto yesterday and today to evaluate innovative Canadian digital media projects that applied for production support from the Canada Media Fund’s Experimental Stream. The goal of the jury is to provide an external perspective on innovation as well as assess the experience of the production and creative teams with regards to their capacity to deliver the project. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th June 2013

Gaargle Launches Cloud-Based Dental Software Dovetail

mini-orbyGaargle Solutions Inc. today announced the launch of Dovetail, a cloud-based-mobile EMR and practice management software, built to streamline and facilitate the work of dental professionals. The solution was envisioned by Dr. Pietro Di Battista, a Montreal-based periodontist, who became frustrated with the broken processes imposed by existing software platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th June 2013

Ubisoft Activates Watch Dogs WeareData

ubisoft canadaUbisoft announced the launch of Watch DogsWeareData, an experiential website designed to gather and graph the publicly available data that govern people’s lives in a single location. WeareData is initially available for the cities of Berlin, London and Paris. In Watch Dogs, the highly anticipated open world action game from Ubisoft, the fictionalized city of Chicago is run by a Central Operating System (CTOS), linking all of the city’s online infrastructures and public security installations to one centralized hub. Information is at the heart of the game and also at the heart of WeareData. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th June 2013

CDMN Summer 2013 Update

CDMNVia Newsletter: Continuing the momentum from last month’s Canada 3.0 2013 conference, the Canadian Digital Media Network is busy at home and abroad, helping create jobs, companies and wealth through digital media for Canada.  With summer upon us, the CDMN has a new cohort of businesses going international through the Outbound Soft-Landing Program. The nine companies will visit myriad international markets from Shanghai to Brazil, to make important connections, and close lucrative business deals. To keep track of Soft-Landing Program companies past and present, they have launched a new interactive soft landing map on the CDMN website that allows you to learn about the landing sites across the globe and the Canadian companies that have gone there. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th June 2013

HootSuite Adds RSS Syndicator Solution For Social Content Curation

HootSuiteGoogle Reader may be shutting down, but don’t count RSS out of the game just yet.  As the video below explains, the smartest social media practitioners are using RSS in totally new ways. When you’re under pressure to push content through your social channels, the number one challenge is producing high quality, relevant content. The HootSuite Syndicator can help by providing you with a library of content that you can selectively choose to share. Discovering new content with RSS is easier than ever before, with the latest version of the Hootlet, which now supports adding RSS feeds from your favorite websites as streams in the HootSuite dash. Read the rest of this entry »

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26th June 2013

Body Break Fitness Icons Hal And Joanne Join The Amazing Race Canada

CTV CTV cleared two more teams today for takeoff for The Amazing Race Canada, the hottest competition series of the summer. Hosted by Olympic Champion Jon Montgomery (@jrmonty12), the next two teams joining seven others at the starting line in the awe-inspiring, all-Canadian race around the country are married “Body Break” fitness icons Hal and Joanne, from Oakville and Holly and Brett, married doctors from Montreal, who are as sharp as scalpels and have studied The Race for years. Previously announced teams include dating couple Kristen and Darren, brothers Jody and Cory, twins Treena and Tennille, and two sets of best friends – Jet and Dave, and Jamie and Pierre. All teams will compete for the historic half a million dollar grand prize with the final two pairings announced tomorrow (June 27). Set to anchor CTV’s Summer 2013 schedule, The Amazing Race Canada airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT beginning July 15 on CTV and live on CTV Mobile visit CTV online to confirm local broadcast times). Read the rest of this entry »

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26th June 2013

CTV Announces MasterChef Canada Casting Details

CTV Get online and get cooking Canada! Aspiring chefs and foodies across the country have been salivating at the prospect of being crowned Canada’s first MasterChef since the announcement that CTV ordered MasterChef Canada for a winter 2014 debut. Beginning today, Canadians can go online and submit an application for their chance to be a part of the Canadian version of the internationally acclaimed series. Deadline for entries is Thursday, July 25. Read the rest of this entry »

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26th June 2013

July 12-14 Game Jam Will Challenge Gender Stereotypes In Gaming

mini-orbyiamagamer, a new organization that arranges game jams around social causes, seeks to challenge gender stereotypes in gaming with their inaugural event kicking off July 12 in Vancouver. This collaborative development marathon will bring together game developers, designers, artists, and students to create video games with female protagonists, from scratch, over a 48-hour period. Read the rest of this entry »

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26th June 2013

New PowerBinder Executive Portfolio-Tablet Charger From PowerStick

powerstickOttawa’s PowerStick Inc. has begun shipping the next generation of its solar-powered portable charging solutions – the PowerBinder. Designed and engineered with the power and reliability of PowerStick products, the PowerBinder turns an executive leather portfolio into a full-service mobile command centre. It features solar powered technology, flash memory for data storage, and additional storage space for handouts, brochures, and smart devices. A CES 2013 Innovations & Engineering Award winner, the PowerBinder enables complete control of technology anytime, anywhere. Read the rest of this entry »

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26th June 2013

RPG Comic Looking For Group To Get Official Video Game

blind ferretAfter 6 years of success as a webcomic, Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza are thrilled to announce that Looking For Group has a new video game adaptation currently in pre-production with Netherlands-based developer Paladin Studios. LFG & The Fork of Truth is a 4-player co-op RPG set in the world of Looking For Group. It is a top-down button masher that will allow fans of the comic an unprecedented opportunity to explore the world and play as the characters that they have come to love. A crowdfunding campaign was launched on June 20 on Kickstarter to secure funds, and over $50,000 was raised in the first 24 hours. Read the rest of this entry »

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