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Pipe Trouble takes a clever new spin on an old arcade classic and uses over-the-top satire to explore ongoing real-world issues surrounding the exploitation of natural gas. Tasked with building their own pipeline, players struggle to balance using the least pipe to make the most money against the impact on local environment and neighbouring farms. On the right, a gas company rep oversees budget and pushes to create the most direct economical route in a race against time. Meanwhile, on the left, a volatile farmer gauges impact on the area and community. Lay your pipeline too close to the pastures and risk springing a leak that kills livestock and makes people sick. Build through forest or near residences and incite protesters that block your way. Suffer a leak or otherwise incite local outrage and you risk sabotage that could sink the operation. Read the rest of this entry »

iSkin, a premium brand of fashion and technology lifestyle accessories, announced the release of the slims case for the iPhone 5. Built with the most revolutionary design of its kind, the slims by iSkin boasts a composition width of 0.4mm, making it the thinnest case available for the iPhone 5. Using cutting edge technology, slims by iSkin delivers puncture- and scratch- resistant surface protection without bulk, nor sacrificing design. Read the rest of this entry »

Best-selling author Matthew Mather has released his newest book – CyberStorm – a timely, real-world, research-based novel which touches on many of the cyber-espionage themes that are making headlines today. Early reviews highlight the alarming plausibility of ‘CyberStorm’. Following up on his 2012 #1 hit, The Atopia Chronicles, which has remained in the top-ten of the Amazon techno-thriller/sci-fi categories since its launch last August, ‘CyberStorm’ is a stand-alone novel based in the present day. Read the rest of this entry »

Corporate Smalltalk Consulting has introduced an updated version of their Large Viewer app for iOS that allows users to open extremely large documents in virtually any format with no wait time. The new Large Viewer update offers greater benefits for the astronomy community by supporting a wider range of multi-page Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) files. Large Viewer is the only app that can read NASA-endorsed FITS files which are used to transmit and evaluate scientific images and data. Read the rest of this entry »

RewardStream, a Vancouver-based provider of loyalty and referral marketing solutions for some of the world’s largest brands, is pleased to announce that its Lifecycle Marketing Platform™ (LMP) is now available for license. LMP has historically been offered solely in a SaaS model and is now directly available for license to brands, marketing solution providers and loyalty processors who specialize in the delivery of loyalty, reward, incentive, and engagement programs. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver developer MiniTool Solution Ltd. has announced the release of PC and Server partition manager software MiniTool Partition Wizard version 7.8. MiniTool Partition Wizard is a Windows based PC and Server partition manager software. Our server partition software supports both MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) on 32/64 bits Operating System including Windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2008-R2/2012, Windows SBS, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Read the rest of this entry »

MonkeyMedia Software, a provider of turnkey catering solutions for restaurant operators, has announced the launch of its MMS Catering Institute™ – an education and certification institute for restaurants implementing or improving catering and off-premise operations. The MMS Catering Institute™ will ensure that executive, management, leadership and all other team members are focused on the common goal of ensuring their catering programs are a success and that programs maintain scalability for future growth. All of MonkeyMedia Software’s strategy and education services will now be offered by the Catering Institute. Read the rest of this entry »

While most manufactures provide driver update software for free, they are typically difficult to locate and match to your particular device. Hardware Helper™ from PC HelpSoft automatically locates updates; backs up your drivers for quick and easy reinstall and will even notify you when new updates are released for your drivers. With Hardware Helper™, webcams, printers, scanners, video cards, and more can be up and running in just minutes. This revolutionary new pc optimization software by PC HelpSoft™ saves hours of searching for the right driver, allowing you to use your new device almost instantly. Read the rest of this entry »

3D animation and visual effects software developer Side Effects Software has announced the immediate release of Houdini 12.5 which offers a wealth of new and enhanced features including Cloud FX , Ocean FX, OpenVDB volume sculpting tools and an optimized lighting and rendering pipeline with built-in support for delayed-load Alembic primitives. Read the rest of this entry »

A dark adventure awaits demon hunters and cataclysmic survivors in Please Stay Calm™: Shadow Wars™, an expansive location-based mobile massively multiplayer online (MMO) game available as a free download from Google Play. Award-winning Canadian mobile games development studio Massive Damage first introduced Please Stay Calm in 2011, and has since topped both popular and grossing charts in the Apple App Store™. Now players continue in a parallel journey through Shadow Wars, where hunters and survivors battle demons in an apocalyptic world trapped in eternal darkness. Players can level up their characters, group together to build havens, and align with Shadow Wars’ factions in sanctums to hold back the impending apocalypse and solve the mystery of “The Gloom,” the event that caused the world to plunge into darkness. Read the rest of this entry »