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The Business Development Bank of Canada’s venture capital arm will issue up to six million dollars in convertible notes over two years to graduates of FounderFuel, the Montreal-based startup accelerator program. Some 40 young enterprises from all over the country in the web, mobile, software as a service (SaaS), and gaming fields, will each be eligible for a $150 000 BDC convertible note upon their successful completion of FounderFuel’s 12-week, mentor-driven business “boot camp”. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Waterloo’s newest high-tech accelerator is showcasing some of the latest in interactive digital display technologies from an equally new ‘sandbox for serious play’ – the FELT Lab – throughout CDMN’s Canada 3.0 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

New Home Buyers Network (NHBN) has launched the first iPad app in Canada to make the hunt for new houses and condos in Ontario a whole lot easier. As Canada’s go-to source for online listings of new-build homes, NHBN sees the new app as a natural extension of its existing family of digital offerings that includes the popular homebuyers.com website. Read the rest of this entry »

The 4^thannual CDMN Canada 3.0 digital media forum has gotten off to an exciting start today with opening remarks from Governor General David Johnston from Brazil, an on-site keynote by Industry Minister Christian Paradis, keynotes by Canadian tech leaders, and the announcement of the 10th member ‘node’ to join the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN).  Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ) today officially joins regional centres of digital media entrepreneurship linked from coast-to-coast through the CDMN. Read the rest of this entry »

QuestChat, North America’s busiest chat line and one-stop destination for exciting phone connections with local singles, today raises the chat game by launching its premiere, free-to-download App for iPhone and Android platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

MaRS has announced the creation of JOLT, a new technology accelerator dedicated to building high-growth web and mobile companies that promise to transform the way consumers and enterprises connect, work and play. Housed in the MaRS Commons, JOLT will select up to 15 high-potential startups annually, providing them with space, seed financing and mentorship, as well as access to partners and some of the top angel and venture capital investors in the industry. The goal of the program is to accelerate market validation and, in turn, help these companies secure the capital and talent necessary to scale efficiently. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve got brand new screenshots from the PC version of Max Payne 3 from Rockstar Vancouver, along with updated details and system specifications. Developed in parallel with the game’s console versions, Max Payne 3 for PC supports DirectX11 including tessellation, as well as a number of additional advanced graphics options and is optimized to run across a wide range of PC setups. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft has announced the development of Might & Magic Duel of Champions, a new online free-to-play card game. A closed beta of the game is available now in France and other countries and regions will be added to the beta testing in the coming months. Read the rest of this entry »

As Sgt. James Heller would say, “It’s $#&*ing GO TIME!” Today, gamers the world over can head out to local retailers and pick up their copy of PROTOTYPE ^®2 for the Xbox 360^® and PlayStation^®3 in order to become the ultimate shape-shifting weapon and experience the epic showdown between Sgt. James Heller and Alex Mercer. Read the rest of this entry »

Enterprise electronic signature solutions developer Silanis has announced the enhanced Document Services functionality in Silanis e-Sign Enterprise™ 4.1. As organizations automate their customer-facing transactions, the question becomes how to securely collaborate and exchange electronic documents with customers, external business partners and even other departments that do not have access to the same systems – without the process falling back to paper, or opening up the network. Read the rest of this entry »