Village Gamer

It’s Gumball time again as celebrities and supercars converge on Times Square to participate in the annual Gumball 3000 Rally. On Friday 25th May over 100 amazing vehicles will set off from Times Square on a 3000 mile journey from ‘sea to shining sea’ across North America all the way to the finish line in Los Angeles in just 7 days. The Gumball brings its own unique brand of entertainment to each city, hosting incredible car displays, music concerts and VIP parties with a line up of stars and cars that is unsurpassed. Read the rest of this entry »

The first ever JFL42, in association with Air Canada, will kick off in Toronto this fall. From September 21-28th, this unique festival will celebrate 42 of the funniest, most innovative and contemporary things from Toronto and around the world. The first of “the 42”, and the headliner, Louis CK will perform four concerts at the Sony Centre. The other 41 selections will include a variety of performances, attractions, and experiences with cool stars, small stars and soon-to-be stars in comedy and the arts, in various venues across the city. Read the rest of this entry »

Launched by award-­-winning mobile video game developer XMG Studio Inc., Fashion Star Boutique brings the hottest trends from the runways of the fashion world and incorporates them into a seriously fun game for smartphones and tablets. Fashion Star Boutique inspires aspiring designers to create their own fashion line and manage their very own store. Read the rest of this entry »

Slant Six Games is pleased to announce the launch of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Spec Ops DLC Expansion Pack 2 including Missions 5-7 and three new multiplayer maps  for release on Xbox360® and Playstation 3®. The DLC Expansion Pack 2 allows players to experience the outbreak of the T-virus in the role of Spec Op members: Tweed, Dee-ay, Harley, Willow, Shona or Party Girl. Read the rest of this entry »

The Royal Ontario Museum recently added digital book scanning technology from Ristech, making use of the Book2net Spirit high-resolution, energy-efficient digital book scanner in the library’s reading room. The Museum’s affiliation with the University of Toronto library system will enable university faculty and students to also benefit from the Book2net Spirit, which can help museums and libraries save time, money and energy while reducing environment footprint by eliminating the need for photocopiers, paper and toner. Read the rest of this entry »

Wishpond Technologies Ltd., a Vancouver-based provider of social commerce solutions, is announcing the launch of Mall360, a unique service that allows malls and shopping centers to provide their shoppers with a browsable, searchable, shareable online product discovery application across multiple channels: web, social and mobile. Read the rest of this entry »

MonkeyMedia Software, a Vancouver-based provider of complete catering solutions for multi-unit restaurant operators, is pleased to announce the winners of its Restaurant Leadership Conference T-shirt contest that took place in March. Visitors to the MonkeyMedia Software tradeshow booth were given personalized T-shirts, featuring the company’s creative tagline “Get Catering and Grow Sales!™”. Read the rest of this entry »

Confirmit, an Oslo-based global software provider for Customer Experience, Employee Engagement and Market Research, today confirmed the final speaker line-up for its global 2012 Mobile Research roadshow. Market Research and Customer Experience professionals who seek to implement or improve their mobile engagement strategies can register online for one of the three events. Read the rest of this entry »

Web-based driver risk management solutions provider AlertDriving has announced that the company’s FleetDefense^SM platform now takes advantage of the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ to optimize performance for end users around the globe. Read the rest of this entry »

New York-based audience buying company Xaxis continues its global expansion with the launch today of its first office in Canada. Digital ad executive Rodney Perry has been named managing director, Canada to lead the new Toronto office, which will provide clients with audience planning and buying solutions to connect with consumers throughout the Canadian market. Read the rest of this entry »