Technology

BlackBerry (TSX:BB) announced 250 more layoffs this week, all in their Waterloo office.

Before UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) starts beaming near real-time images of Earth from the International Space Station with two high-definition cameras, it will stream live footage of the rocket launch that will take them there.

By harnessing transmedia, the creators of the Twilight Saga took a $37 million film and turned it into a $6 billion franchise

Scott Edmonds has been appointed to Moimstone Corporation’s board of directors.

Lucille Pacey has pushed arts organization to reach out to children where they live

Taking calculated risks is key to success with high-def surveillance camera firm

Canadian telecoms and Internet providers that are not using spectrum awarded between 2004 and 2009 could lose it, if they haven’t used to expand broadband Internet access in rural Canada.

Victoria’s TinyMob Games, which was founded two months ago, has landed $2 million in seed funding from a number of local angel investors, reports technology blog Techvibes November 13.

Vancouver-based QuickMobile is the fastest-growing technology company in Canada, as announced this morning by Deloitte in its annual Technology Fast 50 program.

Teradici, a Burnaby company specializing in desktop virtualization, has partnered with Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN) to provide a new cloud-based Desktop as a Service (DaaS) called Amazon Workspaces that eliminates desktop processors.