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Vancouver Film School’s 2012 Game Design Expo organizers would like to remind you that the deadline for their Call For Speakers (PDF) for Industry Day on January 21st is this Sunday, October 16th. They are looking for experienced game industry professionals who want to share their expertise and passion with the greater community. The Game Design Expo Industry Speaker Day will take place at the Vancouver International Film Centre, which is located at 1181 Seymour Street.

According to the 2011 RBC Small Business Survey conducted by RBC and Ipsos Reid, Canadian entrepreneurs say the most important pieces of advice that they would give to other entrepreneurs to help them grow their businesses are:

1) develop an effective business plan – 44%
2) manage your time well – 43%
3) engage in networking – 38% Read the rest of this entry »

D-Link Canada has announced the availability of the latest products in the Amplifi™ family of high-performance home networking solutions, the Whole Home Router 1000 (DIR-645) and HD Media Router 2000 (DIR-827). Leveraging innovative new technologies for consumer routers, these products offer a range of features, such as SmartBeam™ smart antennas for whole home coverage, HD Fuel® for enhanced HD video streaming and USB 3.0 for blazing fast data transfers and media streaming. Read the rest of this entry »

One of history’s greatest inventors and artists is featured in a new exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre. Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop: The Exhibition, presented by Barilla Canada Inc., features unique models of Leonardo’s inventions, incredible technology that allows visitors to interact with his notebooks (codices) and digital versions of iconic pieces such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Making its Canadian premiere today, the exhibition runs until March 18, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent developer JoshOClock has released an updated version of ‘Burn The City’ for the Android™. In this physics-based action puzzler, currently ranking #27 in the Casual Games category, and #158 in paid games overall, you play the role an adorable creature born to an empty nest because the evil humans have kidnapped your family, and obviously, revenge must be taken! Similar in style, and combining the best of games such as Angry Birds™ and Worms™, this awesome action puzzler has previously been released on PC through Kongregate, and also exists for the iOS. Read the rest of this entry »

American corporation Zoo Entertainment, Inc. has announced that its subsidiary indiePub has formed a partnership with Connecticut-based 5381 Partners to support the release of its Android All-Stars prepaid retail card program, which will be distributed this holiday season to thousands of retail locations in United States and Canada, including Target, Toys R’ Us, Sam’s Club, Rogers Mobile and numerous others. Android All-Stars is being powered by indiePub’s proprietary digital delivery system which includes an Android client that also offers access to other All-Stars Android games. Read the rest of this entry »

Hothead Games has launched Gem King,which I thought was a new title – until I went and looked at the iTunes page for the game. Instead, it appears that it is a copy of Kickin’ Momma, a game which I thoroughly enjoy (and paid for), with a different name and a few updates. Kickin’ Momma has been removed from the App Store, and now this free duplicate is not compatible (and thus not downloadable) to my second generation iPod Touch, so apparently the “coming soon” screen on the 4th level of my Kickin’ Momma game will forever be empty – and the enjoyment I had in playing the game has been gutted. Read the rest of this entry »

ViXS Systems Inc. recently announced that ViXS’ XCode 4000 family of media processors are now being deployed in Toshiba’s latest High Definition (HD) TVs.  The XCode 4000 dual-stream HD to HD transcoding media processing system on chip (SoC) solution is shipping in all Toshiba’s Regza Z3 and ZP3 3D TV LCD models. Read the rest of this entry »

Software company OpenText has been selected a Top 100 Employer in Canada by editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers project for the 2012 competition. OpenText was also named in mid-September as a Top Employer for Young People in a special category of the Canada’s Top 100 Employers recognition for the second year in a row. Read the rest of this entry »