Posts Tagged: blackberry

Canada’s Growing Tech Startup Hub In Kitchener-Waterloo To Be Profiled In New Documentary

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Description: Often considered the “Silicon Valley” of Canada, Ontario’s Kitchener-Waterloo is a growing hub for passionate entrepreneurs willing to work collaboratively. In the cut-throat world of startups, this article outlines a refreshing documentary soon to be released. Source: TechCrunch   Date: July 8, 2013     Canada has a strong and growing startup community, and one… Read more »

BlackBerry Offering Digital Music Distribution Service for Independent Artists on BB10

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Description: Blackberry has “gone indie”, announcing a  partnership with Zimbalam, an indie music distributor. Together, Blackberry and Zimbalam hope to empower artists through a new mobile channel. Source: TechVibes Date: March 22nd, 2013 BlackBerry has partnered with Zimbalam, a global digital music distributor for developing and independent artists, to offer unsigned musicians “an easy and efficient way”… Read more »

Why Tim Hortons, Air Canada, and the Weather Network Love BlackBerry 10

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Description: Months ago when Blackberry postponed their new OS launch until the beginning of 2013, many critics saw this as the end of Blackberry because postponing the launch gave Blackberry no competition against the new Apple and Samsung launches. Now the company has the spotlight all to itself, and in the aftermath of iPhone5, the… Read more »

Flatlining user base spells end of RIM’s growth story

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Description: RIM’s user-base has been growing since the launch of its first smart phone but its shrinking market share is expected change that. Some analysts are anticipating RIMs growth to halt very soon, despite the launch of their upcoming release of Blackberry 10. Source: The Globe and Mail  Date: September 23rd, 2012   A decade… Read more »

Global glitch bruises RIM

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Global glitch bruises RIM Description: A major technical glitch affected BlackBerry service across much of the globe Wednesday, delaying e-mails and messages for an estimated 30 to 40 million users – about half of RIM’s customer base of 70 million. Source: CNN.com & Globe and Mail.com Date: Oct 13, 2011 The problems, which began earlier… Read more »