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DesignCrowd, a crowdsourcing company based in Australia that specialises in helping businesses outsource or ‘crowdsource’ design projects, is pleased to announce the launch of DesignCrowd.ca — a new crowdsourcing website for Canadian businesses and designers. Read the rest of this entry »

Kobo Inc., has introduced its self-publishing portal Kobo Writing Life for independent authors and publishers. Designed to help writers become the best authors and publishers possible, Kobo Writing Life offers key reader insights and marketing tools to engage with fans on a global scale. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s wireless industry generated $43 billion for the Canadian economy in 2010 according to UK-based Ovum Consulting. In a report released today by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), Ovum quantifies the economic impact of Canada’s wireless sector in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), investment and employment. Read the rest of this entry »

Wavefront and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) are actively seeking established Canadian companies with innovative solutions in Mobile Marketing, Mobile Content, Mobile Advertising or Mobile Social Media who are ready to export their solutions to the Japanese market. Read the rest of this entry »

MEGA Brands Inc. and Activision Publishing, Inc. have entered into a multi-year, global licensing partnership to develop MEGA Bloks & MEGA Puzzles toys and puzzles inspired by Skylanders Giants™, the sequel to the #1 new kids videogame IP of 2011 – Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure™. Read the rest of this entry »

Online voting begins today to determine which of the eight projects competing in the finals of the BDC Young Entrepreneur Award contest will take home the $100,000 BDC Grand Prize for Innovation. The BDC Young Entrepreneur Award runner up will receive a customized Internet strategy developed by BDC Consulting and valued at $25,000. Read the rest of this entry »

TransGaming Inc. has announced that the Toronto-based multiplatform deployer of interactive entertainment has signed an agreement with a leading IPTV solution provider. Under the terms of the agreement, the solution provider has licensed the rights to develop a series of GameTree™ TV based video games for distribution starting with a major North American IPTV service operator. Read the rest of this entry »

The integration of GenAudio’s AstoundSound® for Gaming with Audiokinetic’s award winning Wwise game audio engine offers game developers the ability to provide a new dimension in audio performance ranging from stereo enhancement to full-blown, immersive audio spatialization. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced federal funding to support Mitacs’ efforts in strengthening the knowledge based economy, supporting business growth and international competitiveness in Western Canada during her keynote address at the Mitacs inaugural Globalink Symposium. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile risk management company Fixmo has announced that Mobileyes Solutions Inc., the mobile solutions experts serving federal and provincial government departments and non-government organizations (NGOs) across Canada, has become the first Canadian partner to join the Fixmo SafeZone™ Certified Partner Program. The partnership enables Mobileyes Solutions to build custom enterprise applications for iOS and Android devices that leverage Fixmo’s defense-grade mobile security architecture and the Fixmo SafeZone secure workspace. Read the rest of this entry »