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iStockphoto has officially opened Feast, a new online community for creatives. Feast provides abundant helpings of inspiration from a diverse group of designers, photographers, directors, writers, marketing professionals and more. Feast’s centerpiece is a unique public mentorship between cutting-edge leaders in diverse fields such as photojournalist Mario Tama and writer, director and producer Kirby Ferguson, and protégés who apply to work with them online. In pre-launch, 25,000 people registered for Feast and 300 applied to be October protégés. Read the rest of this entry »

EA Sports™ NBA JAM: On Fire Edition – an all-new, full-product digital download – is now available to purchase for $14.99 on PlayStation®Network and 1200 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE® Arcade. NBA JAM: On Fire Edition features exciting new gameplay enhancements, including ground-breaking artificial intelligence (AI), all-new online modes, and the legendary Tim Kitzrow bringing more unforgettable calls. In addition, outside of the 30 current NBA teams, gamers will have the ability to select from a host of secret teams, unlockable characters, mascots, legendary and international players. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s Annex Pro would like to invite you to attend an informative evening with The Foundry on October 11th. This free event (please pre-register) will be held at the VFS Cafe, which is located at 390 West Hastings Street, near Homer Street. The  doors will open at 5:30p.m. for some networking and refreshments, which will be followed by The Foundry presentations.
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Learn360, an interactive media-on-demand service for the K-12 education market, has signed a new contract with Surrey School District 36, the largest and fastest growing district in BC. The contract was signed following a yearlong district pilot with Learn360. Concurrently, BC has embarked on a Province wide Pilot Project managed by the Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium (ERAC) in which districts across the Province are testing top streaming video systems, including Learn360, in their classrooms. The district has 125 schools and 74,000 students. Read the rest of this entry »

Capcom Vancouver’s latest chapter in the Dead Rising 2 story, Off The Record, comes to  PlayStation3, Xbox 360 and PC on October 11th. To get you ready for the return of Frank West, check out this all-new trailer featuring everyone’s beloved hero Frank West.  The new, “Off the Record” storyline means an all new Dead Rising 2 experience – Frank will face off against more twisted enemies, build more outrageous combo weapons, follow his own unique mission structure and explore brand new areas of Fortune City to get his biggest scoop yet. Read the rest of this entry »

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is launching the fifth edition of Get Animated! from October 22 to November 6, 2011, and offering an expanded array of free animation screenings and activities in over 20 cities across Canada. Get Animated! is being presented by the NFB in partnership with local organizations, showcasing great animation on the big screen in YOUR community, in celebration of International Animation Day, October 28. Read the rest of this entry »

Winnipeg’s first and only makerspace, AssentWorks, will open on October 27th, and you’re invited to the party, which will take place from 4:00p.m. until 8:00p.m.. AssentWorks will be a place where inventors, engineers, designers and business people can create practically anything using space-age and modern equipment. It is a public, non-profit organization, aimed at supporting and benefiting Manitoban business today, and in the future. Read the rest of this entry »

Presagia, a Montreal-based developer of SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions for workforce health and absence management, today announced the launch of SimplyLeave, an innovative and comprehensive leave management software for small and mid-sized employers. SimplyLeave is a SaaS solution that supports employers’ efforts to comply with the FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) and State Family and Medical Leave legislation. It comes pre-configured with standard State and Federal leave rules, best-practice workflows supported with wizards and auto-generating ‘next steps’, and leave letter templates. Read the rest of this entry »

CDI College is pleased to announce the recent opening of two new campuses in Mississauga and Scarborough in response to the growing demand for trained professionals throughout the province. Ontario’s rapidly evolving business, technology and healthcare sectors have created increased demand for well-trained candidates that can hit the ground running. As one of Canada’s premiere career-training providers, CDI College carefully develops its market-driven programs to help students build the skills currently in demand by Canada’s leading employers. Read the rest of this entry »

Hatsize, a Calgary-based cloud automation software provider for hands-on demos and training, has announced the general availability of its flagship product, Hatsize 3.11. Designed in collaboration with leading customers’ input, Hatsize 3.11 provides a new set of advanced capabilities to demo and train technology products to anyone, anytime, anywhere in the world as a hosted cloud service. Read the rest of this entry »