[MobileRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Considerably upstaging Apples iFund offering US$100 million for the development of applications for the Apple iPhone and the iPod Touch, RIM has just announced the BlackBerry Partners Fund . And just...
RIMarkable (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Following the lead of the $10 million Android Developer Challenge from Google and the $100 million iFund started by Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist John Doerr, Research in Motion, along with RBC and Thomson Reuters, have ponied up $150 million in venture capital to support the development of the next generation of mobile applications. I am not [...]
Unwired View (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... has a similar structure of their own for the open-source Android , and of course there’s the Apple iFund . But what makes the BlackBerry partners fund different, especially when compared against the Apple iFund, is that it's $50 million greater - at $150 million. The BlackBerry partners fund is done in conjunction with RBC and Thomson Reuters. Hopefully, when the BlackBerry Bold makes...
IntoMobile (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... is often locked away and kept in a vile for a select few to enjoy. The BlackBerry Partners Fund, iFund and the Android Developer Challenge represent the new economy, the new stage of growth, that relies less on the people who built the pipes and more on the hardware and software that interact with the data that flows through them. With over a quarter of a billion dollars being poured into...
MacDailyNews (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Three of Canada's biggest companies have joined forces to make the BlackBerry a greater business threat...
Moco News (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
If Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) can do it, then so can we. Just a few weeks after Apple announced its $100 million iFund dedicated to applications for the iPhone and iPod touch platforms, RIM ( NSDQ: RIMM ) said today that along with media giant Thomson ( NYSE: TOC ) Reuters ( NSDQ: RTRSY ) it was planning to launch a $150 million venture capital fund that would invest in mobile applications and services...
Pocket-lint (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
$150 million for mobile apps
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Hot on the heels of the BlackBerry Bold comes the news that the company behind it is to start up its own venture capital firm. And if it's a way of besting Apple's iFund, then the Canadians win, by...
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Hot on the heels of the BlackBerry Bold comes the news that the company behind it is to start up its own venture capital firm. And if it's a way of besting Apple's iFund, then the Canadians win, by...
IntoMobile (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Google has a $10 million contest for Android developers, Apple the iFund and RIM has just announced a $150 million BlackBerry Partners Fund along with RBC, Thomson Reuters, and several private Canadian investors. Agnostic to both stage and balance sheet, the BlackBerry Partners Fund will not restrict the development of mobile applications and services to any [...]
i4U (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
RIM and Thomson Reuters today announced plans to launch the BlackBerry Partners Fund, a US$150 million venture capital fund, to invest in mobile applications and services for the BlackBerry platform and other mobile platforms. The Fund is to be co-managed ...
Electronista (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Research in Motion early Monday confirmed rumors with the launch of the BlackBerry Partners Fund, a venture capital pool meant to rival the iFund for the iPhone. The $150 million pool eclipses the $100 million for the Apple device but shares the sam...
mac.ro (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Research in Motion early Monday confirmed rumors with the launch of the BlackBerry Partners Fund, a venture capital pool meant to rival the iFund for the iPhone. The $150 million pool eclipses the $100 million for the Apple device but shares the same goal of spurring growth in app development: promising young companies at any stage of development ...
iPhone and iPod Touch Software (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Research in Motion early Monday confirmed rumors with the launch of the BlackBerry Partners Fund, a venture capital pool meant to rival the iFund for the iPhone. The $150 million pool eclipses the $100 million for the Apple device but shares the same goal of spurring growth in app development: promising young companies at any stage of development ...
迷客科技 (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Research in Motion early Monday confirmed rumors with the launch of the BlackBerry Partners Fund, a venture capital pool meant to rival the iFund for the iPhone. The $150 million pool eclipses the $100 million for the Apple device but shares the same goal of spurring growth in app development: promising young companies at any stage of development ...
