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Want to get a taste of Canadian Innovation Exchange ahead of the main event in November? Attend a CIX Meet Up, coming soon to Waterloo, Montreal and Vancouver. CIX Meet Ups this year will feature a panel discussion on Current Market Insights: Investment, Evaluation and Entrepreneurship, with prominent Canadian experts in each city. There will be cocktails, h’ors d’eouvres, and networking opportunities to give you an exclusive taste of CIX and a sampling of the Canadian innovation ecosystem in Digital Media and Information Communications Technology (ICT). Read the rest of this entry »

Emmy® Award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. the market leader in animation technology, announced today its support of the MIPJunior first International Pitch Competition targeted to creatives, producers and decision-makers from all sectors of the kids’ entertainment business. Read the rest of this entry »

Di-O-Matic, a Montreal-based developer of user friendly character animation software, has announced the launch Voice-O-Matic v2 (Maya Edition). Di-O-Matic heard the call from animators. Spending hours creating lip synch animations for CG characters can be tiring and manually generating every single lip movement can be a long and tedious task. Read the rest of this entry »

HitFar will be presenting their extensive line of device skins, pouches and protective solutions at the 2012 Canadian Wireless Trade Show this September 12th and 13th. This year’s two-day event will be held at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto. Specializing in sleek, unique designs for all major brands, their quality blends fashion with strength to protect your gear. They also provide a full line of accessories for tablets, PDAs and laptop. Read the rest of this entry »

To better help financial organizations improve customer experience while increasing cost-savings and remaining compliant in an ever changing regulatory landscape, Silanis, a Montreal-based provider of enterprise electronic signature solutions with the largest e-signature deployments, will host a webcast on infrastructure readiness and how to integrate with e-signatures. This complimentary event will take place Thursday, September 6, 2012, from 2:00pm-3:00pm ET. IT and operations stakeholders in the financial services sector interested in attending may register online. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s going to be the party of the year! Frima Studio is pleased to announce that Lights, Camera, Party! is now available on the PlayStation Network for PlayStation Move. Powered by the Unreal Engine, this unique, fast-paced PS Move party game will have friends and family jumping out of their seats to best each other in an array of zany mini-games. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian small business owners are counting down the days until October 20^th, the date set for Canada’s first Small Business Saturday. It’s a new campaign from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) sponsored by Interac® that aims to encourage consumers to shop at local, independent businesses and help entrepreneurs promote their businesses online. Read the rest of this entry »

A new study by CareerBuilder.ca finds 45% of workers said they have felt bullied at work; a third of these workers reported they suffered health-related problems as a result of bullying and 26% decided to quit their jobs to escape the situation. The study also found nearly half of workers don’t confront their bullies and the majority of incidents go unreported. The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive^© from May 14 to June 4, 2012 and included more than 550 workers nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »

The fight to save the galaxy continues! As unexplainable events begin to unfold, Commander Shepard and crew must travel to unexplored locations in order to piece together a shocking theory that could turn the tides of the war against the Reapers. Mass Effect™ 3: Leviathan is a new piece of single player DLC from Bioware which expands upon the events of Mass Effect™ 3 by adding a new chapter to Shepard’s legacy, emotionally engaging characters and powerful weapons and upgrades. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft has released a brand new video for Far Cry 3, which is scheduled for release this coming December 4th – which is only a tad over 3 months away. Far Cry 3 Island Survival Guide features ex-CIA operative Agent Huntley, who takes viewers on an insider’s tour of the insanity of Far Cry 3. Read the rest of this entry »