Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 10:05AM 
Research in Motion (RIM) remains Canada’s top corporate R&D spender, devoting nearly $1.4 billion to research, an increase of 26.3% over Fiscal 2009. RIM’s spending on research expanded slightly faster than its revenues (up 20.1%) according to a study by Research Infosource.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 9:39AM 
Today HTC and TELUS announced the Android 2.3-powered HTC Amaze 4G smartphone will be available in Canada on November 4. Equipped with a powerful dual core processor and download speeds of up to 42 megabits* per second via TELUS' HSPA+ dual cell network.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 8:55AM 
LG has confirmed that its Optimus 2X smartphone is expected to get the Ice Cream Sandwich updated which is Google Android version 4.
"LG is currently in the process of planning the ICS OS update for the LG Optimus 2X as well as other LG high-end smartphones," the company said in a note on its Facebook page. "Detailed information on the ICS OS update schedule for specific models will be announced, once the ICS OS is publicly released by Google. Please stay tuned for more updates from LG."
Owners of current Android devices are wondering whether they will be able to get official updates for theri devices but this depends on Google, the specific manufacturers as well as, in some cases, the carriers.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 7:00PM 
Google has just launched eBooks for Canada at http://books.google.ca/ebooks. The Google eBooks platform is designed to be open and in the cloud, meaning users can pick up on their eBook wherever they last left off on virtually any device: PCs and netbooks; Android and Apple tablets and smartphones; and compatible eReaders, like the Kobo, Reader™ from Sony, and Barnes & Noble Nook.
