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DebitWay.ca has announced a brand new initiative today on behalf of all Canadian gamers that will make alternative payment methods more available on the market as Canadians shift away from using credit cards and PayPal to pay for online purchases. Read the rest of this entry »

Digital security and identity management company Route1 Inc. has announced that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has issued Route1’s first Canadian patent titled, “System and Method for Accessing Host Computer Via Remote Computer.” The abstract for Canadian Patent 2,578,053, dated March 20, 2012, states: Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based online training software vendor SkyPrep released its eCommerce platform at the beginning of 2013. Since its release, the company has implemented many new features to its training platform. There are currently over 350 companies registered with the eCommerce platform looking to sell their courses online. Read the rest of this entry »

Thunderbird Films recently announced the appointment of Canadian media executive Ivan Fecan as consultant and Chairman of their Board. Fecan brings with him an extensive resume which boasts titles including VP Creative Affairs at NBC, Head of English TV at CBC, and CEO and President of CTVglobemedia. This announcement preceded the news late this afternoon that Thunderbird had also acquired Vancouver’s Reunion Pictures, the studio behind Showcase’s Continuum TV series. Read the rest of this entry »

Intertainment Media Inc. announced today that it has executed its arms length agreement to sell its itiBiti and Ad Taffy technology platforms to a Toronto based, private technology company (Itibiti Ventures Inc.) for a total estimated value of CDN $ 3,425,000 million dollars which includes debt conversion, perpetual revenue share payments secured by the transferred assets in the amount of $3 million dollars and a 40% equity stake in the company acquiring the assets. This transaction will also provide additional equity value in the form of system development and product / program enhancements. Intertainment has also included Ad Taffy in the agreement given Ad Taffy’s dependence on the shared technology of itiBiti, allowing both products to potentially flourish under a combined and dedicated independent management team. Read the rest of this entry »

This just in via email: Dear Colleagues,

We are writing to provide an update to the recent announcement by the provincial government that BC Film + Media and BC Film Commission will become Creative BC.  As described in that announcement, the new agency will work with creative industries in the province to develop and implement a broad strategy capitalizing on the sector’s strengths and identifying new opportunities for the future. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian 3D technology and multi-platform projects will be in the spotlight at the 50th edition of MIPTV, the global market for television and multi-platform content to be held in Cannes from April 8 to April 11, 2013. Innovation in content, technology and various platforms is one of the driving forces behind the Canadian audiovisual industry, enabling Canada to stand out on the international stage and generate interest from a wide-ranging audience base. Some 50 Canadian businesses will present their projects at MIPTV in the hopes of building partnerships and boosting sales worldwide. In addition, many Canadians will speak at events and conferences to showcase Canadian talent. Read the rest of this entry »

Radiant Communications Corp., a Vancouver-based provider of managed network and cloud hosting solutions for medium-size enterprises, today announced that it has once again achieved Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 2.0 Compliance for Service Providers. Radiant’s network and cloud services are certified to meet the most demanding security requirements in the industry with PCI DSS compliance on both its core network and enterprise cloud computing environments. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada ranks second-to-last among its peers in venture capital investment and business R&D spending, according to The Conference Board of Canada‘s ranking of innovation among the world’s leading economies. And the rest of the report card doesn’t get much better, as Canada ranks 13^th in the 16-country How Canada Performs benchmarking.
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HootSuite has announced accelerated growth in the first quarter of 2013. The company’s dramatic growth was largely driven by increased demand among large global organizations. This growth translated into a 272% increase in corporate sales (companies valued at less than $10 billion) in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and an impressive 900% increase in international strategic sales (companies valued at over $10 billion). HootSuite is now available in 13 languages and is used by more than 79 of the Fortune 100 companies. Read the rest of this entry »