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Today’s launch of the new PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond game for the Wii console invites players on a new Pokémon adventure. Pikachu and his Pals – Oshawott, Snivy and Tepig – must work together to discover the secrets of the mysterious Wish Park and save missing Pokémon. Read the rest of this entry »

Journalists for Human Rights has partnered with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) to bring DocFest to Montreal. DocFest is an annual film festival coordinated by JHR that showcases documentary films on rights media – compelling stories that foreground human rights issues across the globe. It will run from March 2^nd– 3^rdshowcasing short and feature length documentaries at the Cinéma du Parc theatre on 3575 Park Avenue. Read the rest of this entry »

Since the start of her meteoric rise to stardom in 2006, Coco Rocha has taken the fashion world by storm. Now, Rocha will lend her beauty expertise to a new audience as host of the all-new, digital, reality series from Rogers Media and L’Oréal Canada, Canada’s Best Beauty Talent. This six-part original web series highlights the nation’s most promising hair and makeup artists as they compete for the coveted tile of Canada’s Best Beauty Talent. The webisodes will debut this April following the Canada’s Got Talent television broadcasts on Citytv. Additional details will be revealed in the coming weeks.  Read the rest of this entry »

In honour of Fraud Prevention Month, Visa Canada has released survey results revealing different generations of Canadians have habits that put them at greater risk for fraud. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »