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Toronto taxi app Hailo has announced an unprecedented holiday giveaway: one million dollars in free taxi fares as part of a campaign to ensure the safest holiday season ever in the City of Toronto. Beginning today and running until New Year’s Eve, Hailo will give away one million dollars of Hailo cab fare in $10 increments at more than 100 licensed establishments across Toronto. Partnerships with the bars and restaurants were secured together with Molson Coors Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

If necessary many Canadians would give up coffee or video games before saying goodbye to their smartphones, according to the results of a national survey released today by WIND Mobile. Thirty-seven percent of Canadian mobile phone owners aged 18-34 say they would give up video games before walking away from their devices, while 36 percent say they would be willing to quit drinking coffee rather than lose their phones. Twenty-eight percent would give up television. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based Wishpond has announced the launch of its premiere All-In-One Marketing Suite for Latin America in both Portuguese and Spanish – becoming the only platform provider that offers all the tools businesses need for social, mobile, online and local marketing for the entire American continent in a single suite. Wishpond already helps more than 15,000 retailers and brands effectively drive customer growth and engagement with a broad array of online marketing activities including running ads, sweepstakes and contests, creating Facebook Storefronts, engaging fans via social networks like Pinterest, and analyzing customer engagement and demographic patterns. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal-based enterprise software solutions firm Devolutions, creator of the globally-acclaimed Remote Desktop Manager tool, has welcomed three new staff members to its growing roster of technical and operational experts. Joining the Devolutions team are software architect Richard Markiewicz, product manager Maurice Côté, and marketing coordinator Anne-Marie Mongeon. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver Animation School a relatively new educational institution offering entry level and advanced programs for the animation, film and game industries, has received confirmation that the school has been for awards in the Best Concept and Best Community Impact categories of the 10^th Annual Successful You Awards presented by Small Business British Columbia and the Insurance Bureau of Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today that 15 interactive digital media projects received a total of $10 million in funds as part of the second round of production support from the Experimental Stream. The Experimental Stream encourages the development of innovative, interactive digital media content and software applications. Read the rest of this entry »

Visa Inc. has announced a new solution in its information products line up to help issuers reduce the risk of eCommerce fraud using real-time, risk-based transaction analysis.  Called the Visa Consumer Authentication Service, the solution is designed to seamlessly support an issuer’s Three Domain Secure (3-D Secure) program such as Verified by Visa and is available in all Visa Inc. markets immediately. Read the rest of this entry »

Enterprise Information Management (EIM) software provider OpenText™ has announced a compelling and complimentary offer to Autonomy customers interested in protecting their software investments. Existing Autonomy customers now have the option to trade in valid Autonomy licenses for OpenText licenses. Read the rest of this entry »

Innovative children’s toy and entertainment company Spin Master Ltd. is pleased to announce the acquisition of the worldwide rights to Wild Planet’s Hyper Dash and Spy Gear brands. Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to Wild Planet in connection with this transaction. Read the rest of this entry »

Yellow Pages Group (YPG) and Yahoo! Canada announced today that they have expanded their six-year partnership to provide Yahoo! Canada users with an enhanced local search experience. Yahoo! Canada users can get better, faster access to local search results, as well as details on local businesses including hours of operations, photos, videos, ratings and reviews – providing an improved experience for users who are looking for the information that’s most relevant to them based on their location. Read the rest of this entry »