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Toronto’s prairieFyre Software, a Microsoft Gold Certified Communications and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner developing unified communications and contact center solutions, is proud to announce it has completed interoperability testing of the prairieFyre Contact Center for Microsoft Lync with the Network Equipment Technologies (NET) Unified Exchange (UX) 2000 All-in-One Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA). Read the rest of this entry »

The XBLIG/XNA community is rising yet again after last year’s blazing hot Summer Uprising with the Indie Games Uprising III. Running from September 10th – 20th, nine Xbox Live Indie Games will be released, one on each day of the work week (Monday – Friday). This year’s line-up consists of a wide variety of developers and an even greater variety of unique and innovative games, including Pixel from Toronto’s Ratchet Game Studios. Read the rest of this entry »

Following on the heels of its very successful workforce development project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Bluedrop Performance Learning has announced that a second Canadian province has signed on to CoursePark to deliver targeted online learning to its workforce and small business sector. Details are expected in September at a formal announcement where the province’s premier, a partner organization and Bluedrop will officially launch the program. Read the rest of this entry »

TeamUp, a newly formed Montreal company built on the guiding principle that 3D should be accessible to everyone, everywhere—today announced its Multi-Optics™ renderer and real-time 3D collaboration. The TeamUp platform is completely Cloud-powered, so customers have access to the fastest machines available and do not have to download, install, license or setup anything before working with 3D content. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian Roots Radio, an internet station dedicated to playing Folk, Blues and Roots music announced a launch date of November 1st. Jim Priebe, CFA, President, also said an Indiegogo campaign has been started to raise the funds needed for launch. Read the rest of this entry »

Adcentricity, a location-based marketing company headquartered in Toronto, has announced the acquisition of Media 2 Go International Inc., a Vaughan-based company with proprietary patent pending Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-based proximity marketing technology. With the newly acquired technology, Adcentricity has added the capability of broadcasting multimedia promotional content directly to any Wi-Fi or Bluetooth enabled mobile device. The new feature called ADAir will add to Adcentricity’s already robust location-based digital media management platform ADCentral. Read the rest of this entry »

Allstream, Canada’s all-business communications provider, is proud to announce the launch of its Managed Wide Area Network (WAN) Optimization service. Allstream’s Managed WAN Optimization service will accelerate existing key applications and free bandwidth for the installation of more applications and services. Read the rest of this entry »

What happens when telepathic paramedic Toby Logan (Craig Olejnik) suddenly loses his telepathic abilities and his wisecracking EMS partner Oz (Ennis Esmer) gains them? That’s the premise of Switch, an exclusive digital-only series spun off the hit original series The Listener. Read the rest of this entry »

John Helliker, director of Sheridan’s Screen Industries Research and Training Centre, (SIRT) will join Avatar producer Jon Landau and a panel of international award-winning cinema leaders for a discussion on the future of high frame rate (HFR) cinema at the SIGGRAPH 2012 conference in Los Angeles on August 8^th, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Returning this summer by popular demand, the Fido Casting Call^™ 2 contest will search for the next dog to star in an upcoming Fido advertisement. Open for submissions across Canada on August 13, Fido Casting Call 2 will support the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides, a non-profit organization that provides Dog Guides to Canadians with disabilities. Read the rest of this entry »