Technology

BlackBerry (TSX:BB) is reporting a stunning loss of $4.4 billion for the third quarter of 2013.

It has been used successfully by companies like Vancouver’s Ayogo Games to help children copes with diabetes, and now more and more retailers – including Park Royal shopping mall – are using gamification to reach young shoppers.

Canadians with mobile contracts with budget carriers like Wind Mobile and Mobilicity will no longer have to pay high roaming fees when travelling outside their coverage areas, thanks to a domestic roaming cap being enforced by Ottawa.

The British Columbia government is investing $200,000 in skills training as the province prepares for thousands of new jobs in the oil and gas sectors.

Whether they have just been diagnosed with a disease or are dealing with disruptions in their health insurance due to Obamacare, many Americans will go to Healthline.com for information. And if they can’t afford high deductibles, they may resort to crowdfunding.

Canadian businesses have six months to comply with one of the world’s most stringent anti-spam laws

Space Systems/Loral (SSL), a subsidiary of Richmond’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed an agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) to construct a high-power, multi-mission satellite.

Idea Cellular, India’s third-largest mobile services company, is teaming with Ballard Power Systems (TSX:BLD) on a pilot project that will see Ballard fuel cells used to power five wireless station sites in India.

John Livingston, who was in on the ground floor in building one of Vancouver's most successful software companies, has resigned as CEO of Absolute Software Corp. (TSX:ABT). Livingston, 54, said he is retiring, but plans to stay involved in Vancouver's high-tech sector through mentoring and investing in local high-tech startups.

EnWave investor upset over agreement