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Night Whisper Lane by EPX Games has been approved for sale on the Apple App Store, and is available now for $ 0.99. Night Whisper Lane is the first authentic Survival Horror gaming experience specifically designed for iOS that merges classic “Point and Click” gameplay with a “Turn-Based Battle System” to help you fend off whatever evil awaits you in this seemingly endless labyrinth. You find yourself in presence of an old ominous house without the faintest idea of how you got there, yet you feel drawn to it and are compelled to enter. Immediately you look down to your arm and see…. Goosebumps. As you reach to find the door you entered blocked, the shivers spread to every toe and fingertip.  You will need to trust your instincts, wit and memory to uncover the mystery behind the house and its connection to a mystifying femme fatal. Will you survive long enough to escape from the terror on Night Whisper Lane? Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa’s Klipfolio Inc. has announced the latest release of its cloud business intelligence dashboard, Klipfolio Dashboard for web and mobile. At the center of this release is a new optimization that makes dashboard rendering in web browsers anywhere from 1.5 to 4.5 times faster. This optimization will have the greatest impact on accounts with a large number of KPIs displayed on their dashboard. Note that there are no restrictions on the number of KPIs or dashboards that users can create. Read the rest of this entry »

Pearson Canada is helping students power up to learn with new iBooks textbooks.  Three of Pearson’s bestselling textbooks, re-imagined for the iPad and brought to life with engaging video, audio, assessment, interactive images and 3D animations, are now available in Canada.  Education Technology Leaders will have an opportunity to preview the new Pearson Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Science interactive textbooks at the Educational Computing Organization of Ontario (ECOO) annual conference. Read the rest of this entry »

McGraw-Hill Ryerson announced yesterday that it is bringing its leading curricula and instructional expertise to Apple’s iPad® by making two of its popular high school titles available on the iBookstore. The initial list of McGraw-Hill Ryerson titles that can be downloaded from the iBookstore includes Remix, A Revolution in Text Forms – a title from the acclaimed Canadian English iLit series – and Biology 12. Students, teachers and schools wishing to purchase Biology 12 will be able to do so on a unit-by-unit basis. The launch of these titles builds upon McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s reputation as a leading developer of digital solutions for today’s classrooms. Read the rest of this entry »

From the developers behind Minnie Bow Maker and Dora’s Ballet Adventure, Budge Studios announces the launch of Chuggington Traintastic Adventures, a train set adventure app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, now available on the App Store. Based on the popular show Chuggington™ which airs weekdays on Disney Junior, Disney Channel’s programming block for kids ages 2 to 7 and their families, and daily on the new 24-hour Disney Junior cable and satellite channel, this virtual train set invites children ages 3 to 8 to explore Chuggington in an interactive adventure on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Read the rest of this entry »

Frima Studio has unleashed the world’s most bad-ass squad of attack nuns on your touchscreen device. Command Eva, Rosy, Mandy and Olga as they deliver some serious holy retribution to the hordes of demons and ghastly undead unleashed on the world by their mortal enemy, the Fallen Nun. Face off against evil with some serious firepower in this tactical action game of biblical proportions for only $0.99 – Nun Attack is available for both iOS and Android devices. (Note: at post time, the Google Play link ended with a 404 error, so the game may not yet be live for Android.) Read the rest of this entry »

Farm Jump! is a simple, fun game for all the family. The story goes that Farmer Will’s sheep are floating and for no particular reason, he wants to get up into the sky and join them.  Leaping from sheep to sheep, Farmer Will encounters a whole host of fun along the way, including piggies, donkeys, cows, eggs, bacon and some hilarious surprises. Kids will love that Farmer Will can be customized by a wide range of outfits, from Halloween pumpkin heads to space rockets, all included free of charge! Read the rest of this entry »

The recently released iPhone 5 and iOS6 operating system highlighted Apple Passbook as an innovative new feature, promising to relieve users from “searching through your email or fumbling with paper printouts” at checkouts while clicking on the Passbook icon often left you at a landing page where there wasn’t much to do – until now. Toronto-based CardSwap, an online gift card marketplace where consumers earn cash-back and gift card rewards when purchasing gift cards on everything from gas and groceries to clothing and electronics, has announced it has integrated its delivery platform directly with Apple’s Passbook.  Read the rest of this entry »

Last year, Renown Entertainment set out to create the best skeeball style game experience in the universe. With millions of combined downloads on mobile platforms and a steady stream of new and devoted players, that goal has been achieved. Android fans are responding positively with over ten thousand ratings and an average 4.3 out of 5 score on Google Play. Read the rest of this entry »

Interactive entertainment company Ludia Inc. and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) announced today the launch of The Price Is Right Slots App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Based on the longest-running game show in television history, players across North America can now experience an original and interactive free slot machine game on their mobile devices. Read the rest of this entry »