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Sosign, a Montreal-based e-commerce solution provider for brands, has launched Brandicted, a unique shopping discovery and social network site, in private beta. With Brandicted, people looking at user-posted pictures can act on their love-that-thing feeling and buy it quickly and easily. They can also share the image, or one they’ve taken, at Instagram speed, and talk about it using Brandicted’s social tools. Friends as well as Brandicted’s algorithms will suggest other products just like it, which shoppers can buy and comment on. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal-based Agendize has introduced a dedicated mobile version of its website and software suite, Agendize Anywhere, which enables its audience of Digital Agencies, Resellers, Hosting Providers, Telcos and end-user SMBs around the world to access the most comprehensive suite of online interaction tools from any mobile device. The new mobile experience has been designed for both new and existing users, whether looking to discover Agendize online features, or access their Click-to-call, Live Chat, Online Appointment Scheduling, and more, while on the go. Read the rest of this entry »

Travelocity and VFM Leonardo have had a long history of success. Travelocity has been using VFM Leonardo’s VScape as their visual content management system since 2008 and will continue as such under a recently renewed agreement. Travelocity and affiliate sites access and manage more than 1.5 million photo images for 140,000 global hotel properties using the system. In addition to continuing to provide Travelocity with a leading digital asset management platform, VFM Leonardo’s VPowered display technology will be used to display visual content of hotels on Travelocity’s global network of websites. The agreement extends beyond desktop websites as Travelocity has adopted The VPowered Mobile Media Galleries for their smartphone and tablet websites and future mobile apps. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent game developer Nine Dots Studio is excited to release a stunning video featuring their game, GoD Factory: Wingmen on the Oculus Rift. The 4vs4 space combat MOBA allows players build their ships part by part and fight massive online battles. The game is currently on Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight seeking support from the community to release on PC and Mac platforms. The Oculus Rift is a next-generation virtual reality headset designed for immersive gaming.  The futuristic gadget has already turned heads when tje developers launched its crowdsourcing campaign, and now the hardware is starting to produce some impressive software. Mech, racing games and space sims are all naturally suited to VR, providing the perfect fit for GoD Factory: Wingmen. Read the rest of this entry »

According to PwC’s annual Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2013-2017 (available by paid subscription), spending on traditional media will continue to dominate over the next five years– the 9% of overall consumer E&M spend on digital content in 2012 will rise to just 16% of total spend in 2017. However, digital innovation is crucial for E&M companies in North America, the South Pacific and Western Europe and will be a key priority for these markets over the next five years. Read the rest of this entry »

Big Blue Bubble Inc., creators of chart topping games like such as Burn The Rope and My Singing Monsters, has announced the launch of Greatfruit Grove, a beautiful and captivating free-to-play game that is sure to keep you entertained. Made just for mobile devices, Greatfruit Grove is a world-building game where players collect and genetically engineer a grove of adorable fruit bearing flora. To succeed you’ll need to employ the services of the locals, a troop of hyper-intelligent monkeys! Players will want to fertilize their trees and keep them smiling through strategic placement near playful monkey structures. Read the rest of this entry »