The App Store faces a zombie infestation today as mobile game publisher Fuse Powered, in collaboration with UK development studio Rebellion, launches Zombie HQ as a free app for iOS devices. Players must fend off undead hordes and rescue survivors to earn relaxation time in Zombie HQ, as one of the few remaining humans in a city plagued with zombies. Read the rest of this entry »
THQ Inc. has announced that its upcoming strategy game Company of Heroes® 2, currently in development at Relic Entertainment, has received critical acclaim coming out of E3 winning a number of awards. Company of Heroes 2 impressed E3 judges and secured seven Best of E3 2012 wins thanks to its cutting edge Essence™ 3 Engine. Notable achievements include Best PC Game from G4 X-Play and Machinima as well as a number of Best Strategy Game plaudits from other outlets. Read the rest of this entry »
The BCTIA, together with DigiBC, Cleantech CEO Alliance and Wavefront, collaborated with KPMG to prepare a Technology Report Card for British Columbia. On the heels of the Jenkins report last fall and the innovation agenda put forth in the recent federal budget, our intent was to examine the performance of the technology industry in our own province. We asked KPMG to assess the industry performance over the past decade in the context of the BC economy and in comparison to tech sectors in other regions. Read the rest of this entry »
With the latest wave of apps to join the App Directory, HootSuite continues to simplify the lives of its 4+ million social media users – making it even easier to actively engage online with social media. The company’s latest integrations welcome mobile sharing app Instagram, content sharing network SlideShare, document sharing app edocr and engagement app Zuum into the popular, market-leading social media management dashboard. Read the rest of this entry »
The Federal government has delivered its much-anticipated budget, and its proposed changes to the $3.6 Billion SR&ED (“Scientific Research & Experimental Development”) program. These changes are strongly aligned with the broad recommendations of the Jenkins Report issued October 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Gayatri Bajpai, Iuliana Constantinescu and Heather Trawick were announced today as the winners of the 2012 Daryl Duke & William Vince Scholarships, which were created to honour the significant contributions of Mr. Duke and Mr. Vince to the film and television industry by assisting in the advanced education of exceptional BC filmmakers. Read the rest of this entry »
Hey Canada…JELL-O wants to see your best JELL-Oh Face! You know, the face you make when you taste JELL-O for the first time or rediscover its fun all over again. It’s so delicious, so pleasantly fun and so unexpected that you can’t contain yourself. THAT’s your JELL-Oh Face! And today, you can share it with the country’s first-ever vending machine that works with your unique JELL-Oh Face. Read the rest of this entry »
OpenMedia has launched a campaign which is supported a by a group of organizations, to stand against the new Internet restrictions, including new content fines, that Internet users will be subject to through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Read the rest of this entry »
OpenText™ has been named a finalist in the fourth annual Forrester Research Voice of the Customer Awards. This is the second consecutive year OpenText has been named a finalist in the program. The prestigious award recognizes initiatives that help companies dramatically improve how they collect, interpret, and react to customer feedback. The announcement was made this week at the Forrester Customer Experience Forum in New York. Read the rest of this entry »