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Advertising agency henderson bas kohn has announced the launch of the Lorax-themed campaign “Let It Grow” on behalf of The Weather Network and Universal Studios to support The Nature Conservancy of Canada up to a total of $25,000 Canadian dollars. Read the rest of this entry »

For a 30^thconsecutive year, Montrealers and other festival visitors will be able to discover the world of media arts and art films at the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), thanks to support from the Government of Canada. This was reaffirmed today by the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. Read the rest of this entry »

Ivrnet Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and completed the previously announced transaction to acquire Calgary-based TxtMeNow mCommerce Inc. (“TxtMeNow”).  TxtMeNow is a recognized leader in helping North America’s leading brands to leverage text messaging, mobile websites, and data analytics into their marketing strategies. Read the rest of this entry »

Innovative motion technology developer D-BOX Technologies Inc. has signed its first agreement with Southern Theatres, LLC to install 25 D-BOX MFX Seats in The Amstar 14 in Dallas, Texas and 21 D-BOX MFX seats in The Grand 16 Slidell in Slidell, Louisiana. Read the rest of this entry »

Echoer, a free iPhone application that allows users to post and experience local thoughts, events and discoveries, launched today exclusively in the Canadian iTunes app store. The visual nature of the app makes it quick and simple to find out relevant, timely, and popular recommendations, news and opinions about local restaurants, bars, gigs and events – wherever people gather to share ideas and experiences. Read the rest of this entry »

EXFO has announced its successful participation in the first ever MultiService Forum VoLTE (voice over long-term evolution) Interoperability Event. EXFO’s test and monitoring solutions were an essential part of this event and were used to validate interoperability between dozens of 4G mobile network elements from multiple participating vendors. These interoperability tests helped show that VoLTE calls and supplementary services are a viable solution for providing voice services over LTE access, including roaming and interconnect scenarios. Read the rest of this entry »

By 2016, nearly four-fifths of 640 million mobile VoIP users will be making calls through apps downloaded on their smartphones, according to a recent report released by Juniper Research. While the mobile market has thus far been largely dominated by Apple iOS devices, Info Tech’s latest Android Market traffic numbers indicate its growth is four times faster than that of the Apple App store, making Android users an even more important target market for app developers. Read the rest of this entry »

IP-based multimedia communications solutions provider Media5 Corporation has announced the release of the new Media5-foneBBCom Edition. The BBCom Edition is an IMS MMTEL compliant softclient for iOS devices (iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod Touch®).  Read the rest of this entry »

Via the BC Government: The Film and Television Tax Credit Program (FTTC) provides refundable tax credits to eligible corporations that produce eligible film or video productions in British Columbia. The credits are for domestic productions with qualifying levels of Canadian content. Read the rest of this entry »

2012 is a key and festive year for 3D portable optical measurement technologies and 3D engineering services provider Creaform as the Canada-based company, founded in 2002, reaches 10 years of innovation, growth and success. Over the 10 past years, Creaform has grown from a 5-employee metrology services start-up to a 300-employee international company and major developer and manufacturer of 3D portable optical measurement technology and provider of 3D engineering services. Read the rest of this entry »