It has been a long time since LinkedIn announced anything for BlackBerry. Considering RIM’s client base in enterprise, you would think BlackBerry would be a priority. The last time we wrote about an update to the LinkedIn app for BlackBerry, was when it supported OS 6 over a year ago.
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Active Network has announced the launching of the ITU Telecom World 2011 Conference mobile app.
The International Telecommunications Union is the United Nations’ specialized agency for telecommunications. The Telecom World conference draws industry leaders as well as regulators from around to world to its yearly event.
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3D Rollercoaster Rush Jurassic 2 for BlackBerry is a free game for BlackBerry 7 devices that uses the new devices’ OpenGL capabilities.
The Rollercoaster Rush series is part of Digital Chocolate’s simple mobile control games. Often these games require only one or two buttons to play, which is ideal for the mobile. In this game you can either choose to employ a touchscreen speed gauge or use motion controls. The motion controls use the very-accurate accelerometer, which is responsive and fun.
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Startup culture and the mobile industry are perfect for each other. Small companies define the modern economy and a lot of what makes startups so appealing is the speed at which you can get an innovative product to market. Mobile is so suited to startups because you can code an app and begin making money very quickly. The barriers to entry are low and we’ve seen valuations for mobile companies that are bordering another dot com style bubble. But how come we don’t see much BlackBerry support in the startup world? Here is a list of cool mobile startups, what they do, and the platforms they support. What’s your guess as to why BlackBerry is consistently ignored?
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Today during Mike Lazaridis’ keynote speech at BlackBerry World, Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer made a surprise appearance and announced a partnership between Microsoft and RIM. The partnership involves the integration of Microsoft’s Bing search engine into the Universal Search feature of the BlackBerry OS.
Slated for a holiday 2011 launch, the new search integration will be designed not just to search for text and relevancy, but to also utilize location and social graph to deliver highly contextual answers about your area before even needing to ask.
The developer leading the project Blaise Agüera y Arcas spoke of bringing search results “right to the glass”. He spoke of the search “completing a task” bringing useful information right to the user in a mobile context instead of prompting the user to sift through results.
This fine-tuning of the search will require less clicks to find what you are looking for; less clicks means time saved.
For more info about the announcement, check out Microsoft’s press release.
Being at RIM’s doorstep has helped the developer community in Southern Ontario grow tremendously. Smaller companies and startups have been setting up offices nearby that have given rise to a strong support network of startups, mobile developers and entrepreneurs.
With acquisitions in the gaming, content distribution and payment, Google’s Waterloo offices have grown with a strong mobile focus. Here are a few of the recent additions:
Social Deck is a social gaming platform that specializes in content discovery, distribution and monetization.
PushLife is a cross-platform digital content management and distribution system for mobile.
Zetawire developed their own mobile banking advertizing technology, identity management, credit card and mobile coupon transaction processing.
It’s interesting to see what catch-up moves Google is making in growing it’s mobile business. Tapping a competitor’s developer ecosystem is becoming a bit easier now that mobile developers are developing for multiple platforms. I’m not surprised that Google is paying close attention to the innovative yet underrated Canadian Tech sector.
