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Samsung Electronics Canada has announced the commercial availability of Samsung School in Canada, a fully integrated one-to-one education solution that combines the latest tablet and display technology to create an interactive, student-centric learning environment. Samsung School is a complete classroom solution which  consists of the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet for student and teacher use as well as Samsung School software licenses. Additional Samsung components can easily be configured, including a 55 or 65-inch digital e-Board, wireless printer, notebook PC for class curriculum management and an AllShare Cast dongle for existing in class e-boards. Read the rest of this entry »

Uberflip announced today that it has passed 1000 paying customers for its digital publishing and content marketing software after growing its customer base 362% since rebranding to Uberflip in 2012. One of those companies is inbound marketing software, Hubspot, who signed up for Uberflip to take their award-winning content marketing to the next level. Read the rest of this entry »

ManagingLife was recognized with a Gold Award for its popular chronic pain management app for Android, Manage My Pain, at the Winter-Spring 2013 Web Health Awards. It is the second year in a row that Manage My Pain has been honoured with an award, and the first time that it has received Gold. The Web Health Awards judges are distinguished experts in digital health media and evaluated hundreds of entries for content, design, creativity, and user experience. The app’s ability to be fully customized for any pain condition sets it apart, allowing it to serve as a migraine, fibromyalgia or even a back pain app. Read the rest of this entry »

Category management specialist ToolBox Solutions has announced the launch of the latest version of ToolBox Advantage^TM.  This upgrade incorporates significant changes and key enhancements on a number of ToolBox Advantage reports, delivering upgraded user experience. Using new technology, ToolBox Solutions has taken the most advanced Category Management reporting platform in the world to the next level. Some of the key elements of the release include updated design with a cleaner look and improved functionality. This provides even faster performance on report execution and an overall remarkable user experience. Read the rest of this entry »

The Thinking Skills Club, a Toronto-based website with 6 categories of cognitive games for children aged 7-12, is offering complementary summer memberships to introduce the site. Members can not only play the games but can build a Brain Puzzle on the website to track their progress. Read the rest of this entry »

Nintendo is taking Wii U and Nintendo 3DS on a coast-to-coast, Cross-Canada Tour this summer and everyone’s invited to join the fun. Fans will get a chance to play all of the best and newest games available on Nintendo systems, including New Super Mario Bros. U, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon from Next Level Games, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Game & Wario (June 23), Pikmin 3 (Aug 4) and Mario and Luigi: Dream Team (Aug 11) will also be available to play upon launch. Read the rest of this entry »

Filmmaker Ron Maxwell and screenwriter Bill Kauffman are among the special guests scheduled to attend the premiere of Copperhead, Ron Maxwell’s latest film, at the Majestic Theater in Gettysburg on June 27th, the eve of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Copperhead, which was shot in New Brunswick, starts at 6:30 p.m., and a Q & A session with Maxwell will follow immediately after the screening. Doors will open in advance and there will be a VIP reception preceding the screening. Maxwell, who wrote, directed and produced the movies Gettysburg and Gods and Generals has selected the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership as the beneficiary of this premiere. Merchandise will be available for purchase and signing prior to the screening, including the limited edition director’s cut collectors box set of Gettysburg and Gods and Generals. Read the rest of this entry »

Take-Two Interactive Software label Rockstar Games and TransGaming Inc. have partnered to bring Rockstar Games’ cinematic action-shooter Max Payne 3 t0 the Mac platform through TransGaming’s proprietary game enablement technology. This latest title in the groundbreaking series known for bringing Bullet Time, noir atmosphere and Hong Kong action movie aesthetics to video games combines highly sophisticated shooting mechanics and fluid movement with a dark, twisted narrative, and intensely cinematic presentation. Read the rest of this entry »

The longest day of the year dawns upon us and delivers news of a brand new co-op, hack n’ slash RPG from Frima Studio coming this Fall 2013 on mobile and web. Lightbringers lets players swing their swords in the wretched lands of Raia and bring an end to the madness of darkness. Fend off the mysterious creep that has corrupted every living soul and turned them into reckless monsters. Armed with deadly weapons harnessing the power of light, players will reclaim territories, find epic loot, and cleanse Raia by eradicating the infection. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund has announced today that the Convergent Digital Media Incentive (CDMI) for French language projects and the Regional French Production Incentive are now closed due to the high number of eligible applications received from project producers. Read the rest of this entry »