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By Jessica Galang June 23, 2015

John Chen tells #TheDisruptors how IoT might revitalize BlackBerry

Amber Kanwar, co-host of BNN’s The Disruptors, had exclusive interviews last week with top BlackBerry players on how…

By Joseph Czikk September 4, 2014

A Saskatoon-based company has created a mobile app that helps patients accurately track the dosage of pharmaceutical-grade…

By Karam Nijjar June 6, 2014

On March 7, 2011, Ted Livingston’s nascent mobile messaging company, Kik, announced an $8M Series A financing led by RRE,…

By Joseph Czikk May 1, 2014

On a call with Ben Morris, the Boltmade founder revealed to BetaKit that his startup grew from four to 12 people over the past…

By BetaKit April 28, 2014

Waterloo-based startup commercialization hub Accelerator Centre is looking for a new CEO. The award-winning facility located…

By BetaKit April 17, 2014

BlackBerry is about to help out a handful of student app developers in a big way. Today the embattled Canadian smartphone maker…

By Joseph Czikk April 11, 2014

Former BlackBerry cofounder Jim Balsillie told a crowd on Thursday that Canada’s woeful innovation issues have nothing…

By Joseph Czikk March 18, 2014

Embattled Waterloo-based smartphone maker BlackBerry has laid off 120 employees this morning. The Waterloo Record reported…

By Joseph Czikk February 24, 2014

According to the Waterloo Region Record, Facebook’s recent $19 billion deal to acquire WhatsApp has created a favourable…

By Joseph Czikk January 24, 2014

We all know what happened three weeks ago, when embattled Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry filed papers to sue Ryan Seacrest’s…

By BetaKit January 3, 2014

In a rather bizarre piece of Friday afternoon tech news, embattled Canadian smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry is suing a startup…

By Joseph Czikk November 4, 2013

News struck quickly this morning that BlackBerry, the embattled Canadian smartphone maker that had apparently found a buyer…

By Joseph Czikk October 24, 2013

There’s a large number of jobless tech workers in the Waterloo area after the recent BlackBerry layoffs, and local startup…