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RIM introduces free BlackBerry Protect data security app

FierceMobileContent - Research In Motion launched BlackBerry Protect, a free application enabling consumers to wirelessly back up, restore and locate their BlackBerry smartphone in the event of theft or loss.

Why messaging app Kik just got $8M: “It’s so frickin’ fast”

VentureBeat - Mobile chat application Kik has just raised $8 million in a first round of venture capital from RRE Ventures, Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures — thanks to its incredibly fast technology.

RIM Finally Sees The Light. Unfortunately, It’s An Onrushing Train – Or Is It?

TechCrunch.com - Strange things are afoot in my hometown of Waterloo, Canada, which doubles as Research In Motion’s headquarters.

RIM to find new marketing chief to revive its brand

Reuters - The head of marketing for Research In Motion will leave the company in six months, raising questions about BlackBerry branding as the smartphone maker gets set to launch its long-awaited PlayBook tablet.

IPad 2 launch date puts RIM at risk

CBC News - Apple's March 11 launch date for the iPad 2 makes the release of the BlackBerry Playbook the following month risky — despite RIM's dominance in the corporate market, analysts say.

Desire 2 Learn: Friend or Foe?

Stroud Courier - Twenty years ago, people believed the future would have flying cars. We haven't gotten that far, but it does seem like technology is quickly dominating the way we live.

Equinox Summit Building Cleantech Roadmap

EarthTechling - In a city whose name conjures defeat and end of empire, the “Equinox Summit: Energy 2030” hopes to steer the world away from crisis and calamity.

Your BlackBerry could be a pain in the neck

The Globe and Mail - A study conducted at the University of Waterloo should serve as a wake-up call for all those who are addicted to their BlackBerrys, iPhones or other handheld mobile devices.

Skills Canada - Ontario Celebrates Skilled Trades

Exchange Magazine - Ontario Annual Celebration Gala “Building Futures One Dream at a Time.”

Google’s big red button: Q&A with Waterloo site director Steven Woods

Financial Post -As site director of the Google Inc. office in Waterloo, Ont., his career to date has actually been largely entrepreneurial, helping to found two successful startups — mobile advertising firm NeoEdge Networks and Quack.com, now an iPad-only search engine owned by AOL Inc.

Software choices are ‘app-tastic’ or ‘app-alling’

TheRecord - Eugene Roman thinks the hundreds of thousands of software applications available for your smartphone, tablet and desktop computer are “app-tastic.”

Apple Store coming to Waterloo

570News - Waterloo has long been known as the home of the BlackBerry but now it looks like Apple is moving in.

TEDxWaterloo event to be streamed live to the Laurier community

Exchange Magazine - In a major multi-campus event, Wilfrid Laurier University will provide a live feed to the innovative TEDxWaterloo conference March 3 at Laurier’s Waterloo and Brantford campuses, as well as its Toronto and Kitchener locations.

University of Waterloo marks national engineering month with special badge event for girl guides

Exchange Magazine - More than 60 girl guides are expected to qualify for science and technology engineering badges during the first annual Ontario Girl Guide Badge Day event to be held at the University of Waterloo campus during National Engineering Month.

Local Tech Leadership Conference Today

570News -It's the place to be for everyone who’s anyone in high-tech in Waterloo Region...

BlackBerry still stuck in security tangle

The Economic Times - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion's problems in India are far from over.

TurboSonic Awarded US$1.25 Million Air Pollution Control Contract by International Cement Producer

American Banking News - TurboSonic Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:TSTA), a global provider of clean air technologies, today announced that it has been awarded a US$1.25 million contract for the design and supply of equipment for abatement of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) for a US cement plant.

RIM to put near-field communications in 'virtually all' its tech

The Washington Post - Time to learn a new acronym. NFC, or near-field communications, is popping up on the lips of some of the tech industry's top players and it likely won't be long before consumers see it in their favorite products.

Spring ushers in next phase of tablet battles

The Globe and Mail - In consumer technology, the spring of 2011 has become the season of the tablet.

LoyaltyMatch OnDemand and Customer Connect Loyalty Sign Reseller Agreement to Expand into Europe

OnlinePRNews - LoyaltyMatch Inc. and Customer Connect Loyalty announced today that they have signed a Reseller Agreement to sell the LoyaltyMatch OnDemand loyalty program Software as a Service (SaaS) solution in The Republic of Ireland.

Derek Ting, CEO of Enflick, Talks About Their 8M User-Base IM Client

BlackberryCool - I sat down with Derek Ting, CEO of Enflick, the makers of PingChat! to talk about their 8M strong app. The guys at Enflick have a strong team and the founders are all in their early 20s.

Silver Bullet's Ranger® Now Supports RDM Connect™

CNW Group - Silver Bullet Technology announced today that the latest version of its Ranger software now supports RDM Corporation's Connect™.

ARISE Provides Update on Discussions to Extend Trust Agreement

CNW Group - ARISE Technologies Corporation, a leader in high-performance, high-quality, cost-effective solar technology, today announced that discussions are continuing with the parties involved in the extension of its trust agreement with Commerzbank AG.

Canada's Pixel-Perfect Business Conditions Touted by Ontario Technology Corridor at GDC San Francisco

DigitalMediaNet - To use a hockey metaphor, the Ontario Technology Corridor has dropped the gloves on Canadian modesty.

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