Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays

Welcome back to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

On select Wednesdays we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• How a Mobile App made a Print Book a Bestseller

• We Must Help Kids Learn How to Make Apps

• Apple Owns 90% of Mobile Revenue Marketshare; iOS Developers Make 14X As Much As Android Developers

• RIM’s BlackBerry Sales Stagnate Despite Holiday Shopping

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage.

Upcoming events:

• Montreal – November 28th – Montreal Samsung Holiday WaveGuide Meet-Up

• Ottawa – November 29th – Ottawa Samsung Holiday WaveGuide Meet-Up

• Toronto – November 30th – Toronto Samsung Holiday WaveGuide Meet-Up

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Vancouver – iOS Application Developer – iPhone and iPad – Xomo Digital

• Montreal – Application Developers – Turn-Page

• Waterloo – iPhone Developer – Kik Interactive, Inc.

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• 7 ways to better your life with iOS apps

• Mobile data usage has already increased by 77% this year, with Twitter use leading the pack at 300%

• Nokia stranded on burning platform, Apple fanning the flames: In tech, there is no ‘too big to fail’

• The iPad sure shut critics up about the infamous Apple tax

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage. 

Upcoming events:

• Vancouver – July 28th – Van Android Meetup: Android Installfest

• Toronto – August 8th – Toronto iPhone Boot Camp – Three Day Intensive Workshop

• Kitchener – September 15th – 140 Characters Conference

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Vancouver – Web Software Developer – Reward Loop

• Calgary – Human Resource Manager – Techbent

• Toronto – Mobile Web Developer (XHTML/CSS/JavaScript) – Transcontinental Inc.

• Ottawa – Lead Mobile Framework Developer – QuickMobile

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• Tablets in the workplace to become ubiquitous: Study

• Better for employers and employees alike: BYOD is the way of the future

• Canadians and Tablets: This Is No Fad, This Is the Future [Infographic]

• The HP TouchPad is now available across Canada

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage. 

Upcoming events:

• Vancouver – July 21st – Van Android Meetup: Come see what Samsung is up to

• Toronto – July 24th – Andorid Workshop – Alarm and Notfications

• Kitchener – September 15th – 140 Characters Conference

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Vancouver – Web Software Developer – Reward Loop

• Toronto – Mobile Application Developer – Bell Media

• Ottawa – Lead Mobile Framework Developer – QuickMobile

• Montreal – Web Programmer – mTrip

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• What’s in a text message? The real cost of SMS and just how badly wireless carriers are ripping you off

• RIM has slew of next-gen ‘superphones’ to launch, but stock price still dips on news

• If you only knew what your phone could do – Smartphones and the Connected Home

• The most popular type of mobile app in Canada? Weather

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage. 

Upcoming events:

• Toronto – July 20th – Crossmedia TO

• Vancouver – July 21st – Van Android Meetup: Come see what Samsung is up to

• Kitchener – September 15th – 140 Characters Conference

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Toronto – Mobile Application Developer – Bell Media

• Ottawa – Lead Mobile Framework Developer – QuickMobile

• Montreal – Web Programmer – mTrip

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• Is the world’s wealthiest man bringing his wireless business to Canada?

• RIM has sold a quarter-million BlackBerry PlayBooks so far, RBC says

• 99 percent of Google’s Android smartphones possess a major security flaw

• Research in Motion is feeling the love from Canadians – and so are Rogers, Telus, and Bell

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage. 

Upcoming events:

• Vancouver – June 1st – Mobile First! The PhoneGap Story

• Vancouver – June 9th – WaveGuide Seminar: The Explosive Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Opportunity

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Vancouver – Senior User Experience Designer – Move | Top Producer

• Vancouver – Web Software Developer – RewardLoop

• Waterloo – Server Developer – Kik Interactive

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• RIM sold 50,000 BlackBerry PlayBooks yesterday and will sell 500,000 more this quarter

• The five greatest iPhones of all time

• RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook isn’t polished, but neither was the iPad – so what gives?

• Apple sues Samsung: Quit copying us!

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage. 

Upcoming events:

• Toronto – May 2nd – Mobile Monday Toronto

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Calgary – Android Developer – Techbent

• Toronto – Product Manager Manager – Polar Mobile

• Toronto – Front End Developer and JavaScript Wizard – EventMobi

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• Why is everyone offering free smartphones?

• RIM increases daily app downloads by one million in a single month!

• Techvibes launches free mobile app across all five major platforms

• BNN and CP24 collab to launch App Central, the first-ever show about apps

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage. 

Upcoming events:

• Toronto – April 4th – Mobile Monday: BlackBerry Developer Ecosystem

• Vancouver – April 4th – Mobile Monday: Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technologies

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Calgary – Android Developer – Poynt

• Vancouver – Senior PHP Web Developer – Tagga Media

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• Steve Jobs announces Apple iPad 2 and declares 2011 Year of the iPad 2

• Aegis Mobility honoured with SPIFFY Award

• The Mobile Enterprise Revolution: 40% of Canadian Companies plan to increase use of tablets soon

• Public Mobile to launch lowest roaming cell phone rates in Canada

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage. 

Upcoming events:

• Vancouver – March 7th – Mobile Monday – Privacy & Security

• Toronto – March 7th – Mobile Monday – 6th Annual VC Panel Pitch

• Vancouver – March 17th – WaveGuide™ Business Seminar: Wireless IP and Legal Issues

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Toronto – Project Manager, Mobile Applications – Vortex Mobile

• Ottawa – Mobile Engineer – Select Start Studios

• Vancouver – Mobile Developer – Invoke

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• FundRazr rides PayPal App on to iPhones worldwide

• Globalive appleas Federal Court ruling: “We disagree with the decision.”

• SXSW Mobile Apps build by Vancouver’s Xomo Digital

• Digging Graves: Nokia-Windows combo won’t be out until 2012

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage. 

Upcoming events:

• Vancouver – March 2nd – ITAC Digital Commerce Roundtable: “Finding Your Place in an Apps World”

• Vancouver – March 3rd – WaveGuide Business Seminar: Intro to Samsung bada Platform

• Toronto – March 7th – Mobile Monday – 6th Annual VC Panel Pitch

• Vancouver – March 29th – BlackBerry Developer Meetup

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Toronto – Project Manager, Mobile Applications – Vortex Mobile

• Ottawa – Mobile Engineer – Select Start Studios

• Montreal – Mobile Software Developer – 2XM Interactive

• Vancouver – Mobile Developer – Invoke Media

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• Wind Mobile’s future is fragile as battle continues with Globalive, Government, CRTC

• iPhone 5 rumour mill spins: larger screen, two models, slide-out keyboard – what’s worth believing?

• RIM’s BlackBerry App World adds 27 markets worldwide, hits 20,000 app milestone

• Research in Motion announces 4G PlayBook

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage. 

Upcoming events:

• Vancouver – March 3rd – WaveGuide Business Seminar: Intro to Samsung bada Platform

• Vancouver – March 3rd – WaveGuide Technical Workshop: Samsung bada code camp

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Toronto – Project Manager, Mobile Applications – Vortex Mobile

• Ottawa – Mobile Engineer – Select Start Studios

• Montreal – Mobile Software Developer – 2XM Interactive

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• 1 in 23 Canadians will own a tablet by year’s end: IDC

• Vancouver’s airG – the world’s largest mobile social network

• Toronto Startups gather to discuss the future of mobile technology

• Microsoft giving $10,000 to the best WP7 app developer

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage. 

Upcoming events:

• Vancouver – February 10 – Canadian Financing Forum

• Barcelona – February 14-17 – Government of Canada at Mobile World Congress 2011

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Vancouver – Wireless Lab Engineer – Wavefront

• Vancouver – Mobile Developer (Contact/Fulltime) – Clevest Solutions

• Toronto – Sales Representative – MoboVivo Inc.

• Toronto – Project Manager, Mobile Applications – Vortex Mobile

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

 

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• Preparing for the Mobile Marketing Revolution

• Research in Motion knocked out of the world’s top five phone sellers; turbulent mobile market shakes things up

• The Awesomeness of Apple: iPad owns 75% of the tablet market, iPhone owns 50% of mobile profits

• Microsoft giving $10,000 to the best WP7 App Developer

 

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage.

Upcoming events:

• Toronto – February 4th – WaveGuide™ Seminar: Introduction to Nokia Platforms and OVI Services

• Vancouver – February 7th – Mobile Monday

• Vancouver – February 8th – WaveGuide™ Seminar: Introduction to Nokia Platforms and OVI Services

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Toronto – Sales Representative – MoboVivo Inc.

• Toronto – Project Manager, Mobile Applications – Vortex Mobile

• Vancouver – Lead Web Developer / Architect – SQBox Solutions

• Vancouver – QA Specialist – Mobify

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

 

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• Worldwide mobile app revenue will triple in 2011: Report

• BlackBerry Balance: RIM seeks to retain corporate dominance in smartphone market with bold new feature

• The real reason that Canada’s new wireless mobile carriers are underperforming – it’s not the Big Three

• Student app developers ready to throw down at the Battle of the Apps

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage.

Upcoming events:

• Montreal – February 1st – WaveGuide™ Seminar: Introduction to Nokia Platforms and OVI Services

• Ottawa – February 2nd – WaveGuide™ Seminar: Introduction to Nokia Platforms and OVI Services

• Toronto – February 4th – WaveGuide™ Seminar: Introduction to Nokia Platforms and OVI Services

• Vancouver – February 8th – WaveGuide™ Seminar: Introduction to Nokia Platforms and OVI Services

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Vancouver – Mobile Application Developers – airG

• Vancouver – Wireless Application Developer – Absolute Software

• Toronto – Product Manager/UX Guru – Facebook/iPhone Games – Social Graph Studios

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.

 

Welcome to Wavefront Wireless Wednesdays sponsored by Wavefront. Vancouver-based Wavefront is the commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media companies. Follow Wavefront on Twitter at @WavefrontAC.

Every Wednesday we’ll be summarizing some of Canada’s biggest news in the wireless/mobile space, highlighting upcoming events that you should know about, and helping companies find their next superstar employee.

The week in wireless news:

• Deloitte Canada looks at the groundbreaking trends of 2011, from tablets to TV to Wi-Fi: Report

• Why you should buy shares in Research in Motion right now

• Wind Mobile and Mobilicity want better consumer protection for Canadians – but is there hope to be had?

• The BlackBerry Dakota is a Bold with touchscreen – assuming it actually exists

If you would like your Canadian mobile news included in our Wavefront Wireless Wednesday summary, be sure to submit it to news@techvibes.com for potential coverage.

Upcoming events:

• Montreal – February 1st – WaveGuide™ Seminar: Introduction to Nokia Platforms and OVI Services

• Ottawa – February 2nd – WaveGuide™ Seminar: Introduction to Nokia Platforms and OVI Services

• Toronto – February 4th – WaveGuide™ Seminar: Introduction to Nokia Platforms and OVI Services

• Vancouver – February 8th – WaveGuide™ Seminar: Introduction to Nokia Platforms and OVI Services

Do you have a mobile event you would like highlighted here? Be sure to add it for free to the Techvibes Events Calendar.

Job Opportunities:

• Experienced iOS Developer – Belly of Fire Publishing

• Vancouver – Mobile Application Developers – airG

• Vancouver – Wireless Application Developer – Absolute Software

• Toronto – Product Manager/UX Guru – Facebook/iPhone Games – Social Graph Studios

If you would like your job opportunities included next week’s feature, add it to our Job Board and use discount code ‘wavefront’ to save 25%.