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PopCap Games has announced the results of its third survey of mobile games consumption which found an overall increase in the mobile games market, a broadening audience, new opportunities unlocked through tablets and new developments in play and spending habits. Read the rest of this entry »

Wip It Up of Winnipeg is proud to announce the launch of Anger Thermometer, a new Application (APP) available on iTunes. The Anger Thermometer App is a simple and practical tool to help people identify and regulate their feelings.

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Montreal’s Matrox Graphics Inc. has introduced Matrox Maevex Series, a new H.264-based encoder/decoder technology designed for a wide range of applications including digital signage, collaborative video walls, and security & surveillance. Read the rest of this entry »

Spongelab Interactive is  celebrating the first anniversary of Spongelab.com, the free online science education platform that has seen worldwide use and critical acclaim. Since launching last June, the Spongelab platform has reached impressive milestones. Spongelab.com is rapidly growing into a global science community full of educational multimedia, complete with online teaching tools and a detailed graphic data-tracking system. Read the rest of this entry »

Corus Entertainment’s W Network announced today that interior designer and TV personality, Jillian Harris (The Bachelorette Season V, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) will co-host Love It or List It Vancouver. Harris’ co-host will be announced at a later date. Produced by Big Coat Productions in association with W Network, the west coast spin-off of W Network’s hit series Love It or List It starring Hilary Farr and David Visentin has been greenlit and is scheduled to launch in winter 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian toy manufacturer Round 5 Corporation (Round 5) in partnership with licensing agents Studio Licensing Inc and Established Brands Inc., announces multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to manufacture and produce certain categories of toys under the popular Cut The Rope brand. Read the rest of this entry »

Following the showing at E3 2012, Assassin’s Creed III takes to the frontier in a video walkthrough of one of the  demos shown at the conference last week. Commentated by creative director, Alex Hutchinson, the walkthrough of the frontier demo exemplifies the key pillars of the Assassin’s Creed franchise against the wild frontier setting demonstrating a slice of the massive open world scale of the Assassin’s Creed franchise.  Read the rest of this entry »

Bullying has become a major problem among First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth across Canada.  The National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) recognizes the impact of bullying on Aboriginal youth, and therefore, has created a web site to provide information to them, their parents and teachers. Read the rest of this entry »

The idea of living in a cashless society is gaining considerable momentum in Canada. A new survey conducted on behalf of PayPal Canada by Leger Marketing shows that 71 per cent of Canadians are comfortable with never having to handle cash to make a purchase, up 27 per cent from 2011. In fact, many Canadians are already embracing this shift – a full quarter (25 per cent) of survey respondents go more than a week without using cash. Read the rest of this entry »

Seevibes, a Montreal-based provider of social TV audience measurement, is seizing the opportunity of the Banff World Media Festival to inaugurate Seevibes TV Ratings. This service allows users to view the ratings of Canadian TV shows via the experience viewers share on social media. Seevibes offers broadcasters and media professionals exclusive data on the television audience to help them valorize their TV programming and optimize their cross-media ad campaigns. Read the rest of this entry »