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Octasic Inc., a Montreal-based innovator of baseband and media processing solutions, has announced the latest release of its Vocallo MGW software. Version 2.0 adds support for the latest audio and video codecs. As the deployment of wideband audio codecs accelerates, operators need to transcode between an even greater range of codecs. Octasic’s Vocallo MGW software supports inter-working between all major wireline and wireless codecs. Version 2.0 adds support for important codecs in the Over-the-top (OTT) communications market, including emerging codecs such as SILK and Opus. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s the bottom of the ninth and the team is down two-zero… It’s Charlie Brown’s chance to be a hero. Will the Peanuts gang win the biggest baseball game of the summer? Charlie Brown’s All Stars! magically springs to life in this charming interactive storybook designed for your tablet or smartphone. Peanuts fans will delight in sharing this classic story of team spirit and friendship for a whole new generation of underdogs, Loud Crow Interactive is pleased to announce that Charlie Brown’s All Stars is available now on iTunes for the introductory price of $1.99 (Reg $4.99), for a limited time. Read the rest of this entry »

Social media management system developer HootSuite has announced a new integration with Attensity, a California-based leader in multichannel contact center solutions for enterprise customer care groups, including customer service teams, contact centers, community managers and customer intelligence teams. HootSuite Enterprise enables global organizations to launch social campaigns, identify and grow audiences, and distribute targeted messages across multiple social channels. By integrating with Attensity’s automated workflows and reporting capabilities, HootSuite Enterprise clients can streamline workflows including: Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based Muprime Technology Inc. has announced a significant addition to their product line with ExpoArtist. The purpose of ExpoArtist is to help companies overcome the challenges of standing out and managing leads at trade shows. It is an innovative solution to this problem, as a lead generation and management tool it is designed to attract participants and engage with them. Read the rest of this entry »

A new online self-help tool offered by Consumer Protection BC will offer British Columbia consumers a modern and alternative way to resolve disputes with businesses focused on making it easier and cheaper to resolve differences. Currently in the pilot stage, Consumer Protection BC developed the platform for Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) in consultation with the Ministry of Justice, which is leading and supporting dispute resolution innovations as part of its justice reform initiative. Read the rest of this entry »

Technicron Manufacturing and Piranha Games released three new variants of the Quickdraw Mech today for MechWarrior Online pilots and houses looking to secure a close-combat Mech for their lances. With speeds topping 85 kph with a mass of 60 tons, the Quickdraw can manage jumps more than 150 meters while raining down hell upon its enemies in intimate combat. Today also sees the availability of a new, tricked out Champion Mech for MechWarrior Online: pilots in the Inner Sphere can now try and buy the ferocious Hunchback HBK-4P© which comes with a 10 percent XP Bonus. And for pilots looking to enhance their cockpits with some sweet miniature décor, the Spider Mech is now available in the Mech Lab as a new cockpit item. Read the rest of this entry »

PayStudio Inc. has announced the release of new versions of PayStudio Ink and InkPlus apps for businesses which wish to include a mobile-friendly PayPal checkout experience and make purchases easier than ever for their customers. PayStudio Ink and InkPlus iOS apps are easily customizable and feature-rich mobile applications enabling invoicing and logistics anywhere you go. With the new PayPal Checkout option, businesses can now also accept payments everywhere and derive all the benefits of a payment solution customers already recognize and trust. Read the rest of this entry »

Whirlscape Inc., creators of Minuum, “the little keyboard for big fingers,” today released the Android beta to the nearly 10,000 supporters who funded the keyboard’s wildly successful Indiegogo campaign. The Minuum Project campaign raised over $87,000 (USD) through the crowdfunding platform between March and April 2013, well past its initial goal of $10,000. Whirlscape promised to release the hotly anticipated Minuum beta two months after the campaign, and has delivered on that promise. Read the rest of this entry »

Recreationalists and resource professionals looking for an easier way to explore B.C.’s wilderness can now leave their fold-out maps at home. GeoBC has created a series of free, high-resolution topographical maps specifically designed for viewing on mobile devices. GeoBC’s popular Terrain Resource Information Management (TRIM) base map series has been redesigned to enable the GPS georeferencing functionality associated with mobile devices and allow users to zoom into small areas of the new maps without compromising detail. Over 7,000 free maps covering the entire province of British Columbia (at a scale of 1:20,000) are now available as downloadable PDF files through GeoBC’s Base Map Online Store or through its popular KML viewer (with TIFF versions coming soon). Read the rest of this entry »

Wiggles3D has announced the release of Smile Tiles, a new type of matching puzzle game. Smile Tiles is not about matching colours like other matching puzzle games. You make smiles by moving and rotating monsters to match up eyes with mouths in a variety of different patterns. The game features ten different monsters, each with a unique personality. Boomy was never built quite right, Dizzy is totally out of control, and Wheezy has never been able to get over his cough. Read the rest of this entry »