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RIM’s BlackBerry 10 enters global trials

The Globe and Mail - Research In Motion Ltd. says its coming BlackBerry 10 smartphones are now being tested with 50 wireless carriers around the world, including at BCE Inc.’s Bell Mobility, a key milestone on the way to launching the devices early next year after multiple costly delays.

Research In Motion calls BlackBerry 10 "the next generation platform that will change everything"; in an invite to Canadian politicians

Smart Company -  BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has sent out invitations to Canadian politicians inviting them to an event demonstrating the company's new BlackBerry 10 platform.

RIM to help manage mobile payment system

The Chronicle Herald - Research In Motion has struck an agreement to help manage security technology that will make it possible for many Canadians to pay with their smartphones through “mobile wallets.”

Startup Roundup: Hyperdrive demo day, QuickMobile’s $3.3M raise and 48 Hours in the Valley

Financial Post - Last Friday I took a trip to KW to visit the Communitech headquarters in the Tannery building in Kitchener, Ont. Timed to coincide with “Techtoberfest” (which was timed to coincide with the area’s well known Oktoberfest) was the Hyperdrive accelerator’s first demo day.

Research in Motion’s former staffers get job-search help

Montreal Gazette - Former employees of Research In Motion who were laid off during the BlackBerry-maker’s sweeping cutbacks this year are getting a hand from the City of Waterloo.

PerspecSys’s Cloud Data Gateway Easily Integrates with SAML 2.0 Solutions

Idevnews - Enterprise cloud data protection company, PerspecSys Inc., reports its cloud data gateway now integrates seamlessly with SAML 2.0 identity management solutions from Symantec, RSA, Ping Identity and McAfee, among others. This added integration aims to makes it easier for enterprise to migrate their apps to the cloud.

Waterloo, Kitchener foster culture of startups

Financial Post - Mike McCauley was living the young entrepreneur’s dream this summer with a spot in Silicon Valley’s Y Combinator startup accelerator program.

TurboSonic to be acquired by Wisconsin firm

therecord - TurboSonic Technologies, a Waterloo-based designer of air pollution control equipment, is being sold to an engineered systems and services company based in Wisconsin.

OpenText Appoints James Mackey as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development

CNW Group - OpenText™ (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a leading provider of Enterprise Information Management (EIM) software, today announced that industry veteran James Mackey has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development.

P&P Optica Named Recipient of Investment of Innovation Funding through the Federal...

PRNewswire - P&P Optica Inc., a world leader in the design, development and manufacturing of high performance optical spectrometers, has been granted a fund of $985,000 through the Federal Economic Development Agency's Investing in Business Innovation program.

TitanFile Closes $1.1 Million Financing to Democratize Security

The Sacramento Bee - TitanFile, an award winning online document transfer company, announced today that it has received $1.1M in financing to roll out their new professional file sharing and collaboration product in the market.

RIM shares fall on analyst’s report saying BB10 phones coming in March

therecord - Research In Motion shares fell more than five per cent Tuesday after an analyst predicted the next generation of BlackBerrys likely won’t hit shelves until March.

San Joaquin Valley College Turns to Desire2Learn as Foundation of Outcome Based Educational Experience

MarketWatch - D2L Ltd. ("Desire2Learn"), a leader in providing innovative learning solutions, today announced San Joaquin Valley College (SJVC) is using Desire2Learn(R) Learning Suite to support its outcome-based instructional philosophy. The community college selected Desire2Learn to replace ANGEL.

UW joins Stratford on road to the digital future

therecord - Sixty years ago, Tom Patterson dreamed of Stratford as a world-class theatre town built around the plays of Shakespeare. Today its theatres draw visitors from around the globe.

Sandvine Reports Q3 2012 Results

Mediacaster Magazine - Sandvine, (TSX: SVC) (AIM: SAND) a leading provider of intelligent network policy control solutions for fixed and mobile operators, today reported $21.8 million in revenue for its third quarter of 2012, a non-IFRS loss of $0.4 million and a net loss of $0.9 million.

Com Dev lays off 31 employees in Ottawa

itWorldCanada - The company was to provide communications technology for ships communicating with sattelites for Canadian Space Agency's Radarsat Constellation Mission. But now that funding for the satellite program has been called into question,

PerspecSys Delivers Cloud Data Residency to Oracle Customers Through New PRS Adapter for Oracle Sales and Marketing Cloud Service

MarketWatch - PerspecSys Inc., the leader in cloud data protection solutions for the enterprise, today introduces PerspecSys PRS Adapter (Privacy, Residency, Security) for Oracle Sales and Marketing Cloud Service.

Teledyne DALSA to Present Webinar on Machine Vision for Factory Automation

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in machine vision technology, announces that it will host a complimentary webinar titled, "Machine Vision for Factory Automation," on Wednesday, October 17th at 2:00 p.m. EDT

Communitech's HYPERDRIVE Enters Next Phase as Cohort of Seven Startups Completes New York Visit

CNW Group - Communitech's first HYPERDRIVE cohort is emerging from its initial three-month intensive mentoring program, having completed a trip to New York City Sept. 19-21 in the heart of the burgeoning NY tech scene in preparation for Demo Day on October 12.

Smart Tweezers LCR-meter Gets a Push From the Russian Academy of Sciences

MELODIKA.net - Siborg Systems Inc from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and Novosibirsk based Institute of Automation and Electrometry of the Russian Academy of Sciences joined their efforts to develop a new version of Smart Tweezers LCR-meter.

BlackBerry 10 needs more than Flow for RIM to swim

ZDNet - Research in Motion needs compelling devices, excited consumers and strong developer commitment if the company has any chance at all in chasing a saturated mobile operating system market dominated by Apple, Google and even Microsoft.

E-learning company gets $3.5 million to set up in N.L.

CBC News - An Ontario-based e-learning company will set up shop in Newfoundland and Labrador after getting a $3.5-million forgivable loan from the provincial government.

CEO Heins’s newly pragmatic plan a refreshing turnaround

The Globe and Mail - While a short-term stock price surge is nice, what Research In Motion Ltd. investors should really be cheering this week is the company’s return to realism.

RIM spurs rare optimism with surprising growth, new phone

Reuters - Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM, a pioneer in the smartphone arena, has in past years lost market share in North America to Apple Inc and Samsung, whose more versatile and user-friendly devices took off.

Tech experts learning to add to business innovation strategy

Financial Post - Most people would rest on their laurels when they’ve achieved a vice-presidency role with a major technology firm. Jennifer Smith, vice-president of global engineering for Christie Digital Systems in Waterloo, however, has always known there is more to leading a tech company than a mechanical engineering degree.

Smart Tweezers LCR-meter Is Making Its Way to India

PRWeb - Waterloo, Ontario based Siborg Systems Inc., the manufacturer of Smart Tweezers and New Delhi, India based Advance Tech Services Pvt. Ltd. signed an exclusive agreement to promote electronic testing tools manufactured by Siborg Systems Inc in Asia and India in particular.

PerspecSys Continues Removing Barriers to Enterprise Cloud Adoption by Extending Interoperability to Broad Array of Single Sign-On Applications

MarketWatch - PerspecSys Inc., the leader in cloud data protection solutions for the enterprise, today announced it has achieved interoperability with some of the world's leading Single Sign-On (SSO) and Identity Management solution providers including Symantec, RSA, Ping Identity and McAfee.

Stephen Hawking, Mike Lazaridis Open University of Waterloo Quantum-Nano Centre

Daily Exchange - Stephen Hawking, world-renowned physicist, participated in the Official Opening of the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre at the University of Waterloo September 21st.

Waterloo, Toronto to host first ever Google for Entrepreneurs Week events

itBusiness.ca - Google is launching its first ever Google for Entrepreneurs (G4E) Week around the world with Canadian events planned for Ontario in Waterloo and Toronto over the next few days

Flatlining user base spells end of RIM’s growth story

The Globe and Mail - A decade after Research In Motion Ltd. introduced its first smartphone, the tribe of BlackBerry users has stopped growing.

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