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What’s that buzzing noise? Is that a low-hanging cloud coming in? Oh, it’s just a plague of locusts descending on the Pygmies of Pocket God from Frima Studios and Bolt Creative. The Aztec calendar on Apocalypse Island continues to count down in Pocket God Episode 44: The Perfect Swarm, opening a new room in the island’s temple that houses the plague’s source – the locust queen! Available on the iTunes App Store today, Pocket God’s latest content update brings insect-riddled fun as well as a new Mondo Skin Pack to the hit iOS phenomenon. Read the rest of this entry »

Business management software and services provider Sage has announced the results of its annual Sage Business Index survey. The Sage Business Index gathered the opinions of 2,278 Canadian business owners and is part of a multi-country survey conducted in Canada, the United States, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Austria, South Africa and Malaysia-Singapore. Read the rest of this entry »

iLOOKABOUT Corp. has announced the appointment of Geoff Davies, the current Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, as Executive Chairman of the Board, effective immediately. In this new role, Mr. Davies will more closely support the Management Team in building on the recent financings and major contract successes, with a view to further improve the Company’s financial performance and enhance shareholder value. Read the rest of this entry »

Uniserve Communications Corporation has entered into a partnership agreement with Vancouver based Smartphone application developer George Mobile™. Uniserve will provide a variety of services on both a hardware and software level: The back-end infrastructure, complete telecom services including phone lines and phone numbers as well as management of the George Mobile platform. Read the rest of this entry »

The strategic assets of AlertPay Inc., a Montreal-based online payment processor, have been acquired by MH Pillars Ltd., a UK-based firm specializing in prepaid-card solutions. By acquiring AlertPay’s proprietary technology, MH Pillars will be able to enter the online payments industry with a full suite of solutions. Read the rest of this entry »

The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has extended the deadline to enter the 2012 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award contest until May 6, 2012 and added a new prize valued at $25,000. Young entrepreneurs now have a chance to win the BDC Grand Prize for Innovation: $100,000 to implement a new innovation project aimed at driving business growth. The BDC Young Entrepreneur Award runner-up will receive a $25,000 customized Internet strategy from BDC Consulting, designed to help the beneficiary increase sales and stand out in a competitive world. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian magazine readers remain loyal to the print versions of their favorite titles, with fewer than one in ten newsstand customers – and one in twenty women readers – having purchased an e-edition in the past year, according to a national survey. Read the rest of this entry »

textPlus is expanding with the launch of textPlus Free Text and Calls for Android. Starting today, Canadians who pay costly texting and calling fees will get all the features and benefits from their mobile phone with textPlus, but without all the costs. textPlus also works on Android tablets and other devices, so users can always stay connected to the conversation. Read the rest of this entry »

VanArts is proud to present a Masterclass in Animation & Story Development, featuring instructors Matthew Luhn (Head of Story) and Andrew Gordon (Animator), both from Pixar Animation Studios. The 2012 Class Tour begins on June 22 in Chicago and ends in Vancouver on September 28th. Read the rest of this entry »

Trend Micro Incorporated announced yesterday that it is now part of the VCE independent software vendors (ISV) program. Trend Micro Deep Security has been certified on the VCE^TM Vblock^TM infrastructure platform and is the industry’s first agentless security platform that unlocks virtual machine performance. Read the rest of this entry »