Frima Studio has announced the official debut of their CosmoCamp children’s brand with the launch of the first two apps from the CosmoCamp universe. Designed with input from child development specialists, the CosmoCamp apps are intended as educational entertainment for toddlers (ages 2-3) and pre-schoolers (ages 4-5). CosmoCamp: Picnic Problems interactive storybook, and CosmoCamp: Coloring Book, are available today for iPad and Android tablets, and are coming soon to Kindle Fire for $3.99 each. Read the rest of this entry »
HootSuite, makers of the market-leading social media management system, have announced the acquisition of Seesmic. HootSuite takes social business tools to the next level, allowing individuals and teams to analyze campaigns across multiple social networks from one secure, web-based dashboard. HootSuite’s Free, Pro, and Enterprise clients make up close to 5 million global users spanning six continents, who send over 1.5 million messages through the dashboard each day. Notable clients include 79 of the Fortune 100 companies such as McDonalds, PepsiCo, Virgin, FOX, Sony Music among others. Read the rest of this entry »
Pierre Karl Péladeau, President & CEO, Québecor Inc., Quebecor Media Inc. and Sun Media Corporation and Wade Oosterman, President, Bell Mobility, and Residential Services & Chief Brand Officer, Bell Canada will deliver keynote addresses as part of the Canada Country of Honour tribute presented by MIPCOM, in partnership with the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada. Organised by Reed MIDEM, MIPCOM will take place in Cannes, 8-11 October 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
The Capital One™ Just For Laughs Comedy Tour is back – and this year’s Relationship Edition has issues. Host and former Last Comic Standing winner John Heffron leads a star-studded line-up that includes Canada’s sweetheart, Debra DiGiovanni, returning tour favourite Godfrey, and a pair of very special guests in SNL alum Jim Breuer and The Marriage Ref’s Tom Papa. Breuer will headline the tour through Western and Central Canada, with Papa assuming the duties for the Maritime shows. Read the rest of this entry »
Bluedrop Performance Learning Inc. has announced the grand opening of the Bluedrop Training and Simulation Centre (BTSC), in Halifax. This state of the art facility is designed to host and develop some of the world’s most advanced training and simulation technologies to address the operational and maintenance needs in civil and military aviation, as well as army and naval domains. Read the rest of this entry »
The BCIC-New Ventures Competition started with 146 companies and has now narrowed the field to ten finalist start-up technology companies that will pitch for $235,000 in cash and prizes. This year’s top ten includes companies from Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island featuring new technologies in the IT, life sciences, and cleantech sectors. Read the rest of this entry »
Snowed In Studios, an Ottawa-based video game and interactive media developer, has launched its in-development PC building-block RPG Windforge, on the Steam Greenlight platform. With the launch comes the release of an anticipated gameplay trailer showing pre-Alpha footage of the game. Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Pictures Television (SPT)’s Sony Movie Channel and AXN Movies launch today exclusively in Canada on Hollywood Suite as part of Hollywood Suite’s four HD movie channels. Sony Movie Channel is SPT’s movie network created specifically for the Hollywood movie fan, featuring award-winning films, cult favorites, family comedies and gripping dramas, while AXN Movies delivers high octane, edge-of-your-seat movies. Read the rest of this entry »
Voices.com, the Ontario-based online marketplace that connects voice-over talents with businesses, today launched the first-ever iPad application for casting voice-overs. Now available for download from iTunes, the free app gives users the full functionality of the Voices.com website on their tablets. Voice seekers can search, audition, hire and pay voice talent. Voice-over artists can review listings of paid work, record and edit auditions, and submit them directly to potential clients. Read the rest of this entry »
ViXS Systems Inc. has announced the general availability of its MoCA 2.0 solution. The XConnex™ 1000 MoCA 2.0 Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver and the XConnex 1030 MoCA 2.0 stand-alone Media Access Controller and Physical Layer (MAC/PHY) integrated SoC introduces a highly integrated and cost effective market solution. . ViXS’ MoCA 2.0 provides maximum throughput combined with new low power management features incorporated in its MoCA 2.0 MAC/PHY IC and innovative RF silicon design to exceed stringent low power requirements. In addition, enhanced security features have been developed for increased levels of content protection while maintaining backwards compatibility and interoperability to existing MoCA 1.0 and 1.1 deployed network solutions. Read the rest of this entry »
Frima Studio has announced the official debut of their CosmoCamp children’s brand with the launch of the first two apps from the CosmoCamp universe. Designed with input from child development specialists, the CosmoCamp apps are intended as educational entertainment for toddlers (ages 2-3) and pre-schoolers (ages 4-5). CosmoCamp: Picnic Problems interactive storybook, and CosmoCamp: Coloring Book, are available today for iPad and Android tablets, and are coming soon to Kindle Fire for $3.99 each. Read the rest of this entry »
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