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Absolute^® Software Corporation, a Vancouver-based provider of firmware-embedded endpoint security and management solutions, today announced that it is hosting an Analyst and Institutional Investor Day in Montreal on Thursday, May 17, 2012.  Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s CounterPath Corporation has announced the worldwide availability of Bria Android Tablet Edition, a standards-based softphone that enables enterprises to extend VoIP calling and PBX features to Android tablets, including employee-owned devices. According to Strategy Analytics, Android had 39 percent of the in quarter shipments of the consumer tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2011, while a recent NPD In-Stat survey found that 78 percent of businesspeople who have a tablet at work paid for it themselves.  Read the rest of this entry »

The Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH chapter invites you to attend a presentation on Tuesday May 15th, at the Vancity Theatre featuring Danielle Feinberg, Director of Photography at Pixar Animation Studios.  The evening’s presentation will focus on Pixar’s lighting design process for Brave, which opens in theatres on June 22nd. Read the rest of this entry »

On Saturday, April 28, lines extended around a New York City block where over 2,500 people from around the world converged at Terminal 5 in Hell’s Kitchen to attend the finals of the EA SPORTS™ Challenge Series. Powered by Virgin Gaming and played exclusively on the PlayStation^®3, this pioneering event received worldwide participation by conducting preliminary qualifying matches online, resulting in over 100,000 competitors from around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Going Loud Studios is proud to announce that “DLC Quest”, winner of Official Xbox Magazine’s Xbox Indie Game of the Year 2011 and a finalist for Best Indie Game at the 2012 Canadian Videogame Awards, is now available for purchase from the Mac App Store, at a promotional price of $0.99 USD. Read the rest of this entry »

mDialog™, a Toronto-based video stream management solutions provider for addressable and measurable TV commercial breaks on Internet connected devices, has announced that former CBS Executive Jeff Clark has been appointed Chief Revenue Officer. Read the rest of this entry »

Activision Publishing, Inc. and Spider-Man Merchandising L.P., a subsidiary of Marvel, have announced two pre-order exclusives for North American fans who reserve an early copy of The Amazing Spider-Man™ videogame versions for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. Developed by Beenox Studios with a planned launch date of June 26th, the game brings Spidey back to the thrill of free-roaming through Manhattan in an original epilogue story to Sony Picture Entertainment’s upcoming feature film.  Read the rest of this entry »

Rockstar Games has announced that The Max Payne 3 Pro Exhibition held in association with Major League Gaming (MLG) on May 5, 2012 in New York City will be broadcast online at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, May 14, 2012 from the Major League Gaming and Rockstar Games web sites. For the first time ever, Rockstar Games has teamed up with MLG’s elite professional players for an exhibition tournament hosted by MLG and featuring the competitive debut of  Max Payne 3 multiplayer. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you tired of those tedious long-day training on how to handle difficult customers or how to be a team leader, etcetera? Think instead of easily-digestible chunks, short, practical, targeted just-in-time relevant interactive learning. Read the rest of this entry »

Online science education company Spongelab Interactive has released a free online playable version of Knowledge Mine, a trivia game that combines puzzle genres to challenge and reward players’ knowledge of biology. Knowledge Mine is a science quiz title intended for high school and post secondary students. Read the rest of this entry »