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Kashoo, the makers of simple cloud accounting software for small business, recently surpassed two major milestones: 100,000 registered users and 50,000 downloads of its industry-leading iPad app. Kashoo recently released a new version of its iPad app that includes a number of great new features including attachments, easy printing via AirPrint, faster data entry, a variety of beautiful, client-ready invoice templates and more. The company also released a significant update to its web app in late April. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based Tapstream has announced the immediate availability of Smart Shortlinks for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows Phone and Windows 8. Designed to help mobile marketers increase app downloads, the Smart Shortlinks identify a consumer’s mobile device-type, and then use that information to redirect them to a pre determined destination, ensuring consumers reach the correct app. It then tracks the number of activations and value of users who came from each link. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosted VoIP, Voice, Video, IT and Data services provider BroadConnect Telecom has unveiled new business, private, and hybrid hosting solutions delivered via cloud. This launch comes in efforts to meet customer demands for cost-efficient virtualization for application, data and storage hosting. BroadConnect’s uniquely advanced Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) presents businesses of all sizes with access to cloud solutions that are both redundant and reliable. Read the rest of this entry »

August 2013 Update: Where to Buy – now with Canadian sources. Starting this month, the New Avengers Assemble Thor Hammer 3D Night Light from Canadian designer 3DLightFX will be available exclusively at Target Stores across the entire United States. The 3D Light is battery operated and comes with a very cool 3D Crack sticker making it appear as though the Thor Hammer has been thrown into your wall. Read the rest of this entry »

Pioneer virtualization and cloud management software developer Embotics Corporation announced earlier this week that it has joined the OpenStack community. As an active member of the OpenStack community, Embotics is continuing its commitment to integrate with OpenStack in future Embotics vCommander releases.

Embotics is executing a strategy of brokering IT services from any hypervisor, any cloud and remains committed to giving its enterprise customers the freedom of choice to avoid cloud platform lock-in. While VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V are commonly recognized today as leading on-premises platforms, OpenStack is emerging as another platform of interest for enterprises.

OpenStack was founded by Rackspace Hosting, NASA and a host of other companies. It has grown into a global software community of developers who are collaborating on an extremely scalable open source cloud operating system and standard. The group’s mission is to enable any organization to create and offer cloud computing services running on standard hardware.

Embotics’ flagship product, vCommander, was developed for mid-sized to large enterprises that are building and managing clouds. The platform provides multi-hypervisor management, automation and self-service provisioning to help enterprises gain visibility and control of their virtualized environments. Embotics vCommander deploys in 15 minutes and delivers the industry’s fastest time to value. vCommander also provides a multi-tenant cost model, analytics and cross-platform workload migration to help customers make economically justified platform decisions for their virtualized data centers, setting it apart from other cloud management platforms.

“OpenStack has gained momentum in the industry, and the OpenStack community represents an intelligent collaboration of cloud computing experts,” said Jay Litkey, CEO of Embotics. “Our participation in the community and commitment to integrate OpenStack services into upcoming vCommander releases delivers on our vow to support any hypervisor and any cloud, which is essential in a landscape where data centers are increasingly managing multiple hypervisors across disparate cloud platforms.”

Eyeball Networks has announced today the release of AnyFirewall™ Engine v9.6, and AnyFirewall Server v9.6 with support for RFC 6544: ICE-TCP, enhancing reliable VoIP and video telephony connectivity to millions of devices and end users. Read the rest of this entry »

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released five screenshots from Batman: Arkham Origins, which will be available this  October 25th for the Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3, Nintendo Wii U™  and Windows PC. Read the rest of this entry »

First she took on Donald Trump. Now she’s taking on the world. Bell Media’s E! announced today that it has ordered the new Canadian entertainment documentary series Brave New Girl (working title) from Peacock Alley Entertainment. The eight-episode, 30-minute, unscripted series follows the glamorous and headline-grabbing life of model and former Miss Universe Canada contestant Jenna Talackova, as she moves from Vancouver to Toronto to pursue her career and start a new life in the big city. Joining her for the ride are Jenna’s fun and fearless friends, level-headed documentary filmmaker Elena and outspoken model and student, Dajana. Brave New Girl begins production this summer and is set to premiere on E! in the fall. Read the rest of this entry »

The editors of the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project have released their 2014 application, which will determine the winners of the national project as well as 20 other popular regional and special-interest “top employer” competitions.  Winners of the national project will be announced this fall in The Globe and Mail. This year’s application deadline is June 13, 2013, and The Top 100 editorial team will host a free webinar for employers interested in applying to this year’s project on May 7 and 14. Read the rest of this entry »

Disney Junior continues to deliver the best in preschool programming and services to its viewers by announcing the arrival of Disney Junior HD. Launching today on Rogers (channel 479) and EastLink (channel 748), the new English-language channel is available free of charge to eligible customers who already subscribe to the Disney Junior standard definition service. The launch of Disney Junior HD with other service providers will be announced in the coming weeks. Read the rest of this entry »