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The Interactive Fund is a program created in partnership between BC Film + Media and the BC Arts Council. The program is intended to support the production of high quality, original, interactive digital media content owned and controlled by BC companies or individuals. Funding is in the form of a non-recoupable advance of up to $50,000. Read the rest of this entry »

Secure digital media distribution company Yangaroo has announced that Scott Wambolt will resign as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective February 29, 2012. Gary Moss, currently a member of the Board of Directors, will assume the role of Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, immediately and has been approved unanimously by the Board of Directors. Read the rest of this entry »

Students and graduates in the Waterloo area and across southern Ontario, will benefit from nearly $2.5 million to help stimulate innovation through skills training. This funding, announced today by Peter Braid, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), will enable the University of Waterloo, Shad Valley International, and University of Waterloo Commercialization Centre to expand their diverse programming in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. Read the rest of this entry »

SiriusXM Canada has announced nominations for the 2012 SiriusXM Indie Awards‘ Emerging Artist of the Year category and will award $10,000 to the winner during the award show taking place at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

The wait is finally over: fans can expect a fresh taste of twisted humour when new episodes of Robot Chicken’s season five return to the “Fred at Night”lineup on Sunday, March 4 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. From Green Lantern to Harry Potter, Dora the Explorer and Sex and the City, no pop culture phenomenon is safe from a hilarious skewering in this latest offering from Seth Green and Matthew Senreich’s Stoopid Monkey Productions. The show won the 2010 Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program Short Format and has won a slew of other Emmys and Annie Awards since its debut. Read the rest of this entry »

Klipfolio Inc is celebrating 10 years in business and is dedicating February to commemorating this achievement. Based in Ottawa, Canada, Klipfolio began in 2001 based on the idea of reconciling disparate data sources and displaying them on a consolidated view called a dashboard. Over the past 10 years, Klipfolio has become a leading desktop KPI dashboard and mobile BI dashboard vendor. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver developer Intrinsyc Software International, Inc. and Ubiquisys, a UK-based developer of 3G and LTE small cells, will demonstrate Small Cell WiFi Wake-up at Mobile World Congress, February 27 – March 1. An innovative combination of handset and small cell apps, WiFi Wake-up switches on WiFi as the user enters a 3G/LTE/WiFi small cell hotspot and logs into the hotspot’s secure WiFi network. When the user then leaves the hotspot, the WiFi is turned-off. This provides a compelling new tool for operators to maximize data offload by integrating carrier WiFi with small cell base stations. Read the rest of this entry »

Acer America has expanded its commercial business unit in Canada to meet the needs of small and medium enterprise (SME) customers and their IT departments. To support this new focus, Acer has moved call centre support services from off-shore to North America and made considerable investments in resources including service and support. Read the rest of this entry »

Netcelerate has been selected to provide voice and data communications solutions to Invest Ottawa (formerly Ottawa Centre for Regional Innovation). The solution consists of a hosted PBX telephone system as well as fibre connectivity, while featuring the ability to seamlessly add, move or change extensions and phone lines to meet Invest Ottawa’s growth demands. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal’s AlertPay has officially entered Bangladesh as the country’s first online payment service provider. AlertPay, in collaboration with Bangladesh-based Casada Technology Ltd., will be providing Bangladeshi freelance IT workers with the ability to receive international payments conveniently and affordably, directly transferred into their local banks. Until now, this essential service has not been available to Bangladesh. Read the rest of this entry »