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eXplorance, a Montreal-based provider of enterprise feedback management software, launched its newly revamped, dynamic website as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to progress, innovation and accessibility. Showcasing an aesthetically pleasing and contemporary look, the website is incredibly user-friendly, intuitive and engaging. The new layout allows users to easily learn about the wide range of solutions and services that eXplorance offers. With current and prospective clients needs in mind, the revamped website includes new key sections and information. Read the rest of this entry »

Blackspark Corporation, a Toronto-based provider of business traveler payroll compliance solutions, today announced that its borderFile application will be available in the new Concur® App Center from Concur, a leading provider of integrated travel and expense (T&E) management services. Unveiled yesterday in Las Vegas at Fusion, the new app center will help businesses and travelers discover applications that deliver significant value to the enterprise as well as to the business traveler.

borderFile replaces the costly manual processes within customer organizations that are required for business traveler payroll compliance. For both international and U.S. domestic state-to-state travel, borderFile automates the collection of travel data, the calculation of compliance metrics and the sharing of reports and dashboards with key stakeholders in the company.

For Concur customers, borderFile leverages the existing T&E environment and provides the tools required to execute payroll for employees that cross country and state borders. Once deployed, borderFile begins synchronizing historic and upcoming booked travel immediately. Graphical dashboards and reports are then automatically kept up-to-date as employees book new travel.

Key features of the Concur integration for borderFile include:

• Rapid deployment by the Concur Administrator (does not require linking individual Concur user accounts)
• Real-time synchronization of historical and upcoming booked travel
• Threshold-based dashboards highlighting employees’ workdays in all U.S. states with payroll compliance requirements
• Tools to execute U.S. multi-state payroll allocation
• Customizable reports and dashboards for international travel
• Automated workflows enabling employees to verify and sign-off their travel data for payroll compliance
• Secure, enterprise-class architecture with 24/7 on-demand access globally

“We chose to partner with Concur because the Concur T&E Cloud is the leading platform for customers with large populations of business travelers,” said Blackspark Co-Founder, Ramon Tavares. “Therefore, customers already have the travel infrastructure needed to meet multi-state and international payroll compliance requirements; all they have to do is turn on borderFile and begin using the reports and workflows.”

“We are focused on creating an ecosystem of partners with innovative new products and services for our customers and their employees,” said Tim MacDonald, EVP of Platform and Data Services at Concur. “The new Concur App Center will deliver seamless integration via Concur’s open platform and we are thrilled that Blackspark’s borderFile will be among the esteemed apps in the Concur T&E Cloud ecosystem.”

Independent game development studio Minority Media has announced that its acclaimed adventure game Papo & Yo is now available for PC through Steam, Amazon and other direct download platforms. Originally released in 2012 for PlayStation®Network, the game, which was inspired by creator Vander Caballero’s childhood, features a boy, Quico, journeying through a magical world to save his best friend Monster from a terrible danger: himself. Monster is addicted to poisonous frogs, and eating one causes him to fly into a fiery rage from which no one is safe. As Quico, players will confront their conflicting emotions about Monster’s problem in a deeply touching, emotional video game experience. Read the rest of this entry »

Math File Folder Games is pleased to announce the latest development in its fun, innovative math teaching games series “Grid Lines“. Grid Lines is available for iOS devices and allows students to challenge each other or play against the whole class through devices connected via Bluetooth. Similar to previous apps released by the company, it is designed to track student performance to identify concepts a student is struggling with. Read the rest of this entry »

Colligo Inc., a Vancouver-based developer of enterprise collaboration software, has announced the launch of Colligo Email Manager 6.0 and Colligo Briefcase 6.0, a complete solution for SharePoint that is the first Windows product to integrate email management, document collaboration and enterprise sync in a single package. This launch is the latest step in achieving Colligo’s vision to support enterprise collaboration and sync everywhere, on any device. Read the rest of this entry »

Reigning UFC® welterweight champion of the world, Georges St-Pierre (GSP) and UK software publisher Zolmo unveil Touchfit: Georges St-Pierre, a new fitness app that puts St-Pierre’s no-holds-barred training and nutrition regimen in the hands of the masses. The feature-loaded app, designed for iPhone and iPod Touch, learns and adapts after each exercise to serve up a virtually infinite number of tailored workouts based on the user’s own strengths, weaknesses and overall level of fitness. Read the rest of this entry »

Wild Apricot, a Toronto-based provider of membership software for small associations and non-profits, has launched Volunteer Recruitment Guide and Checklist resources, each designed to help organizations recruit much-needed volunteers. Read the rest of this entry »

TELETOON Canada’s classic cartoon channel TELETOON Retro has launched a set of family-friendly online cartoon trivia games, Toon Feud (English version) and Les P’tits Génies (French version). Toon Feud invites Canadian families to go head-to-head in good-natured rounds of TELETOON Retro-based trivia. The game is enjoyable for parents who can access their wealth of childhood cartoon knowledge and for kids who are discovering these classic cartoon characters for the first time.  Read the rest of this entry »

Armodilo Tablet Display Stands are the only small footprint tablet kiosks on the market designed to accommodate a wide variety of tablet devices quickly and easily right out of the box. With Armodilo’s new larger kiosk head the tablet display stand now has the ability to accommodate the Microsoft Surface RT and newly released Microsoft Surface Pro. Read the rest of this entry »

Wrinkled Pants has announced that Are Bees Smart, or Not? is the first in a series of apps for the iPad, presented in English text with Mandarin voice over, now available on iTunes. Instructions and key words are given in Simple Chinese (Putonghua Syntax). The high-interest, fact-based story about the intelligence of bees is written in easy-to-read text, with a set of activities/games to improve literacy skills in basic English: oral reading, comprehension, vocabulary development, phonics, spelling and writing. The Bearded Dragon series provides self-instructional help for Chinese students who want to learn basic elements of the English language in an easy, and enjoyable medium. Read the rest of this entry »