On May 29th 2012, Ottawa hosts its very first games conference. As expected, most Ottawa digital media companies along with a bunch coming in from Montreal, Toronto and beyond will have representatives there eager to fall in line to attend panels, pitch game ideas and look for beneficial partnerships to increase their business. Sylien Games will be doing much of the same. Read the rest of this entry »
The Canada Media Fund announced today that it contributed more than $3.8 million dollars in 13 projects that applied to the Francophone Minority Program in the first round. Since its inception in 2010, the CMF has supported a total of 71 projects by providing more than $23 million to francophone minority productions. Read the rest of this entry »
JUICE Mobile is dedicated to informing the advertising & publishing community on the rapidly changing mobile marketplace. Unlike traditional research firms, which often use samples and panels to speculate on mobile trends, JUICE draws on actual monthly data from its own infrastructure to identify the trends taking place in the marketplace. This approach thereby gives the truest mobile data available to brands, agencies and publishers who are planning and executing in the connected space. Read the rest of this entry »
Yellow Pages Group (YPG) has announced that it has enhanced the ShopWise mobile app that pinpoints the hottest deals on products and services nearby a given location. ShopWise helps Canadians shop smarter and save time and money by allowing them to benefit from deals around them using one of the largest deals database in Canada. Read the rest of this entry »
Less than an hour after Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) made spaceflight history by becoming the first commercial company ever to dock a spacecraft at the International Space Station, an independent aerospace model-making company based on BC’s Sunshine Coast made history of its own. SpaceX formally concluded signing a license agreement with Proach Models of Sechelt, BC that allows them to produce and sell scale-model replicas of the Falcon 9 rockets and Dragon spacecraft to the public. Read the rest of this entry »
Sunwarrior, a company located in Southern Nevada that creates raw, plant-based supplements on an international scale, has announced that Vancouverite Sarah Edmondson has joined their ambassador team. With a versatile career spanning film, television, theatre, and voice, Sarah continues to explore and cultivate a path into the creative unknown. Read the rest of this entry »
With 100 industry professionals from over 20 attending organizations, and more than 60 students from colleges and universities from across Ontario, Mohawk College’s second annual AppsforHealth event was a much anticipated success. The two-day event provided students and professionals with the opportunity to interact and discuss varying perspectives on industry-related issues in relations to current technology. While participants were fully engaged in the panel sessions and open discussions, the heart of the event was the student challenge. Read the rest of this entry »
Vancouver’s SideBuy.com knows how competitive local marketing can be for small businesses so they launched a new section of their website to help them get started. Sidebuy.com acts as search engine for all daily coupons giving consumers a variety of ways to search through the numerous deals and coupons that are available. Getting the attention of these potential customers takes time and resources that many restaurant owners, bakeries, car repair shops and retailers simply do not have. Now, with a few clicks, they can be on their way to increasing the traffic through their front door. Read the rest of this entry »
Finalé Post Production and Technicolor Creative Services have entered into a strategic partnership to provide Technicolor “Color Certified” Digital Intermediate (DI) Finishing services in Vancouver. Finalé Post Production will acquire and integrate Technicolor Vancouver’s existing DI Theatre into their newly expanded facility. The transaction includes exclusive certification for Technicolor’s leading color science, as well as ongoing servicing of its film, television and commercial projects finishing in Vancouver. Read the rest of this entry »
On May 29th 2012, Ottawa hosts its very first games conference. As expected, most Ottawa digital media companies along with a bunch coming in from Montreal, Toronto and beyond will have representatives there eager to fall in line to attend panels, pitch game ideas and look for beneficial partnerships to increase their business. Sylien Games will be doing much of the same. Read the rest of this entry »
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