Village Gamer

This week, MaRS Discovery District is hosting one of Canada’s most influential city-building gatherings. On July 18 and 19, more than 300 local, national and international delegates and speakers are coming to MaRS for The Innovation City, a two-day conference that will explore and highlight the partnerships, ideas and innovation models that will lead to building the great cities of the 21^stcentury. Read the rest of this entry »

Impossibly strong and undeniably cool, the new Motorola Defy™ Pro, brought to you by Motorola Mobility Canada Ltd., is built tough. Coming exclusively to Rogers Communications this summer, Motorola Defy Pro is IP67 certified for resistance against scratches, spills and dust. You can trust that Defy Pro will deliver, no matter what life throws your way. Read the rest of this entry »

EXFO Inc. announced today a major market milestone as it has sold over 25,000 units of its FTB-200 Compact Platform to over a thousand customers from all around the world, a testament to the ever-present need for high-end testing modules in small, portable formats. Read the rest of this entry »

Turnitin, a California-based originality checking and online grading service provider and Toronto’s innovative learning solutions provider Desire2Learn, announced yesterday at FUSION 2012  significant usability and functionality enhancements to the integration of GradeMark with Desire2Learn Learning Suite 10. This enhanced integration of Turnitin’s award-winning online grading tool provides Desire2Learn users with richer grade collection capabilities in GradeMark and the ability to transfer grades to Desire2Learn Learning Environment. Read the rest of this entry »

Multiplatform deployer of games TransGaming Inc. has announced that it is developing an exclusive World Poker Tour® (WPT ®) game for Smart TV that is expected to launch in the fall with a number of operators around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Amazon.ca has announced their annual list of the Best Books of the Year So Far. Chosen by Amazon.ca book editors, the list features the top 20 books published in Canada from January to June of 2012, as well as the top ten books in individual categories like Literature & Fiction, Cooking, Food and Wine and Biographies & Memoirs, to name a few. Read the rest of this entry »

Preschoolers and their families in Ottawa and Nepean will be treated to a summer reading visit from TVOKids host Gisèle for the second year in a row. The star of TVO’s early learning program block Gisèle’s Big Backyard brings her Read with Gisèle Tour to two branches of the Ottawa Public Library on Saturday July 28th. Last year’s popular events saw over 800 people turn out to share the magic of reading with Gisèle and get her autograph. Read the rest of this entry »

For the July 3rd launch of the massively multiplayer online game The Secret World by Funcom, Montreal agency Human Equation led a viral campaign based on the theme of secret societies, generating more than 2.7 million in visibility on the web. The marketing offensive was deployed from May 22 to June 29, 2012 in five different languages and reached over 80 countries. Read the rest of this entry »

The “VLogger Challenge” from OpenRoad Auto Group, launched this summer, is a fun & interactive way to challenge local automotive enthusiasts to truly express themselves via video whilst competing for the job position: “The OpenRoad VLogger”. The OpenRoad VLogger position features a base salary & extensive perk package, including an entertainment expense, company vehicles, free gas & complimentary camera equipment. Read the rest of this entry »