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Communitech‘s HYPERDRIVE is top of mind for tech talent and financial backers alike as excitement over the startup incubator continues to grow. Seed round partners Canrock Ventures and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) share in the enthusiasm, with only two weeks left to submit applications for a coveted spot in the program. Read the rest of this entry »

AudienceView has announced that AV Tiki, the company’s innovative online sales solution for live event ticketing through Facebook, has been successfully launched with partner organizations in Europe, Asia and North America as part of a staged roll-out strategy. Read the rest of this entry »

The Royal Ontario Museum recently added digital book scanning technology from Ristech, making use of the Book2net Spirit high-resolution, energy-efficient digital book scanner in the library’s reading room. The Museum’s affiliation with the University of Toronto library system will enable university faculty and students to also benefit from the Book2net Spirit, which can help museums and libraries save time, money and energy while reducing environment footprint by eliminating the need for photocopiers, paper and toner. Read the rest of this entry »

Wishpond Technologies Ltd., a Vancouver-based provider of social commerce solutions, is announcing the launch of Mall360, a unique service that allows malls and shopping centers to provide their shoppers with a browsable, searchable, shareable online product discovery application across multiple channels: web, social and mobile. Read the rest of this entry »

MonkeyMedia Software, a Vancouver-based provider of complete catering solutions for multi-unit restaurant operators, is pleased to announce the winners of its Restaurant Leadership Conference T-shirt contest that took place in March. Visitors to the MonkeyMedia Software tradeshow booth were given personalized T-shirts, featuring the company’s creative tagline “Get Catering and Grow Sales!™”. Read the rest of this entry »

Web-based driver risk management solutions provider AlertDriving has announced that the company’s FleetDefense^SM platform now takes advantage of the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ to optimize performance for end users around the globe. Read the rest of this entry »

New York-based audience buying company Xaxis continues its global expansion with the launch today of its first office in Canada. Digital ad executive Rodney Perry has been named managing director, Canada to lead the new Toronto office, which will provide clients with audience planning and buying solutions to connect with consumers throughout the Canadian market. Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung Electronics Canada has announced that construction has commenced on the first Samsung branded store in Burnaby.  Located in the Metropolis at Metrotown, the Samsung store is designed to help Canadians pursue their passions with an exciting new way to experience and interact with Samsung’s line up of mobile, personal computing, and consumer electronics products, in a standalone retail location. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has announced a program to waive distribution fees on Origin™ for any developer that has a successfully crowd-funded, ready-to-publish downloadable PC game. Origin will provide distribution services free of charge for 90 days after the game’s launch, giving new crowd-funded games a chance to reach the growing Origin audience of more than 12 million registered users worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »

MonkeyMedia Software, a Vancouver-based provider of complete catering solutions for multi-unit restaurant operators, held its first annual party in conjunction with PeopleMatter, at the newly rebranded Bennigan’s, in Chicago, on Monday May 7, as the 2012 National Restaurant Association Show came to an end. Read the rest of this entry »