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Sierra Wireless, Inc. has announced the completion of the sale of substantially all assets and operations related to its AirCard® business to American company NETGEAR®, Inc. for $138 million in cash plus approximately $5.9 million in assumed liabilities. The transaction was first announced on January 28, 2013. Sierra Wireless’s retained business includes its AirPrime™ embedded wireless modules, AirLink® intelligent gateways, and AirVantage™ M2M cloud product lines. Read the rest of this entry »

The Galaxie Mobile app, included with Shaw Direct as well as Digital TV on Shaw, connects music-lovers to over 60 talk-free, commercial-free streaming music channels. From the latest hits, to classic rock, to Bollywood – Galaxie Mobile has music genres covered – all on the go. Galaxie Mobile, part of the Shaw Go suite of apps, delivers the great variety of Galaxie music channels currently enjoyed by customers via TV or Internet browser. Available for Apple iOS and Android devices, the app’s features include album cover art, channel information, a listing of each channel’s past songs, a direct link to purchase music on the iTunes store on Apple iOS devices and a homepage widget for Android devices. Read the rest of this entry »

JOI Media Inc has announced the public release of its proprietary crowdfunding software to serve as a white-label solution for enterprises and non-profit organizations in need of an out-of-the-box crowfunding Platform. The software will be released under the name Katipult, which is the same name that the company previously hosted a community of non-profit fundraising campaigns. Read the rest of this entry »

This April PhotoInPress will release FriendStrip, an application for iOS & Android phones. The company is pleased to offer a pre-launch giveaway to its Canadian users: anyone who registers on the FriendStrip web site by April 15th will gain full access to the app’s contents-for free. Read the rest of this entry »

Worldwide, women operate more than a quarter of all private businesses and start companies at nearly twice the rate of men. But despite early robust growth, they aren’t reaching their potential, says Ernst & Young. The firm is looking to change that. Ernst & Young has announced the 2013 program’s expansion to include Canadian entrepreneurs, making it the North American Entrepreneurial Winning Women program. Read the rest of this entry »

The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) has issued a Consumer Alert warning all Canadians to beware of unsolicited communications that claim to be from FCAC. FCAC does not initiate contact with individual consumers and has learned of a suspicious incident involving a letter addressed to a consumer that was supposedly sent by FCAC. It appeared to be on FCAC’s letterhead. The letter contained personal and financial information which the sender claimed was from the recipient’s credit history file, and asked the recipient to verify the information. Communications that misrepresent FCAC may be scams designed to collect personal and financial information in order to commit identity theft. Read the rest of this entry »

Webnames.ca, a Vancouver-based provider of online services to Canadian businesses, is happy to announce the launch of the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), Trademark validation process for Trademark holders. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) is a database of trademarks that will be established by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in order to enhance the protection of intellectual property on the Internet. The main role of TMCH is to serve as a central repository for the information related to the rights of trademark owners to be stored, authenticated and distributed. Read the rest of this entry »

Avetti’s enterprise e-commerce software used in many high volume online stores now has a Community Edition available under the OSL v3 Open Source License.  A key feature is integration with the Open Ice Cat product database, which provides images, descriptions and specifications permitting merchants to create professional stores faster. Read the rest of this entry »

DHX Media Ltd. has announced several digital deals including a major deal with new, dedicated children’s subscription video on demand (SVOD) service Kidoodle.TV. Kidoodle.TV licensed up to 800 hours of DHX Media’s premium and catalogue titles for its North American service, which is set to launch in Summer 2013, including Inspector Gadget, Strawberry Shortcake, Busytown Mysteries, Bo on the GO!, Franny’s Feet and Rastamouse.
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It’s time for Canada to go bid or go home as the popular Storage Wars franchise arrives north of the border. OLN, Proper Television, and FremantleMedia today announced that Storage Wars Canada (36 x 30 minutes) has been greenlit with production slated to begin May 2013, and filming to take place in locations across Ontario. Additional production and broadcast details to be announced at a later date. Read the rest of this entry »