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Seattle-based Z2Live, creators of genre defining, free-to-play social games for mobile devices, today announces the acquisition of Big Sandwich Games, an independent full-service game development studio based in Vancouver. Led by game industry veterans Glenn Barnes and Tyler Sigman, the Big Sandwich Games team will create the foundation of the newly formed Z2Live Games Vancouver. Read the rest of this entry »

CardioComm Solutions, Inc. has launched its new HeartCheck™ website, an initiative that kicks off the company’s 2012 Marketing Communications Campaign in support of the their entry into the consumer, over-the-counter (OTC) and prescribed Health Care Market and follows the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) OTC clearance of the HeartCheck™ Pen Hand Held ECG device. Read the rest of this entry »

SelectCore Ltd. prepaid telecom and financial services provider and transaction processor for the under-banked market, has appointed senior advisor, Bryan Kenyon to Executive Vice President of Financial Services. In this key role, Mr. Kenyon, who served as an early-stage executive for industry leader Green Dot, will leverage his considerable experience focusing on strategic planning, business development and the rollout of the Company’s financial service offerings including ReCash and Iridium MasterCard in both Canada and the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

Merchant Accounts.ca, a Canadian provider of e-commerce based credit card processing services, and dedicated security technology company McAfee have partnered to provide a more secure online shopping experience for merchants and their customers. The partnership now offers Merchant Accounts.ca’s customers with an easy way to become PCI-compliant though McAfee® PCI Certification Service. Read the rest of this entry »

Advertising agency henderson bas kohn has announced the launch of the Lorax-themed campaign “Let It Grow” on behalf of The Weather Network and Universal Studios to support The Nature Conservancy of Canada up to a total of $25,000 Canadian dollars. Read the rest of this entry »

Ivrnet Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and completed the previously announced transaction to acquire Calgary-based TxtMeNow mCommerce Inc. (“TxtMeNow”).  TxtMeNow is a recognized leader in helping North America’s leading brands to leverage text messaging, mobile websites, and data analytics into their marketing strategies. Read the rest of this entry »

Innovative motion technology developer D-BOX Technologies Inc. has signed its first agreement with Southern Theatres, LLC to install 25 D-BOX MFX Seats in The Amstar 14 in Dallas, Texas and 21 D-BOX MFX seats in The Grand 16 Slidell in Slidell, Louisiana. Read the rest of this entry »

EXFO has announced its successful participation in the first ever MultiService Forum VoLTE (voice over long-term evolution) Interoperability Event. EXFO’s test and monitoring solutions were an essential part of this event and were used to validate interoperability between dozens of 4G mobile network elements from multiple participating vendors. These interoperability tests helped show that VoLTE calls and supplementary services are a viable solution for providing voice services over LTE access, including roaming and interconnect scenarios. Read the rest of this entry »

Via the BC Government: The Film and Television Tax Credit Program (FTTC) provides refundable tax credits to eligible corporations that produce eligible film or video productions in British Columbia. The credits are for domestic productions with qualifying levels of Canadian content. Read the rest of this entry »

2012 is a key and festive year for 3D portable optical measurement technologies and 3D engineering services provider Creaform as the Canada-based company, founded in 2002, reaches 10 years of innovation, growth and success. Over the 10 past years, Creaform has grown from a 5-employee metrology services start-up to a 300-employee international company and major developer and manufacturer of 3D portable optical measurement technology and provider of 3D engineering services. Read the rest of this entry »