In the remote mountains of Colorado, horrors wait inside Mount Massive Asylum. A long-abandoned home for the mentally ill, recently re-opened by the “research and charity” branch of the transnational Murkoff Corporation, has been operating in strict secrecy… until now. Read the rest of this entry »
Montreal startup Sky Motion Research Inc. has launched their new app, which gives minute by minute weather predictions on your Android and iOS devices as well as online in your browser. SkyMotion uses a proprietary 2-hour precipitation forecasting technology developed by Sky Motion Research called Nowcasting that automatically tracks and predicts all precipitation in the United States and Canada in real-time using Doppler weather radars and many other real-time weather observations. Read the rest of this entry »
Ubisoft has announced the creation of a map and texture pack for Minecraft inspired by the Far Cry 3 universe, which is to be released for free on PC on October 26, 2012. This pack allows users to explore and survive the Minecraft experience through the warped lens of Far Cry 3, with modifications to all aspects of the original game, including environments, weapons and tools. Read the rest of this entry »
Sam Girardin, CEO of Game On Audio is proud to announce the hiring of veteran Chuck Ghislandi as the new Motion and Animation Director. ‘’Adding Chuck to the team will allow Game On to continue growing the company’s motion capture division, which already has about ten games in production’’, says Mr. Girardin. Read the rest of this entry »
It was another bull’s eye for Vancouver-shot Arrow (pun intended) as 1.3 million viewers tuned in to its special CTV premiere Sunday night. Following its historic CTV Two debut Wednesday as the network’s most-watched series premiere on record (1.1 million viewers), Arrow delivered another million-plus audience to finish #4 for the night, behind only The Amazing Race (#1, 2.7 million viewers), Once Upon A Time (#2, 1.7 million viewers and another locally shot series) and The Mentalist (#3, 1.6 million viewers). Read the rest of this entry »
As the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (SJIWFF) kicks off its five-day festival with a screening of Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children, Telefilm Canada and the Canada Media Fund are encouraging more Canadians to get out and experience great Canadian talent and film. The sold-out event is expected to attract more than 1,000 people this evening. Established in 1989, the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival attracts over 4,000 participants and aims to promote and support women filmmakers. Over a five-day period, the SJIWFF will present a powerful international program of short films, documentaries, and feature works. Read the rest of this entry »
The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, today announced the Harper Government’s intention to introduce legislation creating the Canadian Museum of History, the first in a series of measures on the road to Canada’s 150thbirthday in 2017. In order to achieve this, the Harper Government plans to introduce amendments to the Museums Act to change the name and mandate of the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Minister Moore made the announcement at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in the presence of the Museum’s Board of Trustees, Museum staff, eminent Canadian historians, and members of historical associations from across Canada. Read the rest of this entry »
HootSuite has announced Command Centre, which is designed to help organizations get the most value from their social media management. The HootSuite Command Centre is an offering that will let companies, especially large enterprises, command and control all of their social activity. Command Centre gives social media teams the ability to monitor, measure and react to all online activity in real-time. Think of it as the “Situation Room” of a company, or if you prefer, as the command bridge of a company’s USS Enterprise. Read the rest of this entry »
Bill & Sons Towing, the ten?part comedic web series, is making its next stop on Apple devices as independent production company Ready, Set, Panic launches a dedicated app on the App Store. Bill & Sons Towing: The App brings users into the fictional and funny digital world of the father-son towing company. The dysfunctional family at the heart of this series debuted on YouTube earlier this year, featuring the dark depravity of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia with the emotional heart of Modern Family. It stars Canadian Comedy Award-winning sketch troupe The Imponderables and a host of Canadian talent including Gemini Award-winners Nicholas Campbell, Sonja Smits and Jayne Eastwood. Read the rest of this entry »
In the remote mountains of Colorado, horrors wait inside Mount Massive Asylum. A long-abandoned home for the mentally ill, recently re-opened by the “research and charity” branch of the transnational Murkoff Corporation, has been operating in strict secrecy… until now. Read the rest of this entry »
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