RIM hosted a fan night on Twitter. Here is the whole story in the Record:
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RIM answers back with a Fan Night
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011RIM employees face job cuts
Monday, July 25th, 2011RIM announced that there will be 2000 employees laid off later this week. Some 50 employees were walked out of their offices in Waterloo and Kitchener by security after receiving their pink slips. RIM is doing their best to reduce expenses, improve revenues and market share. My sincere best wishes go out to the ones who have lost their jobs.
Here is the full story from today’s Record:
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/569127–rim-workers-meet-cuts-with-silence-optimism
Remember what Winston Churchill once said, ” An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity”.
Some Good News for RIM
Thursday, July 21st, 2011After months of being in the doldrums, RIM has received some good news in regards to the Playbook. The Playbook tablet has been approved by the US federal government according to The Record staff. I found this on The Record’s website today. The government officials are now able to purchase the tablet and know that confidential information will be protected.
http://www.therecord.com/news/business/article/567035–playbook-approved-for-u-s-government-use
Living Here in Waterloo Region
Thursday, July 21st, 2011Did you know that the average cost of a 3 bedroom home here is $250,000, making this the most affordable tech community to buy a home in Canada? There are over 700 kms of high fidelity fibre beneath our feet in Waterloo Region, even going to rural communities, making the Region one of the best connected on the planet.
Waterloo Region boasts more geeks per square foot than any other community in Canada. The most notable acquisitions of start ups in the last 3 to 5 years: Intel (RapidMind), Electronic Arts (J2Play), Google (Reqwireless), 3M (highjump software) and Oracle (Siebel Systems). The labour force is 372,000 people. 88,000 post secondary students, 26,000 co-operative students.
800 plus tech firms in Waterloo Region, 300 plus burgeoning tech startups, Tech sector generates $22 Billion revenue annually, more than $500 Million in tech acquistions in the last 12 months, 30,000 people employed at tech firms, 2000 tech jobs available.
Waterloo Region is home to many superlatives: Largest software company – Open Text, Largest company by market capitalization – RIM, World’s leading projection company – Christie Digital, Canada’s largest satellite company – COM DEV.
This information was sourced from Smart Move, Communitech’s publication.
In Waterloo Today: November 2009
Friday, November 12th, 2010Digital Media Hub opens in the Lang Tannery Building
Thursday, October 14th, 2010The Communitech Hub, a digital media and mobile accelerator centre opened last week at the Tannery Building in downtown Kitchener. It officially opened inside the 30,000 square foot space.
This centre will assist start up tech companies in KW and will have mentorship from fellow high tech companies in KW like RIM, Open Text, Agfa Health Care and Christie Digital.
Here is the story in The Record on October 11th, 2010: http://news.therecord.com/article/790207
Dalsa gets a Provincial Grant
Thursday, October 14th, 2010According to The Record, Dalsa gets $24.3 million dollars from the Province of Ontario to develop the next generation of digital imaging. This funding will help create 114 jobs and support 232 existing jobs. Currently, Dalsa employs 350 people in Waterloo and 1000 world wide.
Here is the full story: http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/793773
City of Kitchener Quick Facts
Saturday, September 18th, 2010Investors and Home Owners who want to find out more about the City of Kitchener please click on the link below called Fast Facts:
RIM Profits Rise
Thursday, September 16th, 2010Revenues are up 31% to $4.62 Billion dollars from $3.5 Billion dollars a year ago. Also, Net Income rose to $796 million or $1.46 a share up from $475 million or 83 cents a share for the same quarter a year ago according to Chuck Howitt of the Record. Click on this link below for the full story.
RIM’s Future looks Bright
Sunday, July 18th, 2010There was a great article in the Record on July 17,2010 by David Olive about the future of RIM. He believes the company will continue to do well because of their new product developments and also because RIM‘s customer base has doubled in Asia.
Here is the full article that is titled,”RIM’s future looks as bright as ever“. Click on the link to open the article.
