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Vanilla Forums has announced the general availability of its new commenting feature which allows publishers to use Vanilla to power blog comments and turn those transient commenters into engaged community members. When an article is published, a new discussion thread is automatically created in the community forum and commenters can then participate in further conversations with each other in the community. Any comment posted to the blog or to the corresponding thread in the community is displayed in both places simultaneously. Read the rest of this entry »

Since the release of bookabi’s free version downloads have increased by over 250%.  Bookabi, created by Tamajii, has been featured as in the top ten of Top Educational Apps and as one of the Great Canadian Apps. Bookabi is free until the end of April and available worldwide through the App Store in the Education category. In the near future, users will be able to download additional backgrounds, characters and even share their stories with other bookabi users. Read the rest of this entry »

Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Marvel’s The Avengers: Iron Man – Mark VII” from Loud Crow Interactive is an epic interactive comic book experience through the design logs of super hero Tony Stark as he journeys from his Mark I armor, used to escape from captivity in the Ten Rings insurgents’ cave, to the high-powered Mark VI armor, used to vanquish Ivan Vanko and his army of Hammer Drones. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian author Alexander Galant put his talents as a historical researcher and thriller writer together to pen his novel Depth of Deception -A Titanic Murder Mystery. He released it a week ago as an e-book to coincide with the centennial anniversary of Titanic. “It’s connected to – but not about – Titanic,” said Alexander Galant about the plot of his novel. Read the rest of this entry »

EZ-Robot has announced the release of its latest firmware, codename “HiFive!” for the EZ-Builder platform. This significant update introduces biped support with user defined GAIT positioning to allow for customizable actions like walking, crouching, turning left or right, kicking, balancing and more. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian-produced web series have won 4 out of 10 coveted spots to compete world-wide at the Marseille WebFest in October. This news came as LA WebFest announced top honours and multiple awards for Clutch, a Toronto-based action series by Jonathan Robbins, Out With Dad, an indie soap by Jason Leaver also of Toronto, Hitman 101, an action series produced in B.C., and Divine, also from B.C. Read the rest of this entry »

Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen, co-founders of the Canadian multidisciplinary design studio molo have announced that, along with American sound artist Ethan Rose, they have created experimental prototypes that turn molo’s award winning softwall room dividers into speakers. The sound system does not use traditional speakers but instead seamlessly integrates transducers which sonically activate the paper-like layers that make up the structure of the expandable and flexible partition wall. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s Karta Mobile Inc. has announced the immediate availability of a new BlackBerry app that lets BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) friends exchange visual voicemail messages with each other for free. Designed for times when people want to say something that is too long to type or is just not practical to type out in full, for example when walking or in a hurry, VVM Messenger makes exchanging visual voicemail messages (VVMs) easy and fun. Read the rest of this entry »

The Interactive Ontario Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Donald Henderson has been appointed to the position of President & CEO of the organization. As a veteran of the interactive media industry, Donald brings a wealth of valuable industry knowledge and leadership experience to this role. Read the rest of this entry »

Encore, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, has announced the addition of a new facility in Vancouver, further expanding its established network of post production facilities dedicated to serving television clientele. Current Encore locations include Hollywood and New York as well as sister Deluxe television facility Level 3 in Burbank, California. These facilities share a common network that allows them to share media seamlessly, maximizing efficiency and capacity. Read the rest of this entry »