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Game Publisher 505 Games has announced that Naughty Bear Panic in Paradise, the new action-adventure game from Behaviour Interactive starring everyone’s favourite sociopathic Teddy Bear, will make its debut this October 10th on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® and PlayStation®Network. You are invited to join our favourite anti-hero on Paradise Island as he tracks down his hit list of bears across 11 all-new, expanded locations and making full use of his brand new combat system, special attacks and ultra-kills galore. Read the rest of this entry »

Digital Emmy® Award-winning game developer Secret Location, in conjunction with Fresh TV Inc. and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), the commercial and brand extension arm of FremantleMedia, are taking a bite out of vampire-genre apps with the release of Humans VS Vampires, the official app for the hit show, My Babysitter’s a Vampire. Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung Electronics Canada Inc. has announced the launch of the ES9000 LED TV, Samsung’s latest ultra-premium television offering in Canadian retail locations. With an MSRP of $9 999.00 CAD, the unit features a 75-inch monolithic screen and an exquisite rose gold floating bezel, Samsung’s best television to date is now available at select Canadian retailers. Read the rest of this entry »

An authoritative, evidence-based assessment of the state of science and technology in Canada has found that Canadian science and technology is healthy and growing in both output and impact. Over the past five years, real improvements have occurred in the magnitude and quality of Canadian science and technology. A newly released report by the Council of Canadian Academies entitled, The State of Science and Technology in Canada, 2012 (PDF) provides a thorough analysis of the scientific disciplines and technological applications where Canada excels in a global context. Read the rest of this entry »

California-based digital video advertising solutions provider BrightRoll, in conjunction with IAB Canada, has released its 2012 Canada Video Advertising Report. The second annual study, which gathers insight from more than 100 advertising executives at top agencies across Canada, addresses emerging trends in digital advertising and highlights significant changes taking place within the industry. Read the rest of this entry »

Angoss Software Corporation as announced the availability of KnowledgeEXCELERATOR, a powerful visual data discovery and prediction tool for business analysts and knowledge workers who commonly use Microsoft® Excel to analyze and understand their business data. Marketers, managers and business intelligence users continue to mine for valuable insight hidden in the voluminous data within their businesses to improve revenue performance and make actionable decisions. These users require affordable tools that allow them to easily understand, visualize and uncover the predictive power of their data without relying on quantitative analysts or statisticians to perform this analysis. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN), in partnership with its nodes across Canada, has announced the official launch of its Soft-Landing Program which enables companies to explore and capitalize on global business opportunities. Participants in the pilot phase of the program have already had success over the past eight months and, with today’s official launch, CDMN announces support for up to 20 companies to participate in the next program round starting in January, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s sliding global competitiveness ranking is due to its weak innovation performance, according to a Conference Board of Canada analysis of World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index 2012-13. Overall, Canada’s ranking declined to 14th place in 2012 – from 12th place in 2011 and 10th place in 2010. But in the sub-area of innovation and business sophistication factors, Canada fell six places from 15^th to 21^st – no other top-ranked country dropped nearly as much. Read the rest of this entry »

TELETOON Canada Inc. announced yesterday that the recently launched popular kids animation channel Cartoon Network and its late night, young adult counterpart Adult Swim, are available to Bell subscribers as of today, Thursday, September 27, 2012. Cartoon Network is offered on Bell Satellite TV’s channel 564 and Bell FIBE TV’s channels 567 and 1567 in the Family 1 and Best packages. The channel is available as a Free Preview offering to Bell Satellite TV and Bell FIBE TV subscribers from September 27, 2012 to December 31, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

With TEDxVancouver 2012 just over three weeks away, the organization is thrilled to announce four additional speakers to its existing lineup. Two more rounds of speakers will be announced before TEDxVancouver 2012 takes place at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Vancouver on Sunday, October 21. Presenters at TEDxVancouver are handpicked for their inspired thinking, and in the TED tradition, each is challenged to offer their audience an idea worth sharing in “the talk of their life” in 18 minutes or less. It is with great excitement that we present the next four speakers for TEDxVancouver 2012. Read the rest of this entry »