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Sprightly Software has announced the release of Accordion Solitaire 1.0 for iPad, the latest in Sprightly’s series of solitaire games for iOS. Players work their way through a 52-card deck by matching cards of the same suit or same number. Cards can be matched if they are beside each other or three cards from each other. The goal of the game is to clear as many cards as possible. Although easy to play, it can be hard to win. Players must use their creativity and planning skills to master this game. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s Nitrogen Studios is proud to announce the release of the first iPhone app from its own preschool property, Kodee’s Canoe. “Echo” is a premium storybook app based in the beautiful Canadian wilderness, starring a young Spirit Bear named Kodee. The new app focuses on telling a kid friendly mystery story whilst taking a ‘soft science’ approach in providing educational content that is wrapped up in a very entertaining story and presented with beautifully rendered graphics. Read the rest of this entry »

DHX Media Ltd. has announcd licenses in Canada to BlackBerry®, the CBC and Berkshire Axis Media Distribution. DHX Media has signed a deal with mobile content platform provider BlackBerry® for 1000 episodes of programming which will be available across the UK, US and Canada. The deal includes titles such as Inspector Gadget, perennial favourite Sonic the Hedgehog and several its Movie Toons titles. Read the rest of this entry »

Icron Technologies Corporation a Burnaby developer of USB and video extension technology has announced its newest KVM extender, the EL5200, which incorporates Icron’s ExtremeUSB^® technology feature set. The EL5200 includes HDMI video inputs and outputs and extends uncompressed full high definition 1080p video and USB 2.0 over a single Cat 5e cable up to 100 meter distances. Read the rest of this entry »

Nova Scotia’s creative businesses will expand into new markets, create more jobs, and build stronger cultural communities with a new CEO dedicated to growing its economy. Lisa Bugden has been appointed president and CEO of Film and Creative Industries Nova Scotia. Ms. Bugden brings more than 24 years of experience in leadership, public and government affairs, and business development in the public and private sectors. Read the rest of this entry »

Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) are going Rogue with the debut of their thrilling new original drama. The 10-part, one-hour series stars Thandie Newton as Grace, a morally and emotionally conflicted undercover detective who is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s death. The first hour of Rogue is now available as a free sneak peek across multiple platforms, and the series premieres with two back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, April 3 at 9 p.m. ET/MT, day-and-date with DirecTV’s Audience Network in the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »

Kobo has announced its Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean firmware update for Kobo’s award-winning 7″ Google-certified Kobo Arc tablet. This update optimizes the user experience with faster performance, improved search capabilities, increased touch responsiveness, and additional intelligence features to help organize and streamline information with actionable notifications. The update is now available to Kobo Arc customers when they next connect to Wi Fi. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian Tire has opened its new digital development lab in “Silicon Valley North”, joining nearly 1000 companies as the first retail partner in Communitech.  Communitech supports tech companies at all stages of their growth and development — from startups to rapidly growing SMEs, to large global players — in the commercialization of innovative technologies. Read the rest of this entry »

InspiredStream is a new website and media hub offering interactive technology for users to showcase talent, creativity, and anything members find interesting. Sound, video, still images—this website is about showing and sharing and creating the communities of like-minded users. This new website is a digital space where creative, artistic and interesting people can post their work and then tweak it, expand it, and modify it as they want. Read the rest of this entry »

For the student, teacher, paralegal, journalist, or academic researcher, why spend hours re-typing text when the C-pen Digital Highlighter can do it instead? The C-pen works in tandem with Mac (OSX), Windows and Android operating systems (smartphones and tablets). Use the C-pen 3.5 Portable Bluetooth Scanner to make any visit to the library or office more efficient. The C-pen is easy, convenient, and reliable as it seamlessly glides across selected text and inputs it to any software on any compatible device; simply place the cursor where you wish to transfer text/digits to a Google Doc, E-mail, Word Document, Excel, for example. It is a guaranteed time saver. Read the rest of this entry »