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Bryan Pearson, a best-selling author and expert on using customer data to create emotional brand loyalty, is now tackling a more challenging task: building customer-engagement initiatives that benefit business clients. In his latest book, The Loyalty Leap for B2B: Turning Customer Information into Customer Intimacy, Pearson, president of LoyaltyOne, operator of the AIR MILES Reward Program, draws on more than 20 years experience in building customer loyalty by applying his time-proven principles in the business-to-business context. The e-book, which includes case study examples from American Express, SalesForce and others, was just released by the Portfolio imprint of Penguin Group in Canada and the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

Mind over Monsters! A new expansion is now available for Sword of the Stars: The Pit, the popular role-playing game from Kerberos Productions. The MindGames DLC expands the fan-favorite roguelike by unlocking the eerie powers of the mind for all playable characters. In addition to 28 new psionic powers, MindGames offers two new playable characters, ten new levels, new monsters, new weapons and items, and new game mechanics which will enhance the already-addictive game experience for old players and newcomers alike. Read the rest of this entry »

Funcom is excited to announce that the seventh major content update for ‘The Secret World’ is now live. In Issue #7: ‘A Dream to Kill’ you can live out your secret agent fantasies by jumping off an exploding bridge, going on a highly weaponized snowmobile chase through the Transylvanian mountains, learning to use the new Flamethrower Auxiliary Weapon and pulling off a daring escape from a secretive villain. Catch the latest preview video of Issue #7: ‘A Dream to Kill’ narrated by Game Director Joel Bylos to get a look at some of the great new content: Read the rest of this entry »

VTech®, a leader in age-appropriate and developmental stage-based electronic learning products for children, today announced the introduction of its latest, lower-priced Learning App Tablet for kids, the InnoTab 3®. Following the popular InnoTab 2S®, one of the first children’s learning tablets with Wi-Fi, InnoTab 3® delivers a powerful punch, in a compact size and at an affordable price, making it a great first learning tablet for kids. InnoTab 3® introduces children to a world of age-appropriate educational content on VTech’s comprehensive app store, the Learning Lodge™, where they can explore hundreds of games, e-books, videos, music and more, across the widest variety of curricula. Beginning today, InnoTab 3 is available for pre-order from Toys R Us Canada and vTech Canada. It is recommended for ages 3-9 years and has an MSRP of $79.99. Read the rest of this entry »

Feel like searching music to match an emotion? Ever want to program a playlist or find a song to fill an edgy, sweet, inspirational moment in a television show or ad campaign? Toronto’s Girth Music, a division of the Emmy Award winning EggPlant Collective has just launched a new music application called The Discovery Wheel, which lets you search and classify music by an emotion.  This is a new music generating innovation, and there is nothing like it in the digital or entertainment marketplace. Search, listen, collaborate, experiment and experience music a whole new way. Read the rest of this entry »

Educational media business partnership ThinkFest Consulting has announced that its new mobile application ‘What’s the Question’ is now available to download free of charge in the Apple iTunes store. The app is designed around asking relevant questions when user is presented with a picture. The value of the knowledge we acquire and the effectiveness of the actions we take depend on the quality of the questions we ask. Relevant questions open the door to creativity and breakthrough thinking. The great are distinguished by asking, not answering questions. Read the rest of this entry »

With the largest production company in the world investing large sums of money in Electronic Dance Music, there is no shortage of buzz surrounding this new sound. This movement began with Disc Jockeys sampling and remixing records to create their own interpretations of songs. This innovative way to create a new and dynamic sound out of past songs was key to the development of this new genre. Vancouver company We Make Dance Music is now embracing this same idea with a modern twist, giving the user complete creative freedom over pieces of music. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft has announced the release of “Watch Dogs Live”, an immersive multiplayer mobile gaming experience giving players the opportunity to become Canada’s ultimate hacker. Inspired by Ubisoft Montréal’s highly anticipated open-world action game, the Watch Dogs Live application is now available for free through Apple App Store? and Google Play. Read the rest of this entry »

FinanceIt has announced the launch of their iPad app which will be available in early August. The app will make it easy for businesses to offer consumer financing by using the iPad camera to scan a photo ID for an instant loan approval. This feature, along with a completely paperless process, will reduce the entire funding process to less than 5 minutes. Access to the first release of the app will be limited, and granted on a first come, first served basis for those who register. Read the rest of this entry »

Regulatory and compliance specialist Montrium has announced the release of Montrium Connect on the Microsoft cloud. Montrium’s Windows Azure-based offering is designed for companies who are looking to respond to the ever changing and demanding needs of the Life Science Industry. Montrium’s significant industry knowledge and expertise coupled with its understanding and commitment to technological innovation has enabled us to develop solutions that can suit any Life Science organisation, large or small. Read the rest of this entry »