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The Find Chocolate! app has drawn more than 1,000 new subscribers since its official launch on November 7 of this year, following a soft launch earlier this summer, and with Christmas rapidly approaching, this app is sure to appeal to shoppers wanting to find the best for the chocoholics on their list. Read the rest of this entry »

NYRIUS® is proud to introduce the newest addition to its product line — the NAVS500 High Definition Digital Wireless Audio Video Sender. With home theater systems expanding to include multiple media devices, and with more people preferring to mount their TVs, dealing with cables has become an issue to contend with. NYRIUS has designed the Wireless Audio Video Sender in order to address this concern. It transmits a signal wirelessly from various media devices direct to an HDTV, allowing components to be arranged without the hassle of cables. Read the rest of this entry »

In line with its new strategic vision Fostering Cultural Success, Telefilm Canada will select a contingent of 20 export-ready independent Canadian game development companies to support and showcase during GDC 2012. This initiative is aimed at the promotion of Canadian talent in the interactive digital media industry. The application deadline for the Canada Program at GDC 2012 is December 13th. Read the rest of this entry »

The unique Anywhere Anytime (A²) licensing offered by Rove allows the user to use one license of Mobile Admin from many mobile devices. A²decouples Mobile Admin licensing from the user’s mobile environment. A² manages the settings, shortcuts and security so that users are able to seamlessly move between their mobile devices while dealing with issues. For example, IT pros can use an iPad while moving around their data center and facilities, and then switch to their Motorola RAZR on the bus ride home to check on status and triage outstanding issues. Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa should transform the Investment Canada Act to create a broader, more transparent foreign investment review regime to encourage investment inflows while protecting Canadian national interests, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.  In “Reforming the Investment Canada Act: Walk More Softly, Carry a Bigger Stick,” authors Philippe Bergevin and Daniel Schwanen say that Canada should scrap the “net benefit test” that now restricts inbound foreign investment. The authors argue that such an overhaul could help reverse Canada’s declining share of global foreign direct investment, and bring Canada in line with its more open peers. Read the rest of this entry »

eCoupons.ca has announced the acquisition of BoxingDay.ca for C$7,000 and launching of the new BoxingDay.ca website to help Canadians save money all year round.  According to DN Journal’s Year to Date Sales Charts, BoxingDay.ca was the fourth highest .CA domain name sold in 2011. Meanwhile, Cyber Boxing Day, Canada’s busiest online shopping day is only a few short weeks away on December 26. Read the rest of this entry »

The Women’s Executive Network (WXN) has announced the recipients of 2011 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards, celebrating the professional achievements of women across the country. Co-presented by Scotiabank and KPMG, Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards has become one of Canada’s most recognizable honours and is bestowed on Canada’s highest achieving female leaders in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. To date, 584 women across the country have received this distinction, including 83 women who have gone on to be inducted into Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Hall of Fame. Read the rest of this entry »

EA Mobile™ and The Tetris Company, LLC, have announced the launch of a re-imagined version of the globally popular puzzle game on the App Store^SM. The new Tetris® App, available now for the introductory price of $0.99, gives fans access to new features that give them revolutionary ways to play on their iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch®, including: Read the rest of this entry »

HBO Canada is going back into the heart of Winterpeg for the third season of the quirky, half-hour original comedy series, Less Than Kind. Opening with three back-to-back episodes on Sunday, January 15 at 8 p.m. ET/MT, the premiere will also include a special Memories of Maury featurette celebrating the late Maury Chaykin and his contributions to the series. Following its debut, new episodes premiere in their regular time slot, Sundays at 8:30 p.m. ET/MT on HBO Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re looking for the perfect gift this holiday season, and you want to make a difference, why not do both? “Give a Minute for Great TV” is a unique way to give a holiday gift and provide inspiring programming that makes a difference for kids, parents and all Ontarians. Read the rest of this entry »