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Now in its ninth year, SES Toronto, the global Internet marketing education and training event being held June 11-13, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Toronto, offers Canadian Internet marketers two brand new specific Canadian panel sessions. Conquering the Growing Canadian Affiliate Marketing Industry will examine the growing retail merchant channel and how to accommodate Canadian affiliate partnerships. Made in Canada: Marketing Online Worldwide will focus on how to balance Canadian and American content challenges and compete in the U.S. market as a Canadian business and not lose your Canadian online presence. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2012 Research Money Conference will take a hard look at the new innovation policies that emerge from the federal budget. Today and tomorrow at the Minto Suites in Ottawa, some of Canada’s leading innovation thinkers and practitioners will look beyond the money and assess the overall impact on future business success in Canada’s knowledge economy.  Read the rest of this entry »

Ganz, creator of Webkinz World™, the original kids’ online world, is excited to introduce a game-changing innovation in family-friendly virtual fun: Webkinz Friends™ on Facebook.  Now teen and adult Webkinz™ fans can play the new Webkinz Friends social game, growing their Webkinz Friends family and creating the Kinzville of their dreams. Read the rest of this entry »

Attendees at Discovery 12 were given the chance to touch and be touched by ShadowSense™, a new Canadian-born technology. Nytric™ and its sister company Baanto™, makers of the world’s largest and most intuitive multi-touch screen technology, showcased this revolutionary touchscreen experience at the Discovery 12 Conference and Showcase, which was held in Toronto earlier this week.
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Interactive entertainment company Ludia Inc. has announced its debut in publishing activities with the signing of a new publishing deal with Brisbane-based video game studio Red Sprite Studios. Ludia and Red Sprite Studios are currently working together to bring the ‘Save Our Village’ game to various platforms starting this summer. ‘Save Our Village’ is the first publishing deal for Ludia, but the company plans on taking on more projects in the near future. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a partner cross-post written by The Outcast of Canadian Online Gamers, who was invited to EA Canada in late April to get a early look at FIFA 13.  Although we didn’t get any hands on time we were treated to a very detailed presentation (with some video included) of what some of the changes are coming for some of the main gameplay features in the next iteration of this long running sports franchise.   There is no doubt that last year FIFA 12 turned the world upside down in regards to how a soccer videogame can be as it had many new features and it earned accolades from media across the globe.  So as we sat down and listened to the start of the presentation, I wondered how in the world they could make FIFA 13 a better game then last years version. Read the rest of this entry »

marblemedia has announced that the site for its hit kids’ game show Splatalot has become the highest performing digital media property in the company’s history. The site offers an exciting variety of fun, interactive games that go hand in hand with the TV series. Launched in 2011, the site has become home to Splatalot fans from around the globe and has seen games played an outstanding total of over 33 million times. marblemedia will be attending and speaking at the 2012 INplay conference being held today and tomorrow in Toronto, showcasing the best of interactive kids media from around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Ontario game developer Game Pill is creating a new side-scrolling adventure Supergame based on the international hit children’s animated comedy series Almost Naked Animals, produced and distributed by 9 Story Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »

328 of the brightest minds in Canada speed-networked their way to setting the newest Guinness World Record in the Most People Attending a Business Speed Networking Event – Single Venue category at the Discovery 12 conference hosted by Ontario Centres of Excellence. Read the rest of this entry »

EXFO Inc. announced today the launch of the MaxTester 610 Copper Test Set and MaxTester 635 Copper, DSL and Multiplay Test Set, the most powerful, intelligent and cost-effective VDSL2 installation and repair testers currently on the market. The newest additions to EXFO’s expanding copper access test offering, the MAX-610 and MAX-635 help service providers deploy the latest ADSL2+ and VDSL2 technology while keeping costs in check. Read the rest of this entry »