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In the Chat Communications Inc., a Waterloo-based provider of social media sales, insight and customer service solutions, has announced the launch of ITC Express, a publicly available cloud-based platform that facilitates fast and easy connections between companies and social media consumers. In the Chat’s Express solution brings together advanced text analytics and a true contact center platform to enable companies to deliver instant support for consumers seeking sales and service information in real-time, through social media. Read the rest of this entry »

Loud Crow Interactive has announced that Verso Story Engine, the framework used to create multiple award-winning apps, such as “Goodnight Moon,” “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “Marvel Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII,” “The Going to Bed Book,” and “PopOut! The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” is now available for free license under a Beta program. Read the rest of this entry »

Reloaded Interactive, one of the World’s largest in-game ad companies, has announced the launch of a dynamic in-game advertising network that is capable of delivering real-time ads within AAA game titles for console, mobile, and PC platforms. The new network utilizes Reloaded’s ad servers and technology to display advertisements to gamers playing with an active internet connection. Reloaded plans to be the first ever in-game advertising network to support dynamic delivery into select eighth generation game consoles by the end of 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

mpengo Ltd.™, creator of Apps for the Mobile Professional, introduces mpengo ServiceSheet for everyone in trades who uses service checklists. It’s the latest in the mpengo suite of apps specializing in on-site mobile solutions for service and construction trades and designers. If you are in a service trade business, your work almost always includes running through a checklist of items for customers. Whether you are in HVAC, run a repair business, are an on-site inspector or a car mechanic, or in any of the hundreds of service businesses, mpengo ServiceSheet will make your work easier and improve your customer service. Read the rest of this entry »

Faronics, a Vancouver-based solutions specialist in simplifying, securing and managing multi-user computer environments, has announced the release of Deep Freeze 7.7 – the latest version of its instant system restore solution. Deep Freeze 7.7 simplifies configuration management and adds Faronics Anti-Virus control into the popular Enterprise Console. Read the rest of this entry »

LightSpeed, a Montreal software company revolutionizing the in-store shopping experience, today announced the launch of LightSpeed Cloud, a web-based retail management and point of sale (POS) solution that boasts a fully-featured iPad app, as well as the acquisition of MerchantOS. Read the rest of this entry »

Kobo has announced that its Kobo Writing Life (KWL) self-publishing platform now offers advanced features that enable authors to easily create eBooks and edit their work directly within the KWL text editor. Since its launch in July of last year, KWL has attracted more than 17,600 authors who have published more than 100,000 titles available in 184 countries and in 54 languages. New KWL features enable authors to create eBooks directly within the KWL platform, avoiding time-consuming conversion processes when editing their work. Read the rest of this entry »

Hothead Games announced today that Rivals at War: 2084 is now available for both iOS and Android devices.  In the new installment of the popular card-based combat game, Rivals at War, players take the action into another solar system where rival factions battle it out for control of the universe. Do you have what it takes to train your squad of Space Marines and become an unstoppable force? Read the rest of this entry »

Denny’s Canada is excited to announce the launch of their new loyalty and rewards program – MyDenny’s, a new social, loyalty platform connecting me, you & Denny’s. It’s definitely not just a loyalty program in the dictionary sense of the term. It offers mobile rewards, exclusive offers, and is a social platform all-in-one. Read the rest of this entry »

Sierra Wireless has announced its AirPrime® EM7305 embedded wireless module has been selected and integrated into the Toshiba Portégé Z10t – a high-performance, Windows 8, compact Ultrabook that is equipped with a removable “tablet screen” for the utmost convenience in portable computing. The Toshiba Portégé Z10t with AirPrime EM7305 launched in June on the Telstra network in Australia. Read the rest of this entry »