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To better help financial organizations improve customer experience while increasing cost-savings and remaining compliant in an ever changing regulatory landscape, Silanis, a Montreal-based provider of enterprise electronic signature solutions with the largest e-signature deployments, will host a webcast on infrastructure readiness and how to integrate with e-signatures. This complimentary event will take place Thursday, September 6, 2012, from 2:00pm-3:00pm ET. IT and operations stakeholders in the financial services sector interested in attending may register online. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian small business owners are counting down the days until October 20^th, the date set for Canada’s first Small Business Saturday. It’s a new campaign from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) sponsored by Interac® that aims to encourage consumers to shop at local, independent businesses and help entrepreneurs promote their businesses online. Read the rest of this entry »

mDialog, a Toronto-based provider of video stream management on connected devices, and VisualOn, a California multimedia software company that enables high-quality video and audio across connected devices, have announced a partnership to bring dynamic ad insertion to Android devices. Read the rest of this entry »

After a successful and exciting first year, Mega Bloks will soon launch their second edition of the Halo Toymation Fest, a community-driven competition in which Halo fans can create and submit their own Mega Bloks Halo toymations (stop motion animations featuring toys) for a chance to win incredible prizes. Read the rest of this entry »

From bestselling authors to the hottest Fall releases, Indigo and Chapters stores nationally host free and exclusive events through the month of September. Check the list below to see if one of your favourite authors is coming to an Indigo or Chapters store in your neighbourhood. Read the rest of this entry »

Fans looking to go hands-on with Infinite Game Publishing (IGP) games or get in front of developers behind the upcoming MechWarrior Online from Piranha Games, MechWarrior Tactics and Sins of a Dark Age have several ways to do so as IGP announces details on its PAX Prime participation this year. Hands-on demos, panels and exclusive Q&A session details for the games are below. Read the rest of this entry »

Gamercamp returns to Toronto for its fourth edition this November 3rd and 4th at the beautiful Isabel Bader Theatre, with some of the top names working in the games industry.  Festival director Jaime Woo has announced that Ken Yeung, lead programmer of the award-winning Super T.I.M.E. Force, and Pat Redding, lead game designer of the highly-anticipated Splinter Cell: Black List, as well as artists from NYU’s acclaimed No Quarter exhibition are the latest talent additions to the 2012 roster, joining already-announced Deus Ex: Human Revolution lead writer Mary DeMarle, Papo & Yo creative director Vander Caballero, and Dyad creator Shawn McGrath. Read the rest of this entry »

The BCIC-New Ventures Competition is partnering with BCIC, Wavefront, VEF Momentum and Startup Drinks to deliver a tech focused startup event called Aha! Defining Moment of 20 Tech Entrepreneurs, taking place September 19th at the Vancouver Convention Centre. If you have a company to feature at this event, this is a call for pitch submissions! Get all the details below:  Read the rest of this entry »

The Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver will play host to FITC as it expands its presence from Toronto to Vancouver. This event, which is all about the Future, Innovation, Technology and Creativity, will feature a workshop day and two days of presentations and panels – as well as a networking social component. Tickets for the November 16, 17 and 18th event are now on sale. Early Bird pricing is in effect until October 12th, and there are Student prices also available. Not sure what FITC is all about? Check out their YouTube channel. Read the rest of this entry »

Is the reign of the 18-35 male gamer coming to an end? Maybe. The explosive growth of social and casual gaming has predominantly been fueled by female players in their 40s. As more and more game developers actively target women and young children, we’re seeing an expansion of what games are and can be. Women In Games Vancouver, along with event partner EA Canada, are proud to present “Rescuing the Game Industry: Women and Children First?” Read the rest of this entry »