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LightSpeed, a Montreal-based software company using Macs, iPhones and iPads to help retailers revolutionize the in-store shopping experience, today announced Web Store 3.0. LightSpeed Web Store is a powerful tool that offers retailers a fast and intuitive way to create a user-friendly e-commerce platform that is seamlessly integrated with their POS solution. Web Store 3.0 features a new template engine that offers unlimited customization options to empower retailers to build a tailored online presence and create a compelling e-commerce experience. This is the first in a series of announcements the company is making this month to enhance the LightSpeed platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Today at the International Start Up Festival in Montreal the Canada Media Fund (CMF) launched a report it commissioned about the audience engagement activities of Canada’s first digital entertainment accelerator, ideaBOOST.  Available only in English, ideaBOOST: Audience Engagement Report, is the result of a research partnership between the CMF and the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab and their ideaBOOST accelerator program.  Read the rest of this entry »

The information contained in The Download on Digital Report (PDF) was commissioned by WorldPay and created by Loudhouse in March 2013. The survey was conducted among consumers who have purchased digital content and video games online in the last 12 months. The sample comprised 11,483 consumers aged 18+, 10,075 of which purchased digital goods and services and 7,554 who have purchased video games and 6,776 that have purchased both. While the consumers were surveyed from 7 different countries not including Canada, I feel that the information contained in the report is of relevance to Village Gamer’s development industry reader demographic.  Read the rest of this entry »

As mobile becomes an increasingly important part of everyday life for Canadians, there is a much greater need for advertisers, publishers and brands to gain Canadian specific insights into those who use mobile. In response to this need, App-Promo, BrandSpark International and Tapped Mobile have partnered to conduct a detailed research study on the mobile habits of three key Canadian personas: Read the rest of this entry »

After months of anticipation, the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) has announced the re-launch of its popular small business grants for hiring program. The program, formerly known as ICTC Career Focus, has been rebranded as ICTC CareerConnect, capping off a host of alterations aimed at giving small and medium-sized businesses greater access to the program while increasing the maximum funding amount for eligible applicants. Read the rest of this entry »

Course evaluation and feedback management solutions provider eXplorance has announced that it is taking an active role at BbWorld®, the Blackboard Inc. annual user conference and one of the largest education technology conferences of the year, from July 9-12, 2013. As a Blackboard Premier Partner™, eXplorance will be featuring Blue by eXplorance™, an enterprise-class feedback management and course evaluation system, through dedicated seminars and product demonstrations on the benefits of integrating Blue with the Blackboard Learn™ platform. Read the rest of this entry »

VTech®, a leader in age-appropriate and developmental stage-based electronic learning products for children, today announced the introduction of its latest, lower-priced Learning App Tablet for kids, the InnoTab 3®. Following the popular InnoTab 2S®, one of the first children’s learning tablets with Wi-Fi, InnoTab 3® delivers a powerful punch, in a compact size and at an affordable price, making it a great first learning tablet for kids. InnoTab 3® introduces children to a world of age-appropriate educational content on VTech’s comprehensive app store, the Learning Lodge™, where they can explore hundreds of games, e-books, videos, music and more, across the widest variety of curricula. Beginning today, InnoTab 3 is available for pre-order from Toys R Us Canada and vTech Canada. It is recommended for ages 3-9 years and has an MSRP of $79.99. Read the rest of this entry »

The best way to address Canada’s growing need for an educated and skilled labour force and ensure a sustained economic recovery is to expand education opportunities and improve learning outcomes in early childhood learning and development, elementary and secondary education, postsecondary education, adult learning and skills development. This, according to provincial and territorial ministers of education who have just concluded the 101^st meeting of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Read the rest of this entry »

The Okanagan Drupal Users Group is pleased to announce the creation of a monthly Drupal Users Meetup. The casual meetings will be held on the second Thursday of each month, and are expected to last about two hours each. The first meeting is scheduled for July 11, 2013 at the Kelowna Innovation Centre located at #201-1405 St. Paul Street, Kelowna. All who are interested are encouraged to attend. Read the rest of this entry »

With the largest production company in the world investing large sums of money in Electronic Dance Music, there is no shortage of buzz surrounding this new sound. This movement began with Disc Jockeys sampling and remixing records to create their own interpretations of songs. This innovative way to create a new and dynamic sound out of past songs was key to the development of this new genre. Vancouver company We Make Dance Music is now embracing this same idea with a modern twist, giving the user complete creative freedom over pieces of music. Read the rest of this entry »