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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued its annual Communications Monitoring Report today, providing an overview of the Canadian communications sector. In 2011, the average Canadian family spent more than $180 per month on communications services – showing an increase in content consumption and Canadian connectivity over the past year. Read the rest of this entry »

The diverse tech sector in Waterloo Region continues to grow, attracting major investments in an area that’s home to almost 1,000 tech companies. One of the Region’s breakout companies and Canada’s largest eLearning software company Desire2Learn announced earlier today that it has raised $80 million from two top venture funds, signaling a major expansion for the firm. Earlier this year, Communitech announced a $30 million+ seed funding program to further spur innovation in the Region and beyond. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian mobile coupon software provider retailcommon has announced an exciting partnership with Geomedia, a specialist in media analytics and Canada’s largest manager of geo-targeted advertising. With over 8 million smartphone users in Canada it is increasingly important for retailers to be able to connect with consumers on their mobile devices. retailcommon, a market leader in the mobile coupon industry, enables B2C companies to drive consumers to physical locations by providing them with a software service that delivers e-coupons to consumers’ mobile devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Pelican Products, Inc., an American-based designer and manufacturer of advanced lighting systems and high-performance protective case solutions, has announced from its Edmonton office the availability of its first consumer-focused product line – Pelican ProGear™. Already a world-renowned brand in the military, industrial safety and tactical industries, the line is comprised of a wide range of new cases and lighting built especially for the digital protection and extreme performance needs of adventurous people. Read the rest of this entry »

ImmerVision, the inventor of the 360-degree panomorph lens and worldwide expert in immersive optical technology, announced today that Axxon Next video management software (VMS) has been certified with ImmerVision Enables, one of  the most flexible and advanced 360-degree viewing standard that significantly expands field-of-views without blind spots. By simply adding a panomorph camera, Axxon Next users achieve unparallel 360×180 degree performance through amplified peripheral resolution, increasing the size of objects in the distance and enhancing efficiency during investigations. Read the rest of this entry »

SOVO Technologies Inc, a Montreal-based supplier of turnkey services and technology innovator in the field of closed captioning for the hearing impaired,  has launched a compliance program aimed at enabling Canadian broadcasters to meet their new obligations related to French closed captioning. This initiative follows a decision by the CRTC on February 21st to impose mandatory standards for French-language closed captioning as a condition of license to broadcasters, notably regarding the captioning of live programs. These new obligations came into effect on September 1st 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Infinite Game Publishing  has announced that Vivox Inc., a disruptive, integrated social communications provider based in the USA, will be integrating its C3 solution into the highly anticipated online game MechWarrior® Online, currently in development at Piranha Games. Revolutionary war campaigns begin with communication, and now the troops of game players invading the MechWarror Online landscape will be able to plan strategies with each other through voice conversations in the midst of the high-action gameplay or outside of the game. Read the rest of this entry »

Big Blue Bubble Inc., creators of Burn The Rope, have announced the global release of My Singing Monsters, available now as a free download from the iTunes app store.  My Singing Monsters is a world-building game where the player collects and breeds cute monsters. However, there’s a big difference that sets this game far apart from others of the genre; these monsters sing, play and dance.  In the world of My Singing Monsters, each species has its own voice/instrument and personality.  Monsters groove along with the beat until it’s their turn to perform and then, away they go! The player has considerable control over the ensemble; monsters can be muted for silence or multiplied for greater volume. Creating different groupings adds further variety to the performance. Read the rest of this entry »

Village Gamer has partnered with Merging Media BC to award three lucky contestants with a full pass to Merging Media 2012, being held at SFU Woodwards Goldcorp Centre for the Arts this October 24th through 26th. It’s simple to enter – just give us the identity of your favourite merging media maven along with your contact information. Read the rest of this entry »

Creative Director and Senior Producer Ragnar Tørnquist has released a State of the Game for Funcom‘s recently launched modern-day massively multiplayer online game ‘The Secret World‘. The text talks briefly about the recent events at Funcom and how the team is now reshuffling and reorganizing in order to meet the future head on and bring ‘The Secret World’ to all new levels. Read the rest of this entry »