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Quillr® Interactive Stories has announced the release of their first interactive children’s musical book for the iPad, Saving Grape-Jelly Cheeks. The delightful story of a little budgie rescued from a chilly Canadian fall using only string, a box and a stick is true. And in a unique twist, Saving Grape-Jelly Cheeks is told through catchy a cappella songs and original music that will have children and parents laughing and interactively joining in to rescue the little green bird. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal’s D-MagiK has announced the release of its much anticipated sheet music reader SheetRack to the iTunes App Store for $2.99 USD. Successor to SheetRack Lite, the lite version that had several tens of thousands of downloads, SheetRack is one of the fastest sheet music readers available. With original and useful features such as blowing to turn pages, music page previews, metronome, high speed page turning, and an ever growing library of sheets available for free, SheetRack is ramping up to become the iPad Musician’s favorite companion. Read the rest of this entry »

NS BASIC Corporation has announced the release of NS Basic/App Studio 2.0. The release features full support for jQuery Mobile, with an IDE that allows developers to drag and drop controls on the design screen.
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The Greater Toronto Area is a world-scale technology and innovation hub. And on May 24, 2012 the York Technology Alliance (YTA) is recognizing the companies that are leading the way. If you are a technology leader, or know of a great tech company in the GTA, you are invited to complete a nomination form for the YTA Technology Leadership Awards. Read the rest of this entry »

Students at a dozen prestigious computer science universities are set to compete in the inaugural Windward International Intercollegiate Programming Championship on January 28, 2012. Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Harvey Mudd College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Purdue University, Stanford University, University of Illinois, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, University of Toronto and University of Wisconsin are among the schools that have accepted the code-war challenge. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) is pleased to announce that Maxime Lefrançois (Québec, Quebec) has been awarded the top prize in CAA’s national Practise Safe Txt youth video contest for his submission titled “Prends pas le risque” (Don’t take the chance/risk). Read the rest of this entry »

TELUS’ Optik TV Galaxie music is getting more interactive and user-friendly. The service, standard with all Optik TV subscriptions, already offers 45 channels of music across dozens of genres. Now, customers can browse the music channels by launching the application from their main menu – they can check out what’s playing, look at playlists, and view album art from within the application. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s third annual Red Tape Awareness Week™ kicks off with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) releasing the Red Tape Digital Diaries, a digital video series chronicling the frustrations of Canadian small business owners because of excessive government regulation and red tape. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft has announced that according to internal estimates, Just Dance 3 sold through more than 7 million units since its release, bringing total sell-through of the Just Dance franchise to more than 25 million units worldwide. Launched in October, Just Dance 3 has consistently been in the top five video game sales charts in both the U.S. (NPD) and Europe (GfK Chart Track). Read the rest of this entry »

Commencing on January 16, 2012, the Commission will hold a hearing at Rodd Miramichi River, 1809 Water Street in Miramichi, New Brunswick, to consider a variety of broadcasting items. If you plan on attending the hearing or would like more information about the hearing, please contact Media Relations at 819-997-9403 or by email. You can also listen to the hearing through a live audio feed available on the CRTC web site. Read the rest of this entry »