Canpages Buys Online Directory ZipLocal
The Canadian local search market now has one less player. Directory publisher Canpages said Monday it would buy online directory ZipLocal.ca… Read more »
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Mobile Content Bits: Voice on Maps; Zoompass Payments; Publishers Clearing House Site; Music Trends
By Tricia Duryee
– Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Map Upgrade: Google said you can now search Google Maps using your voice on Android. It also improved their business… Read more »
Bell Canada Acquires Virgin Mobile Canada As Pricing Pressures Mount
By Tricia Duryee
Bell Canada has acquired Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) Canada in the hopes of driving wireless-customer growth and competing more effectively wit… Read more »
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Canada’s Bell Mobility Second Carrier To Get Palm Pre
By Dianne See Morrison
Palm (NSDQ: PALM) announced today that its much-anticipated phone the Pre will launch on Canada Read more »
RIM’s Balsillie Tries Again To Buy NHL Team
Research-in-Motion cofounder Jim Balsillie didn’t get where he is by giving up and he’s hoping that same tenacity will help him finally land… Read more »
Nortel Pension Holders Sue For Payments In Bankruptcy
By James Quintana Pearce
Former employees and pensioners of Nortel have asked a Canadian judge to order the company to pay them benefits including severance and pens… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: NBC Video; PayPass Trial; Nokia-Orange; Bauer Media; Trend Micro IPhone Browser
By James Quintana Pearce
– NBC serves up record mobile video streams: NBC.com’s mobile website served 2.4 million video streams in Q1, which is more than the total… Read more »
Earnings: Canwest Loss Widens Significantly
By David Kaplan
While the Canadian newspaper industry hasn’t been struggling as much as it has in the U.S., CanWest, Canada Read more »
Nortel Gets Bids For Biggest Units, Could Dissolve
By James Quintana Pearce
Beleaguered Canadian giant Nortel Networks has received offeres for its biggest divisions. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Siemens has put in a bid for No… Read more »
Nortel Networks Won't Pay Severance, But Will Pay Executive Bonuses
By Dianne See Morrison
Eight high-level executives at Nortel Networks, the telecoms equipment maker that filed for bankruptcy protection in January, will share a c… Read more »
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Canadian Broadcasters Ask Regulators For Level Playing Field
By James Quintana Pearce
Canadian broadcasters are asking the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to prevent carriers providing preferential… Read more »
Canadian Telco Buys Consumer Electronics Store From Bankrupt Circuit City
By Tricia Duryee
Bell Canada is taking a huge leap into the consumer electronics business by agreeing to acquire The Source, a Canadian retailer that was own… Read more »
CanWest Teeters On Default; A Reorg — And Asper's Loss Of Control — Increasingly Likely
By David Kaplan
CanWest, Canada’s largest newspaper publisher, is facing possible default on $300 million (Canadian; $241 million USD) unless it can get its… Read more »
SEC Charges RIM, Co-CEOs And Two Former Execs With Stock Option Backdating — And Settles
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges Tuesday against Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM), its co-CEOs James Balsillie… Read more »
Mobile Ad Network Quattro Expands Internationally
By Tricia Duryee
Quattro Wireless, which is building a mobile ad network while also helping publishers, like Playboy (NYSE: PLA), Univision and the NHL creat… Read more »
RIM Co-CEOs Settle Back-Dating Accusations With Canadian Regulators
By Tricia Duryee
BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) said today it has reached a settlement with the Ontario Securities Commission, relating to… Read more »
CoverItLive Picks Up $1 Million Round For Liveblogging Tech
By Tameka Kee
Liveblogging service CoverItLive (CiL) has secured $1 million (about $1.2 million Canadian dollars) in a first round of funding. Seed invest… Read more »
Surprise: VeriSign Buys Certicom For More Than What RIM Was Willing To Pay
By Tricia Duryee
After Research In Motion’s hostile takeover attempt of Certicom, a Canadian mobile encryption company, ended with a court granting a permane… Read more »
Trellia Networks Raises $2 Million To Expand Into The U.S.
By Tricia Duryee
Montreal-based Trellia Networks, which builds software to help companies securely manage their mobile workforce, has raised $2 million from… Read more »
Mobile Analytics Company Neuralitic Systems Raises $3 Million From Blackberry Fund
By Tricia Duryee
This is not the cool, new consumer-facing mobile application that you were expecting, perhaps, but the BlackBerry Partner’s Fund has investe… Read more »
Canadian Securities Officials Seek Record Penalties From RIM Co-Founders
By Tricia Duryee
The Ontario Securities Commission is trying to force Jim Balsillie off the board of directors at Research In Motion, and may be seeking a re… Read more »
Nortel Files For Bankruptcy Protection
By David Kaplan
Telco equipment company Nortel Networks has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in its native Canada and in the U.S. The Toronto comp… Read more »
Airborne Mobile Raises $2 Million After Conducting A Buy-Out From Japanese Owners
By Tricia Duryee
Montreal-based Airborne Mobile, a mobile media company, has raised $2 million in funding from iNovia Capital, following a management buy-out… Read more »
NHL Signs Deal With Bell Mobility
By James Quintana Pearce
Canadian telco Bell Mobility has signed a deal with the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) and the National Hockey League (… Read more »
Video Ad Provider Overlay.TV Raises $3.8 Million Second Round
By David Kaplan
Video ad provider Overlay.TV has raised another C$4.6 million ($3.8 million) in a second round of funding. The backing comes from returning… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Phelps Games On iPhone; Sprint iDEN Curve; Mobile Newspapers; REI Snow Report
By Matt Kapko
– Michael Phelps Makes iPhone Play: Many times over Olympian record-holder Michael Phelps has inked a deal with game publisher 505 Games to… Read more »
iPerceptions Gets $3.65 Million For Online Analytics
By Tameka Kee
Website analytics firm iPerceptions has secured $3.65 million in a round of funding. Montreal-based VC firm Telesystem Ltd and private inves… Read more »
Industry Move: Yahoo’s Coppel Leaving After 18 Months As Europe & Canada MD; Riley To Succeed
Another senior executive departure from Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) — Toby Coppel is leaving after 18 months as EVP and MD for Europe and Canada, Ka… Read more »
Twitter Blames Canada As It Pulls SMS From Another Country
The insanely popular messaging service that still hasn’t unveiled a business model has now yanked the critical SMS part of its offering from… Read more »
Loc-Aid, Skyhook Try To Make Location-Based Information Easier To Find
By Tricia Duryee
This week Boca Raton, Fla.-based Loc-Aid is lifting the cover off of a two-year project that aims to aggregate location-based data from carr… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Bollywood-Mywaves; Sniff-Sprint; Bluetooth Marketing; Sky-AdInfuse; Buongiorno
By Matt Kapko
– Mywaves adds Indian studio content to platform: Mukta Arts, a 30-year-old film studio in India, is bringing its content to mywaves to pro… Read more »
Newspaper Roundup: Seattle Times; CanWest; KC Star; Journal Register; Austin-American; Blethen Maine
By David Kaplan
– 20 take buyouts at Seattle Times: With layoffs showing no sign of stopping in the ailing newspaper industry, 20 Seattle Times staffers ha… Read more »
Newspaper Roundup: Gannett; Canwest; A Good Day For Print
By David Kaplan
– Gannett’s Dubow slashes own salary: Adopting a policy of “spreading the pain,” Gannett (NYSE: GCI) Chairman Craig Dubow has taken a volun… Read more »
Earnings: Rogers Profits Up 84 Percent On Strong iPhone Sales
By Matt Kapko
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Fox Creates Mobile Group After Buying Jamba Stake; Will Launch A New U.S. Mobile Brand Next Year
By Tricia Duryee
News Corp (NYSE: NWS) is overhauling its mobile operations after paying VeriSign (NSDQ: VRSN) $200 million for its remaining 49 percent stat… Read more »
Bell Canada Picks LTE For 4G Despite Investments In WiMax And Clearwire
By Tricia Duryee
Bell Canada said today that it will use LTE to build out its 4G network, an unexpected move for a company which has many close ties to the c… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: MobiTV-ABC Mobile; 3 Sweden Ads; EMI; Gawker Media Goes Mobile
By Dianne See Morrison
– MobiTV gets ABC content: MobiTV has struck a deal with Disney-ABC Television group to distribute ABC Mobile, a channel which includes ful… Read more »
Updated: Nokia To Buy Mobile Communications and Social Net Firm Oz Communications
By Rafat Ali
Update: The company has now officially announced it…the deal is expected to close in Q4, and Oz will become part of Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) Se… Read more »
Newspaper Roundup: Gannett; Orange County Register-LAT; Transcontinental Media; Tribune
By David Kaplan
– Gannett August revs drop 16.8 percent (PDF): Given the troubles in the financial services sector this week, the newspaper industry’s woes… Read more »
Interview: Jean-David Begin, BlackBerry Partner Fund: Cautiously Moving Toward 20 Investments
By Tricia Duryee
Two weeks ago we talked to Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers’ iFund Manager Matt Murphy about his thoughts on investing in companies buildi… Read more »
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