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Toronto-based mobile payment company Digital Retail Apps is introducing a patent-pending, mobile self-­payment system that allows a customer to perform secure, in-aisle shopping and self-checkout from anywhere within a brick and mortar store at the National Retail Federation Expo going on in New York. Designed to eliminate long lines and improve the in-store experience, SelfPay aims to change consumer behaviour by eliminating the cash register and payment terminal as a part of the checkout process. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday at the National Retail Federation 102^nd Annual Convention & EXPO, Epson America, Inc. and RewardLoop, a Vancouver-based company focused on cloud hosted, transaction-based mobile rewards programs, announced the availability of the RewardLoop mobile loyalty and rewards platform on Epson’s OmniLink™ smart POS solutions family. OmniLink combines an Epson industry-leading POS printer with PC functionality to deliver cloud-based services, open platform mobility and flexible web-based printing from any mobile device. Paired with Epson’s OmniLink, RewardLoop delivers a universal, plug-and-play mobile loyalty and rewards solution on virtually any existing POS system or cash register with no need for upgrades to existing software. Read the rest of this entry »

Bell Media announced today its designation as an official lead partner of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television‘s inaugural Canadian Screen Awards. Canadian Screen Week, the annual celebration of excellence in Canadian film, television, and digital media productions, begins in Toronto on February 27 and culminates in a televised award broadcast on March 3, 2013. Nominations will be announced tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the organization that manages the .CA Internet domain, now supports the use of all French characters in .CA domain names, allowing Canadians to register their .CAs correctly in both official languages for the first time. Previously, the only characters that could be used in a .CA domain name were the letters a-z, the numbers 0-9 and hyphens. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based integrated payment solutions developer AJB Software Design, Inc. is now a participating Payment Technology Provider in the Visa POS Solutions Program and has validated current versions of its payment processing suite. AJB is launching several initiatives this upcoming calendar year giving merchants increased options to manage the evolving payment landscape, and will be exhibiting at the 2013 NRF Big Show in booth number 1181. Read the rest of this entry »

Earlier this week Samsung Techwin America and iWatchLife, an Ottawa-based  provider of smart, cloud-based video monitoring that enables consumers to See What Matters™ most to them, announced a partnership that brings additional value to owners of a Samsung SmartCam WiFi IP camera. Available now and designed specifically for the Samsung SmartCam, iWatchLife affords consumers the ability to bring their home monitoring to a whole new level. Read the rest of this entry »

CATAAlliance has launched an Advocacy Campaign to encourage the adoption of a Canadian form of the “Patent Box”, i.e., an “Innovation Box”. The Canadian “Innovation Box” would be tailored to provide a preferential, competitive tax regime for the successful exploitation and commercialization of Intellectual Property (IP), including patents, in Canada. The Innovation Box Campaign took the form of a “Live Brief” with updates continually posted based on the expert guidance of thought leaders across Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada and the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) have announced the creation of a Working Group resulting from industry leaders’ feedback at the Symposium on the Promotion of Canadian Films and Television Programs in Canada and Internationally. The Working Group will promote the increasing success of Canadian film, television and digital media with a principal focus on the Canadian market. The intent is to show how much Canadian innovative screen-based content is now watched and enjoyed by Canadian audiences and to propose solutions on how to build on past, current and future successes to increase awareness of our media products. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto’s Mood Media Corporation announced today that it has acquired the assets of Florida-based Technomedia Solutions and sister company, GoConvergence, for approximately US$23 million in cash plus contingent consideration payable in 2014, which is based on the profitable growth of the operations. Read the rest of this entry »

Optimized mobile content delivery solutions developer Vantrix has announced that it has received US$13.5 million in funding. The Series D round was led by existing investors Summerhill Venture Partners, JK&B Capital and Tudor Ventures, with pro rata participation from BDC Venture Capital, Innovacom and Entrepia Ventures. Read the rest of this entry »