CSE Trading Reaches 2 Billion Share Volume
Year-to-date activity more than double 2013
November 12, 2014
The Canadian Securities Exchange (“CSE” or the “Exchange”) announced today that cumulative trading volume in 2014 has exceeded 2 Billion shares for the first time in its 11 years of existence. Total trading volume for the full year 2013 was 870 million shares and that was also a record number.
The extraordinary growth in trading in 2014 has been driven by an increase in the number of companies listed on the Exchange and growing investor interest in the securities of those companies. A total of 68 companies have been listed to date, also a new record for the Exchange. The previous record was 44 listings in a single year, set in 2012. On average, each company has already traded 10 million shares this year.
CSE companies have raised almost $150 million so far this year with half of that amount occurring in the technology sector. 41 companies in a variety of technology industries have raised an average of $1.8 million per company during 2014. The mineral resource sector, while not as robust as in previous years, has also experienced a lot of financing activity with 36 companies raising capital during the year.
“The CSE serves a broad range of emerging and established Canadian companies that share the entrepreneurial spirit of our exchange. They enjoy the unique advantages that we offer to those that access capital in the public markets to grow their business. The increasing depth and breadth of our trading list reflects the characteristics of enterprises that are supported by investors across Canada.” said Richard Carleton, CEO of the Exchange.
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Major News Network Deploys IP Newsgathering Vehicles Built by AMT and Equipped With Dejero LIVE+ VSET
Compact Vehicles Bond Ka-Band Satellite and Cellular IP Transmissions for Reliable, Low-Latency Coverage of Breaking News
WATERLOO, Ontario — Nov. 12, 2014 — Dejero and Accelerated Media Technologies (AMT) today announced that a major U.S. news network has deployed IP newsgathering vehicles, designed and built by AMT and integrating the Dejero LIVE+ VSET bonded wireless transmitter, to five of its local affiliates across the U.S. The vehicles pair Ka-band satellite transmission equipment with advanced cellular bonding technology—giving news crews a flexible, cost-effective, and reliable means of transmitting low-latency, high-quality video.
A Dejero technology partner, AMT specializes in vehicle integration for a wide range of mobile applications including broadcasting. The company has integrated the LIVE+ VSET, Dejero’s 1U vehicle-mount bonded wireless transmitter, in both its Swift DS/ENG line of Ford E-Series vans, and its all-new Explorer IPNG Series based on the ultra-maneuverable Ford Explorer. The Explorer IPNG is AMT’s first purely IP-based transmission vehicle.
During a live transmission, the Dejero LIVE+ VSET intelligently bonds the Ka-band satellite link with available cellular networks to assure the optimal uplink path for the live video feed with the lowest-possible latency; in fact, the combination of Ka-band and cellular yields less than a second of latency as compared to 2.2 second for Ka-band alone. Dejero’s patent-pending Intelligent Connection Management (ICM) technology continually monitors and adjusts the network combination in real time to ensure error resiliency and picture quality. For instance, during rain fade and other atmospheric conditions that cause Ka-band satellite bandwidth to decrease, the Dejero LIVE+ VSET will automatically pick up the drop in bandwidth by transmitting over the cellular networks. Back at the broadcast facility, the Dejero LIVE+ Portal cloud-based monitoring, managing, and reporting system provides analytics on the LIVE+ transmitters deployed in the field and the transmission success rate.
“We value our partnership with AMT because the company hasn’t just prototyped the technology; in fact, it has the largest installed base of IP-based ENG vehicles integrating the LIVE+ VSET, with major broadcasting customers using them on a daily basis to cover breaking news, said Brian Cram, CEO, Dejero. “Dejero’s LIVE+ VSET is one of the most widely deployed transmitters of its type, with field-proven results in real-world newsgathering scenarios. News crews can transmit using cellular technology while en route to a news scene, then deploy the Ka-band dish on location and continue the transmission with an optimal uplink path and without an interruption in the live coverage.”
“Dejero is one of the clear market leaders in bonded wireless solutions for ENG, and the company was the first to provide viable technology for aggregating cellular and Ka-band transmissions,” said Thomas P. Jennings, president, Accelerated Media Technologies Inc. “Because the systems are so compact and easy to use, we’ve been able to incorporate them in progressively smaller vehicles that give news crews even greater range and versatility when accessing breaking news scenes. Plus, the hardware cost is a third of conventional microwave and Ku-band satellite systems, and the vehicle cost is half. When you also take into account the much lower data transmission costs compared to Ku-band satellite, the cascading savings are tremendously compelling for our network customers.”
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Datazen 3.0 is Here – Bringing Offline Capabilities to All Mobile Platforms
November 11, 2014 – We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Datazen 3.0, a groundbreaking mobile data analytics software release bringing feature parity and offline capabilities to all platforms.
New Data Paradigm
Datazen 3.0 introduces a new data paradigm featuring seamless sync with live data sources and the ability to work with up to 100,000 records locally on any device: workstation, tablet or phone. This method produces immediate response times, ensures that the latest data is ready on the device when needed and delivers the ability to switch to offline mode at any time. Learn more about our new data paradigm.
Expanded Visualizations & Dashboard Runtime
The new release features numerous enhancements of the core data visualization stack, including: a brand-newWaterfall Chart control, expanded visualization options for TreeMap, Funnel, and Get Started with Datazen 3.0 Today chart controls, new “ring” visualization style of the Half-Donut Gauge control, and enhanced automatic handling of axis in all X-Y charts.
The core dashboard runtime also introduces new value formatting options for all controls, new ways to show aggregated data in datagrid controls and multi-select options for Selection List & Scorecard Grid navigator controls.
Enhanced Publisher Capabilities
In addition to the existing Mater and Phone dashboard layouts, Datazen Publisher 3.0 introduces a dedicated Tablet layout designed specifically to target tablet portrait form-factors. Combined with Datazen’s trademark scaling technology, the latest combination of layouts guarantees flawless dashboard rendering on all device types, form-factors and orientations.
Datazen Publisher 3.0 also features a vastly expanded set of built-in dashboard styles. The provided gallery of styles has been carefully designed to match the most common real-life branding scenarios, so that dashboard authors can get the look that matches the desired brand with a simple selection from the style dropdown.
Datazen Server Additions and Enhancements
Datazen Server 3.0 introduces significant new features, including: support for ADFS authentication, granular scheduling of data updates, system performance metrics, support for Redis cache provider, and expanded administration capabilities through multiple hub owner accounts.
http://www.datazen.com/company/news.aspx#news08
CogniVue, Fraunhofer Debut Supersmall Camera at Electronica
TOKYO — As automotive electronics takes center stage at Electronica this week in Munich, a “microcamera” module recently designed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for driver-assistance applications is expected to enjoy the spotlight.
The Ottawa embedded vision IP vendor CogniVue and Berlin’s Fraunhofer Institute revealed Tuesday that they have collaborated on development of the microcamera. It uses CogniVue’s image processing technology and a Freescale Semiconductor image cognition processor based on CogniVue’s IP.
The new camera module — an image sensor with optics mounted on a printed circuit board — measures 16x16x12 cubic millimeters. It is visibly smaller than current-generation driver-assist cameras, whose edge lengths are “20x20x20 cubic millimeters (without optics),” according to a Fraunhofer press release.
Clearly, the German institute’s assembly and interconnection technology played an integral role in winning the size battle. However, size isn’t the only prerequisite in meeting the automotive industry’s growing demands for Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) cameras. Others include accuracy, speed, power consumption, and cost, Tom Wilson, vice president of product management at CogniVue, told us recently.
The trend among Tier 1s and carmakers designing ADAS cameras is to use a camera module already integrated with an image processing core. Rather than sending captured images to a chip located elsewhere for processing, they prefer a camera module with “a purpose-built processor for running embedded image and vision algorithms,” Wilson said.
It’s bad enough that complex in-camera image processing tends to make the module run hot. Worse is that ADAS cameras designed for reading traffic signs or collision avoidance must be mounted on the front — near a rearview mirror — inside a car. This is a poor location, especially under direct sunlight, he said, because it makes an already hot module even warmer. Hence, one of the big challenges for driver-assist cameras is “an image processor that can fit it into a very low number of watts.”
CogniVue takes pride in its Apex image-cognitive processor technology. Wilson said its performance per area per power for vision processing tends to be significantly better than conventional processor architecture. The Apex core is designed for efficient pipelining of embedded image and vision processing algorithms.
CogniVue has licensed its own CV2201 Image Cognition Processing SoC to Freescale for automotive applications. Freescale’s SCP2200 image cognition processor enables embedded vision processing for ADAS applications at unprecedented low power inside Fraunhofer’s microcamera.
To perfect the miniaturization, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin crammed 72 passive and 13 active components (such as LEDs, DC-to-DC converters, memory chip, image sensor, and image processor) into the module. “the volume of the camera was reduced to 3 cubic centimeters with the optics, and 1.2 cubic centimeters without the optics,” according to Fraunhofer.
All the components on the new module are integrated directly into the PC board from glass fiber and epoxy resin. “By encapsulating the electronic components, the microcamera is now impervious to vibrations on uneven street surfaces,” according to the Fraunhofer research team.
Future collaboration
Though the first-generation microcamera is designed to read traffic signs, Fraunhofer researchers believe they can advance the microcamera’s algorithms for detecting objects such as animals, people, and the car’s position. They’re also working on a driver-facing microcamera to monitor drowsiness and fatigue.
“CogniVue technology was key in enabling us to integrate embedded vision processing as part of the microcamera,” said Andreas Ottmann, a physics graduate and group manager at Fraunhofer IZM. “Along with the Apex-based SCP2200 (CV2201) in the microcamera, we will be working with CogniVue on implementing an ADAS application to be announced at a later date.”
by Junko Yoshida
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CANADIAN MARKETERS FIND DATA ANALYTICS VALUABLE, BUT MOST AREN’T USING IT
That’s the latest finding from Marketing’s annual programmatic and digital media research report, commissioned by Acuity Ads. The survey of 522 Canadian marketers found that 91% of marketers believe data collection and analytics are “important’ to their digital marketing campaigns, and 57% believe they are “very important.”
But only 48% say that, to the best of their knowledge, their brand has used data collection and analytics in the past three months. That figure is roughly the same for junior marketers, middle management and CMOs.
The results suggest that a substantial number of Canadian marketers know analytics tools are valuable, but haven’t yet integrated them into their regular marketing operations.
Maggie Fox is a well-known industry veteran who works as a global senior vice-president at SAP, a technology firm that provides data analytics services to marketers and other businesses. Fox also sat onMarketing and Acuity’s chief marketer advisory panel for the study. She says the adoption gap isn’t about the availability of data, but about “deriving insight and meaning from the data.”
“Do you have the right analytics tools for the business? Do you have appropriate software to visualize it? The data can tell you something, but if you, as a layperson, can’t understand it, it’s meaningless. And are you getting it in time? I don’t really want to know what the data tells me about last quarter – I want to know what it tells me about last week, yesterday, and when we get into predictive, the future.”
Fox pointed to several key barriers preventing Canadian businesses from finding the right tools. For one, setting up an effective analytics program requires the right people with the right skills, which are in short supply in the Canadian market.
And in many cases, CMOs – who would benefit the most from analytics tools – don’t have the power or budget within their organization to make the right decisions about handling data.
“There’s this battle between the CIO and the CMO in some cases over who gets to choose the technology. There’s still a sizeable percentage of CMOs that don’t even have a say in the technology choices being made,” says Fox.
“Marketers need to realize they need to become more technically savvy, and take a greater role. And they can have a seat at the big table if they do – they can become a really strategic part of the business.”
The survey found that marketers at companies with more than $250 million in annual revenue are more likely to find analytics useful, with 96% believing that they’re “important” to marketing campaigns (in fact 70% said they’re “very important”). They’re also more likely to have used them in the last three months, with 60% of respondents saying they have. But the gap is still present.
Fox says it’s not fair to say big businesses have it easier when it comes to adopting analytics. There are technology options catering toward small and medium-sized businesses, and there is usually enough data to glean at least some useful insights.
“This isn’t a million-dollar experience necessarily, there’s a lot of stuff that is downloadable, affordable, easy for a small business to use. But they have to focus on it, and decide it’s important,” she says. “I think the barriers are their own distractions – when you’re in a smaller company you tend to wear more hats, whereas a larger company can be more specialized.”
In some aspects of digital advertising, like programmatic, smaller marketers have found it easier to adopt new technology, since they are more flexible and have fewer people to train.
Marketing also polled 116 individuals that worked for agencies for the survey. Suprisingly, the numbers about data analytics were very similar to those about marketers — 95% of agency employees say analytics are at least somewhat important to their digital campaigns, but only 60% have used it in the past three months. Although agencies are slightly ahead, the idea that agencies make ubiquitous use of data insights appears to be exaggerated. It may be up to marketers to push that agenda forward.
AcuityAds Announces Executive Appointment
Industry veteran Gary Savoy named Chief Revenue Officer
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Oct. 10, 2014) – AcuityAds Holdings Inc. (“Acuity” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:AT), a leading provider of targeted digital advertising solutions, today announced that Gary Savoy has joined the Company as Chief Revenue Officer, subject to approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Savoy has oversight of Acuity’s sales efforts worldwide, and is responsible for maximizing the revenue of the Company. He will be based out of Acuity’s office in New York City.
“We are thrilled to have Gary joining our team as Chief Revenue Officer given his exceptional track record driving revenue growth,” commented Tal Hayek, Chief Executive Officer of Acuity. “Gary has over twenty years experience in the digital advertising and technology industry, as an executive at leading companies such as Google and AT&T. His deep knowledge of our clients’ needs is the perfect fit to help us deliver value-added solutions to our customers. He will be instrumental in our efforts to create an enterprise solution for our customers, one that captures multiple digital touch points with their own customer base and leverages that critical learning in their already successful Acuity media campaigns.”
Mr. Savoy was an early employee at Google, where he launched the Global Consumer Packaged Goods vertical, working with leading brand marketers such as P&G and Kraft to develop products and strategies to capitalize on Google’s global reach. Prior to joining Acuity, Mr. Savoy was Vice President of Digital Sales for Catalina Marketing Corp., the world’s largest consumer packaged goods-focused media company, until it was acquired by Berkshire Partners earlier this year. In this capacity he helped launch BuyerVision, Catalina’s critical transformation into the digital arena. Prior to joining Catalina, Mr. Savoy was a member of the executive team that launched AT&T’s AdWorks and served as its Vice President. Mr. Savoy helped develop AdWorks’ programmatic solutions to bridge the gap between desktop display and mobile ads. Formerly, Mr. Savoy led the Digital Media practice for BusinessEdge Solutions, a division of EMC Consulting, where he worked with global advertisers to develop strategies, system integrations and ad targeting vehicles critical for the success of publishers.
“I am extremely excited to be joining the team at AcuityAds,” stated Savoy. “Given the Company’s proprietary cross platform programmatic marketing solution with world class machine learning, this has all the makings of an extraordinary growth opportunity. As advertisers are faced with executing efficient campaigns that utilize programmatic tactics that safely leverage data, Acuity is uniquely positioned to work with clients and their agencies to deliver optimal campaign results reaching the right consumers at the right time with the right message and at a fair cost.”
About AcuityAds Holdings Inc.
AcuityAds Holdings is a technology company that has developed a programmatic marketing platform powered by proprietary machine learning technology that allows advertisers to target and connect intelligently with their audiences across online display, video, social and mobile campaigns. With operations in New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Montreal, Chicago, Boston and Dallas, AcuityAds Holdings’ customers include both large Fortune 500 enterprises and small to mid-sized businesses. For more information, visit www.acuityads.com.
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TransGaming Debuts In-Game Purchases On GameTree™ TV
TORONTO – October 15, 2014 – TransGaming has announced that popular game Turbolab Pursuit is now available to play on GameTree™ TV. By introducing microtransaction capabilities to the platform, players are now able to fully customize gaming experiences with add-ons for their characters and gameplay. This is the first title that supports in-game purchases on the GameTree™ TV platform.
Exclusive to iOS devices until now, Turbolab Pursuit, developed by Bulky Pix is a 2D side-scrolling game that is a runner and shoot ’em up hybrid. The game takes place in a world that has only recently discovered automobiles. Players rocket around the unusual world in an all-new prototype vehicle created by the mad scientist Professor West, in order to escape the clutches of enemies trying to get their hands on his revolutionary invention.
With in-game purchases, Turbolab Pursuit offers players over 4,000 ways to customize their ride, with crazy parts and devastating weapons like an aircraft aileron, a tractor engine, melon cannons and tortoise-launcher engines. Players can also customize their characters through a diverse selection of headgear, outfits, and hairstyles.
“The addition of Turbolab Pursuit is an innovative demonstration of how we are enhancing our monetization strategy with GameTree TV. Embraced by gamers across multiple platforms, TransGaming is now bringing microtransaction capabilities to the television,” said Vikas Gupta, CEO & President of TransGaming. “While a perfect addition to our growing library of diverse family friendly games, this is the right title to launch our in-game purchasing capabilities, now enabling our players to fully customize their experiences.”
Source: https://www.transgaming.com/news/transgaming-debuts-game-purchases-gametree-tv
AcuityAds Announces Executive Appointment
Industry veteran Gary Savoy named Chief Revenue Officer
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Oct. 10, 2014) – AcuityAds Holdings Inc. (“Acuity” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:AT), a leading provider of targeted digital advertising solutions, today announced that Gary Savoy has joined the Company as Chief Revenue Officer, subject to approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Savoy has oversight of Acuity’s sales efforts worldwide, and is responsible for maximizing the revenue of the Company. He will be based out of Acuity’s office in New York City.
“We are thrilled to have Gary joining our team as Chief Revenue Officer given his exceptional track record driving revenue growth,” commented Tal Hayek, Chief Executive Officer of Acuity. “Gary has over twenty years experience in the digital advertising and technology industry, as an executive at leading companies such as Google and AT&T. His deep knowledge of our clients’ needs is the perfect fit to help us deliver value-added solutions to our customers. He will be instrumental in our efforts to create an enterprise solution for our customers, one that captures multiple digital touch points with their own customer base and leverages that critical learning in their already successful Acuity media campaigns.”
Mr. Savoy was an early employee at Google, where he launched the Global Consumer Packaged Goods vertical, working with leading brand marketers such as P&G and Kraft to develop products and strategies to capitalize on Google’s global reach. Prior to joining Acuity, Mr. Savoy was Vice President of Digital Sales for Catalina Marketing Corp., the world’s largest consumer packaged goods-focused media company, until it was acquired by Berkshire Partners earlier this year. In this capacity he helped launch BuyerVision, Catalina’s critical transformation into the digital arena. Prior to joining Catalina, Mr. Savoy was a member of the executive team that launched AT&T’s AdWorks and served as its Vice President. Mr. Savoy helped develop AdWorks’ programmatic solutions to bridge the gap between desktop display and mobile ads. Formerly, Mr. Savoy led the Digital Media practice for BusinessEdge Solutions, a division of EMC Consulting, where he worked with global advertisers to develop strategies, system integrations and ad targeting vehicles critical for the success of publishers.
“I am extremely excited to be joining the team at AcuityAds,” stated Savoy. “Given the Company’s proprietary cross platform programmatic marketing solution with world class machine learning, this has all the makings of an extraordinary growth opportunity. As advertisers are faced with executing efficient campaigns that utilize programmatic tactics that safely leverage data, Acuity is uniquely positioned to work with clients and their agencies to deliver optimal campaign results reaching the right consumers at the right time with the right message and at a fair cost.”
About AcuityAds Holdings Inc.
AcuityAds Holdings is a technology company that has developed a programmatic marketing platform powered by proprietary machine learning technology that allows advertisers to target and connect intelligently with their audiences across online display, video, social and mobile campaigns. With operations in New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Montreal, Chicago, Boston and Dallas, AcuityAds Holdings’ customers include both large Fortune 500 enterprises and small to mid-sized businesses. For more information, visit www.acuityads.com.
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Certain statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements are provided for the purposes of assisting the reader in understanding the Company’s financial position and results of operations as at and for the periods ended on certain dates and to present information about management’s current expectations and plans relating to the future and readers are cautioned that such statements may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward-looking information may relate to the Company’s future outlook and anticipated events, including the anticipated development of an enterprise solution for the Company’s customers, and may include statements regarding the financial position, business strategy, budgets, litigation, projected costs, capital expenditures, financial results, taxes and plans and objectives of or involving the Company. Particularly, statements regarding future results, performance, achievements, prospects or opportunities for the Company or the industry in which it operates are forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by terms such as “may”, “might”, “will”, “could”, “should”, “would”, “occur”, “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “intend”, “seek”, “aim”, “estimate”, “target”, “project”, “predict”, “forecast”, “potential”, “continue”, “likely”, “schedule”, or the negative thereof or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts.
Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, that may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that assumptions may not be correct and that objectives, strategic goals and priorities will not be achieved. A variety of factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, affect the operations, performance and results of the Company and its business, and could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations of estimated or anticipated events or results. These factors include, but are not limited to, non-receipt of TSXV approval and the risks discussed in the Company’s materials filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities from time to time on www.sedar.com. The reader is cautioned to consider these and other factors, uncertainties and potential events carefully and not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking statements.
Information contained in forward-looking statements is based upon certain material assumptions that were applied in drawing a conclusion or making a forecast or projection, including management’s perceptions of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other considerations that are believed to be appropriate in the circumstances. While management considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on currently available information, they may prove to be incorrect.
The forward-looking statements made in this press release are dated, and relate only to events or information, as of the date of this press release. Except as specifically required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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TRANSGAMING AND KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE DEBUT OF METAL GEAR ON THE MAC WITH METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE NOW AVAILABLE
TransGaming Launches New Publishing Strategy by Bringing One of the Most Successful Game Franchises to the Mac Platform
TORONTO – September 25, 2014 – TransGaming Inc. in partnership with Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced that METAL GEAR will make its debut on the Mac platform as METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE is now available for Mac.
Through the power of its industry-leading software enablement technology, TransGaming brings the thrill of METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE to Mac players. METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE is the first game release for TransGaming since it announced it is now adding full game publishing to its diverse portfolio of services, along with technology source-code licensing and support for enablement of PC games and other DirectXÒ-based content on Android, iOS and SteamOS.
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE, originally developed by Kojima Productions and Platinum Games, expands the METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with its frenetic action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and cinematic storytelling that surrounds Raiden, a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja, who uses his high-frequency katana blade to cut through anything that stands in his vengeful path.
“METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE is the perfect marquee title to initiate our company publishing strategy, while also showcasing our unparalleled technology,” said Vikas Gupta, CEO & President at TransGaming. “The Metal Gear series is a legendary game franchise and we are privileged to be bringing the game to Mac. TransGaming’s proprietary enablement technology ensures Mac gameplay quality is on par with current console versions.”
“METAL GEAR has been a massive global success on myriad platforms and bringing the series to Mac was long overdue,“ said Yuji Korekado, a Producer from Konami. “METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE was a turning point in the series and is the ideal introduction for new Mac players.”
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE is rated “M” for Mature by the ESRB and is now available on the Mac App Store at a retail price of $29.99. As a promotional launch special offer, gamers will receive a $5 discount available for five days only, expiring on 30th September 2014. The game is also available on Steam.
Desjardins Insurance* launches innovative approach to help keep employees healthy
Introducing a program that supports employees and their well-being while improving business results.
Early intervention is an effective way to manage health risks and control health care costs. But employee health issues are personal, making it nearly impossible for employers to intervene. Health PACT is a program that helps organizations empower employees to take an active role in managing their health by accessing the information, tools, and programs they need to make better health care decisions.
The Desjardins Insurance Health PACT program, which was developed by Novus Health, helps employees learn about various health conditions and associated risk factors and obtain, if desired, confidential health coaching. The goal is to prevent disability and absenteeism by helping employees manage the health conditions that affect them at work and at home.