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The Canadian Film Centre, together with Corus Entertainment, Google and Shaw Media, announced the selection of six companies to participate in ideaBOOST, an intensive business accelerator for early stage companies focused on creating content and enabling technologies for the media and entertainment industry. These early stage companies will form ideaBOOST’s second cohort, which begins May 21. An additional nine companies will participate in a newly launched affiliate program. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile security and risk management solutions provider Fixmo has announced the availability of Fixmo SharePlace, the first defense-grade data leakage prevention (DLP) solution enabling secure and compliant access to Microsoft SharePoint from Apple iOS and Android devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Batman: Arkham Origins is the next installment in the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise. Developed by WB Games Montréal, the game features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two critically acclaimed games of the franchise.   Read the rest of this entry »

D-Wave Systems Inc., a Burnaby-based commercial quantum computing company, has announced that its new 512-qubit quantum computer, the D-Wave Two, will be installed at the new Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab, a collaboration among NASA, Google and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). The purpose of this effort is to use quantum computing to advance machine learning in order to solve some of the most challenging computer science problems. Installation has already begun at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, and the system is expected to be available to researchers during Q3. Read the rest of this entry »

Nokia has announced the launch of Nokia Music in Canada, its highly-acclaimed free music streaming service. Nokia Music is exclusive to Nokia Lumia smartphones, providing consumers with a simple and delightful way to discover and enjoy music. There is no sign-up, no ads and no subscription, meaning users can dive right into Nokia Music’s catalogue of 18 million songs. Read the rest of this entry »

Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises Holdings Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, Mobilicity) today announced that it has entered into an arrangement agreement with TELUS Corporation to provide for the sale of Mobilicity as a going concern for a purchase price of $380 million, subject to a working capital adjustment. The transaction constitutes an “Acquisition Plan” under the terms of the Interim Order of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) dated Friday April 26, 2013 (the TELUS Acquisition Plan). Read the rest of this entry »