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Canadian On-demand eCommerce platform provider OrderDynamics™ has announced Highly Integrated Virtual Environment (H.I.V.E™) technology partner ShopSocially, a California-based social media platform that improves engagement, decision and conversion between consumers and retailers, recently helped multi-channel Canadian retailer Walking on a Cloud increase their overall social media fanbase by more than 70% over the course of two weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based MyDJTube.com was designed to bring DJs and their fans together, via one-of-a-kind online technology and social sharing features. Just over a month into its existence, MyDJTube.com has accomplished that goal and then some. The site, which debuted in June, reports that its first month exceeded all expectations—and that new developments are in the works to appeal to an even greater range of music lovers, while offering increased value to the DJs and the fans alike. Read the rest of this entry »

Robert Hart, President and CEO of the Canadian Cloud Council, is pleased to announce that Industry Canada has issued the organization a “Certification of Incorporation” that formally incorporates the Canadian Cloud Council Association as a Canadian national not-for-profit.   The issuance of this certificate will be listed in the next Corporations Canada’s online Monthly Transactions report. Read the rest of this entry »

TFcon – Canada’s Transformers Collectors Convention – returns July 27-29, 2012 to the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre in Mississauga for its 10th anniversary. The convention’s organizers are happy to announce they will be holding their first ever charity auction July 28th for Make-A-Wish Canada. The charity auction will feature many great unique items and we hope our community will help raise as much as possible for the Make-A-Wish foundation. Read the rest of this entry »

THQ and Relic Entertainment have announced that its award-winning upcoming strategy game Company of Heroes^® 2 will feature innovative weather condition simulating technology never seen before in the Strategy game genre. Any historian will attest to the huge role the brutal Soviet winter played in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II and this is now realistically simulated in-game thanks to Relic Entertainment’s new Essence™ Engine 3.0 and its ColdTech system. Read the rest of this entry »

Kidela, a dynamic new multimedia company that brings entrepreneurs, companies and great ideas together to tell their stories, is pleased to announce the end of their beta test and the official launch of its website. Through insightful interviews, columns and reports, Kidela shares fascinating insights into the pursuit of success while conveying the stories of inspired companies and not-for-profit groups. Read the rest of this entry »

Education software specialist NetSupport Canada has announced the immediate availability of NetSupport School version 11 – the latest evolution of its market-leading classroom management solution. Version 11 adds to the product’s unrivalled range of PC monitoring, instant assessment and collaboration tools with over 200 new and updated features – all wrapped in a totally refreshed interface that ensures teachers have instant access to all key features. Read the rest of this entry »

As athletes from around the world prepare to compete in London, workplaces in Canada appear to be hosting competitions of their own, a new OfficeTeam survey suggests. Four in ten of the senior managers interviewed said they believe employees are more competitive with each other today than they were 10 years ago. These results mirror those from a similar survey of senior executives conducted in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

THQ has announced Ron Moravek has been appointed Executive Vice President, Production reporting directly to THQ President, Jason Rubin. Moravek joins THQ’s management team as the company is moving quickly to embrace new strategic business models, digitally connected experiences, and a more focused, high-quality game slate. Read the rest of this entry »

Need for Speed™ World, the free-to-play, massively multiplayer online (MMO) racing game from Electronic Arts, turns two years old today and celebrates with a brand new reveal or free item giveaway each day this week until Friday, July 27. To kick things off, today’s goodies include: Read the rest of this entry »