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Bluedrop Performance Learning Inc. has announced the grand opening of the Bluedrop Training and Simulation Centre (BTSC), in Halifax. This state of the art facility is designed to host and develop some of the world’s most advanced training and simulation technologies to address the operational and maintenance needs in civil and military aviation, as well as army and naval domains. Read the rest of this entry »

The BCIC-New Ventures Competition started with 146 companies and  has now narrowed the field to ten finalist start-up technology companies that will pitch for $235,000 in cash and prizes. This year’s top ten includes companies from Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island featuring new technologies in the IT, life sciences, and cleantech sectors. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Pictures Television (SPT)’s Sony Movie Channel and AXN Movies launch today exclusively in Canada on Hollywood Suite as part of Hollywood Suite’s four HD movie channels. Sony Movie Channel is SPT’s movie network created specifically for the Hollywood movie fan, featuring award-winning films, cult favorites, family comedies and gripping dramas, while AXN Movies delivers high octane, edge-of-your-seat movies. Read the rest of this entry »

Voices.com, the Ontario-based online marketplace that connects voice-over talents with businesses, today launched the first-ever iPad application for casting voice-overs. Now available for download from iTunes, the free app gives users the full functionality of the Voices.com website on their tablets. Voice seekers can search, audition, hire and pay voice talent. Voice-over artists can review listings of paid work, record and edit auditions, and submit them directly to potential clients. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued its annual Communications Monitoring Report today, providing an overview of the Canadian communications sector. In 2011, the average Canadian family spent more than $180 per month on communications services – showing an increase in content consumption and Canadian connectivity over the past year. Read the rest of this entry »

The diverse tech sector in Waterloo Region continues to grow, attracting major investments in an area that’s home to almost 1,000 tech companies. One of the Region’s breakout companies and Canada’s largest eLearning software company Desire2Learn announced earlier today that it has raised $80 million from two top venture funds, signaling a major expansion for the firm. Earlier this year, Communitech announced a $30 million+ seed funding program to further spur innovation in the Region and beyond. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian mobile coupon software provider retailcommon has announced an exciting partnership with Geomedia, a specialist in media analytics and Canada’s largest manager of geo-targeted advertising. With over 8 million smartphone users in Canada it is increasingly important for retailers to be able to connect with consumers on their mobile devices. retailcommon, a market leader in the mobile coupon industry, enables B2C companies to drive consumers to physical locations by providing them with a software service that delivers e-coupons to consumers’ mobile devices. Read the rest of this entry »

ImmerVision, the inventor of the 360-degree panomorph lens and worldwide expert in immersive optical technology, announced today that Axxon Next video management software (VMS) has been certified with ImmerVision Enables, one of  the most flexible and advanced 360-degree viewing standard that significantly expands field-of-views without blind spots. By simply adding a panomorph camera, Axxon Next users achieve unparallel 360×180 degree performance through amplified peripheral resolution, increasing the size of objects in the distance and enhancing efficiency during investigations. Read the rest of this entry »

Creative Director and Senior Producer Ragnar Tørnquist has released a State of the Game for Funcom‘s recently launched modern-day massively multiplayer online game ‘The Secret World‘. The text talks briefly about the recent events at Funcom and how the team is now reshuffling and reorganizing in order to meet the future head on and bring ‘The Secret World’ to all new levels. Read the rest of this entry »

Want to get a taste of Canadian Innovation Exchange ahead of the main event in November? Attend a CIX Meet Up, coming soon to Waterloo, Montreal and Vancouver. CIX Meet Ups this year will feature a panel discussion on Current Market Insights: Investment, Evaluation and Entrepreneurship, with prominent Canadian experts in each city. There will be cocktails, h’ors d’eouvres, and networking opportunities to give you an exclusive taste of CIX and a sampling of the Canadian innovation ecosystem in Digital Media and Information Communications Technology (ICT). Read the rest of this entry »