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YellowPages.ca™ launches an innovative deals feature that redefines local search by offering timely and relevant deals linked directly to business search results on the YellowPages.ca website and its popular mobile application. This new deals feature will become Canadians’ best ally for the Holiday shopping season since deals can be easily found with each business search on the YellowPages.ca website, its mobile app and on the mobile version of the website. Read the rest of this entry »

DHX Media Ltd. announced yesterday that the Company intends to make a substantial issuer bid (the “Offer”), pursuant to which the Company will offer to purchase for cancellation up to $5 million in value of its common shares (“Shares”) from shareholders (the “Shareholders”).  The Offer will proceed by way of a modified “Dutch Auction” and the range of Offer prices will be between $0.60 to $0.70 per share, with increments of $0.01 permitted within that range. Read the rest of this entry »

The Square Enix Group, an integrated entertainment group, has today announced plans for further expansion in Montréal with the growth of its Eidos-Montréal studio and the creation of a new second studio, Square Enix Montréal, to open in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Airline and passenger travel industry onboard retail and payment technology provider GuestLogix Inc. is set to establish GuestLogix Asia Pacific operations, located in Hong Kong, underscoring the Company’s continued focus on growing market share in the region by expanding its local presence and leveraging its relationships with current partners. Collectively, the region’s airlines carry 700 million passengers annually, representing one-quarter of global passenger traffic. Read the rest of this entry »

Crowdsourced market intelligence company Chaordix has had its strongest quarter ever, and overall successful performance results for Q3 2011, growing its crowdsourcing-generated revenues for the quarter, up by 193% from Q2 2011. This represents an increase of 86% in annual revenues compared to the same period a year ago. Read the rest of this entry »

DesignPractica has been creating and maintaining custom websites for small businesses in Greater Vancouver area for several years. Now, in addition to offering WordPress, Django and Google Application Engine websites, DesignPractica will also provide support and development services with all top open-source and hosted eCommerce and CMS systems, such as Magento, Drupal, Volusion, Shopify, Satchmo and others, for small, medium and large businesses in the greater Vancouver region. Read the rest of this entry »

Intertainment Media Inc. announced yesterday that its subsidiary Ortsbo Inc. has made an investment in Hong Kong based China Green Channel International (“CGCI”), an officially sanctioned Canadian & Beijing joint venture that has signed a partnership agreement with China Education Television for the development, distribution and management of advertising and sponsorship for Western and native Chinese programming focusing on humanities and early child education. Read the rest of this entry »

Crowdsource market intelligence company Chaordix™ has announced a new strategic partnership with Canadian company Intersol Group Ltd., a business consultancy firm with consultants located across Canada. This newly formed alliance is part of Chaordix’ overall strategy to strengthen its involvement in Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada, Export Development Canada and Wavefront will be presenting América Móvil: A Case Study, on Tuesday, December 6th in the Hastings Room at 1035 West Pender Street in Vancouver. The session will run from 8:30 AM until 11:30 AM. América Móvil is the largest mobile carrier in Latin America and 4th worldwide. Through its brand Telcel, América Móvil leads with 70% of the Mexican mobile market share. Read the rest of this entry »

From family games night to an apps challenge, the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) and Samsung Electronics Canada are joining forces to explore and improve human interaction with technology. The initiatives are intended to prepare young people for the realities of living and working in the ever-evolving digital media environment. Read the rest of this entry »