Research In Motion Acquires Award-Winning QNX Software
by Lee Rickwood
Mobility and connectivity are surely important buzzwords behind this latest purchase, which may see QNX bring RIM into the smart car market!
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Location Based Social Media: How to play safe on Foursquare.com
By Jessica Muhlbier
Foursquare.com is a popular and fun location-based tool for mobile devices, and is also a game. It allows users to “check in” at various venues using either text messaging or a smart phone application. But there are several red flags to consider before checking-in all over town.
Virgin Mobile rallies for sidewalk Safe Zones across Canada
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
In Canada alone, more than 20,000 pedestrian accidents have occurred while texting since 2009. These are the more serious ones that were actually reported, thousands of accidents go unreported.
Google Buzz(ed?) – new Gmail feature now better safeguards privacy
We’ve let the fires die down before talking about it, and now we’ll ask: what’s the Buzz now?
What’s the Biggest Security Threat to Your PC?
The Biggest Security Threat to Your PC will be revealed at Canadian IT Conference.
By Lee Rickwood
Mobile Hotspots Available in Canada – Update
by Lee Rickwood
More than just cellphones and laptops, wireless networks now have to support smartphones and e-readers and iPads, and mobile hotspots may be the best way to do so.
LinkedIn opens shop in Canada to support large user base
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Popular business and career social networking portal LinkedIn Corp. has announced plans to open up shop in Canada to better support its growing number of users which have doubled in number to two million members from…
BlackBerry acquires Viigo
The popular RSS reader application Viigo, which also happens to be the most downloaded third-party BlackBerry app, has been acquired by BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM).