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Calgary-based ASCI Connect has announced the availability of Network Monitoring Centre – A cloud-based network monitoring and reporting service that delivers comprehensive visibility into network traffic, delivered through the cloud to a single pane of glass. It does so across both single- and multi-vendor networks, ensuring high-quality experiences for users and all but eliminating help desk calls. Read the rest of this entry »

Devolutions, a Montreal-based enterprise software firm with more than 200,000 users in over 85 countries, is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its popular Remote Desktop Manager Server (RDMS) tool by launching an enhanced and improved version 2.0. Designed to work with Devolutions’ Remote Desktop Manager (RDM) client, Remote Desktop Manager Server 2.0 is an easy-to-use, all-in-one management platform that empowers IT teams to control all of their remote connections, passwords, credentials and attachments. It creates an enterprise-wide centralized data store that can be securely deployed within a users’ infrastructure, or online using a users’ SSL certificate of firewall. Read the rest of this entry »

The makers of Pipe Trouble, a game pulled from public broadcaster TVO‘s website under severe pressure by media and industry, say their game has been the victim of rampant misinformation and unfairly branded by critics as being an advocate for eco-terrorism. Pop Sandbox, which produced Pipe Trouble, says the game is clearly intended as over-the-top satire — and an engagement tool — that promotes a balanced approach to natural gas development. The game was created to drive awareness about the Six Island Productions documentary film Trouble in the Peace, and prompt a larger discussion surrounding natural gas production. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has announced that Army of TWO™ The Devil’s Cartel is available today at retailers in North America and will be available Friday, March 29 in Europe. Building on the dynamic co-operative gameplay the franchise is known for, Army of TWO The Devil’s Cartel ups the ante further with deep customization and an intense story with unexpected twists and turns. The game introduces an innovative co-op feature called “Overkill” that rewards players for working together, allowing them to unleash the power of ultimate destruction. Read the rest of this entry »

Louder Than Ten, in collaboration with Padraig Kennedy, recently launched Pupil, a menu bar utility for Mac that lets users label & order their favourite display settings, so they can switch resolutions quickly and easily without having to go into System Preferences. Users save time and can revel in the right amount of screen space whether they’re reading, writing, coding, designing, or immersed in any task requiring a quick change of resolution. A clean user interface lets them customize their experience so they can spend less time setting their preferences and more time using them. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. announced late last week the launch of its latest update – Tracker Attackers – for their popular free-to-play cartoon-style third-person shooter, MicroVolts.  The Micro World is under attack! Menacing machines have completely overwhelmed toy defences and invaded the Academy map. Thousands of innocent players have already been captured or destroyed by the enemy.  The Tracker Boss has installed a base camp at the Academy where their numbers seem to grow larger every day. So far, 4 weapons of micro destruction have been identified: TRK-01, TRK-02, TRK-03, and TRK-04. Each one makes use of different abilities to track and capture toy comrades for experimentation on battery power sources. Read the rest of this entry »

Grolux2 Productions Inc., in partnership with Mirego inc., have launched the free new version of their Moment Catcher application. This improved version offers incredible new functionalities such as integrated (in-app) purchases. Film your kids without their knowledge while they sing, dance and laugh while looking at their favourite videos. Play a trick on your friends. Propose to your girlfriend and immortalize her reaction. The options are infinite. Read the rest of this entry »

Sprightly Software has announced the release of Accordion Solitaire 1.0 for iPad, the latest in Sprightly’s series of solitaire games for iOS. Players work their way through a 52-card deck by matching cards of the same suit or same number. Cards can be matched if they are beside each other or three cards from each other. The goal of the game is to clear as many cards as possible. Although easy to play, it can be hard to win. Players must use their creativity and planning skills to master this game. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s Nitrogen Studios is proud to announce the release of the first iPhone app from its own preschool property, Kodee’s Canoe. “Echo” is a premium storybook app based in the beautiful Canadian wilderness, starring a young Spirit Bear named Kodee. The new app focuses on telling a kid friendly mystery story whilst taking a ‘soft science’ approach in providing educational content that is wrapped up in a very entertaining story and presented with beautifully rendered graphics. Read the rest of this entry »

Icron Technologies Corporation a Burnaby developer of USB and video extension technology has announced its newest KVM extender, the EL5200, which incorporates Icron’s ExtremeUSB^® technology feature set. The EL5200 includes HDMI video inputs and outputs and extends uncompressed full high definition 1080p video and USB 2.0 over a single Cat 5e cable up to 100 meter distances. Read the rest of this entry »