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Via Interactive Ontario: OMDC is now accepting applications for the 2012/13 cycle of the OMDC Export Fund – Interactive Digital Media. The Export Fund is an excellent opportunity for interactive content producers to get significant financial support to attend conferences, undertake sales trips and participate in trade missions. The Export Fund can help grow your business by assisting with the cost of travel, accomodations, conference fees and marketing materials for up to 5 business development-related events. Read the rest of this entry »

Future Shop has announced a record-number of 20 high schools across Canada will be updating their outdated technology thanks to over $500,000 in donations from the company’s Future Generation Tech Lab program. More than 160 schools from coast-to-coast submitted applications for funding in three categories: $10,000; $25,000; and $50,000. Read the rest of this entry »

Social Campaign Optimization and Social Learning developer Parta Dialogue Inc. has announced that its affiliate company Edu-Performance has signed an eLearning agreement to distribute online content under American company OpenSesame. Read the rest of this entry »

Today marks the launch of Musique nomade, a unique showcase for contemporary Aboriginal music. This interactive and innovative website includes online profiles of Aboriginal musicians, video clips, songs for downloading free of charge, photos, a concert calendar, music tips and information about the Aboriginal communities and nations in Quebec. You’ll also be able to write to your favourite musicians. Read the rest of this entry »

Innovative motion technology developer D-Box Technologies has announced that its relationship with Universal Pictures continues with two epic new releases – Battleship (May 18, 2012) and Snow White and the Huntsman (June 1, 2012). Read the rest of this entry »

The Business Development Bank of Canada’s venture capital arm will issue up to six million dollars in convertible notes over two years to graduates of FounderFuel, the Montreal-based startup accelerator program. Some 40 young enterprises from all over the country in the web, mobile, software as a service (SaaS), and gaming fields, will each be eligible for a $150 000 BDC convertible note upon their successful completion of FounderFuel’s 12-week, mentor-driven business “boot camp”. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Waterloo’s newest high-tech accelerator is showcasing some of the latest in interactive digital display technologies from an equally new ‘sandbox for serious play’ – the FELT Lab – throughout CDMN’s Canada 3.0 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

New Home Buyers Network (NHBN) has launched the first iPad app in Canada to make the hunt for new houses and condos in Ontario a whole lot easier. As Canada’s go-to source for online listings of new-build homes, NHBN sees the new app as a natural extension of its existing family of digital offerings that includes the popular homebuyers.com website. Read the rest of this entry »

The 4^thannual CDMN Canada 3.0 digital media forum has gotten off to an exciting start today with opening remarks from Governor General David Johnston from Brazil, an on-site keynote by Industry Minister Christian Paradis, keynotes by Canadian tech leaders, and the announcement of the 10th member ‘node’ to join the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN).  Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ) today officially joins regional centres of digital media entrepreneurship linked from coast-to-coast through the CDMN. Read the rest of this entry »

QuestChat, North America’s busiest chat line and one-stop destination for exciting phone connections with local singles, today raises the chat game by launching its premiere, free-to-download App for iPhone and Android platforms. Read the rest of this entry »