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For the fourth consecutive year, wireless services topped the list of complaints. Canada’s Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS) reports an increase in telecom consumer complaints in its 2011-2012 Annual Report “We Listen. We Help.”  Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based Force Four Entertainment is developing the Canadian version of the groundbreaking UK series, The Audience. The series is set to air nationally on Corus Entertainment’s W Network. Force Four Entertainment is looking for participants and will begin filming around the Lower Mainland beginning late November. Read the rest of this entry »

From the developers behind Minnie Bow Maker and Dora’s Ballet Adventure, Budge Studios announces the launch of Chuggington Traintastic Adventures, a train set adventure app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, now available on the App Store. Based on the popular show Chuggington™ which airs weekdays on Disney Junior, Disney Channel’s programming block for kids ages 2 to 7 and their families, and daily on the new 24-hour Disney Junior cable and satellite channel, this virtual train set invites children ages 3 to 8 to explore Chuggington in an interactive adventure on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Read the rest of this entry »

Frima Studio has unleashed the world’s most bad-ass squad of attack nuns on your touchscreen device. Command Eva, Rosy, Mandy and Olga as they deliver some serious holy retribution to the hordes of demons and ghastly undead unleashed on the world by their mortal enemy, the Fallen Nun. Face off against evil with some serious firepower in this tactical action game of biblical proportions for only $0.99 – Nun Attack is available for both iOS and Android devices. (Note: at post time, the Google Play link ended with a 404 error, so the game may not yet be live for Android.) Read the rest of this entry »

Farm Jump! is a simple, fun game for all the family. The story goes that Farmer Will’s sheep are floating and for no particular reason, he wants to get up into the sky and join them.  Leaping from sheep to sheep, Farmer Will encounters a whole host of fun along the way, including piggies, donkeys, cows, eggs, bacon and some hilarious surprises. Kids will love that Farmer Will can be customized by a wide range of outfits, from Halloween pumpkin heads to space rockets, all included free of charge! Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute® Software Corporation, a Vancouver-based provider of firmware-embedded, persistent endpoint security and management solutions, provided an update on business growth plans. With the recent announcement of Absolute Manage 6.1.2 supporting OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and the soon to be released Windows 8, as well as providing mission critical governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) capabilities with Computrace® 5.12,  Absolute is positioned as a clear leader in the convergence of endpoint security and management. Read the rest of this entry »

The recently released iPhone 5 and iOS6 operating system highlighted Apple Passbook as an innovative new feature, promising to relieve users from “searching through your email or fumbling with paper printouts” at checkouts while clicking on the Passbook icon often left you at a landing page where there wasn’t much to do – until now. Toronto-based CardSwap, an online gift card marketplace where consumers earn cash-back and gift card rewards when purchasing gift cards on everything from gas and groceries to clothing and electronics, has announced it has integrated its delivery platform directly with Apple’s Passbook.  Read the rest of this entry »

While 74% of CEOs say tech-enabled offerings are the future of the media and entertainment industry, they agree emerging markets hold the key to unlocking that potential revenue and growth, Ernst & Young says in a new survey. Opportunity And Optimism: How CEOs Are Embracing Digital Growth (PDF) reveals media and entertainment companies from around the globe unanimously agree that catering their offerings to digital ecosystems, where consumers can interact with content across multiple connected devices, is essential for growth. Read the rest of this entry »

Change is an inherent characteristic of any organization and like it or not, all organizations must change in order to remain relevant.  But it is how change is managed that can be the difference between surviving and thriving in business. Randstad Canada believes that when it comes to change management, leaders must apply a structured approach when implementing successful change management strategies. Read the rest of this entry »

Bell Media’s Discovery Channel Canada and Insight Productions announced today that principal photography is underway on the first English-language version of the hugely successful Norwegian format Never Do This At Home. It was also confirmed that Teddy Wilson, current co-host of SPACE’s flagship daily entertainment talk show, INNERSPACE, and award-winning comedian Norm Sousa (The Sketchersons), will host the series. In development for the last six months, production on the 13-part series starts this week, shooting primarily on location at a 100-acre property in Brant County, Ontario. Read the rest of this entry »