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Virtual BlackBerry Technical Seminar 2008
It's that time again. The Virtual BlackBerry Technical Seminar 2008 has been announced, and there's lots of developer content to be had.
July 9th, 2008, 9am - 11pm ET
Exhibit Hall opens 8:30am
Just head on down to https://www-2.virtualevents365.com/blackberry/ to register or read up about it.
Official BlackBerry Developer Newsletter cancelled?
While reading Neil's most recent blog entry at devberry.com he mentions the official Blackberry developer newsletter hasn't been coming out. I just double checked the official site (http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/resources/newsletter.jsp) and they've missed the last two issues. I don't suppose anyone from RIM would like to comment? No, didn't think so.
BlackBerry Developer Conference announced
Research in Motion will hold its own conference for smartphone developers later this year, as interest in mobile development continues to grow.
Around October 20th there will be a 2.5 day developer event in Santa Clara, CA. Click here for the official site.
$150,000,000 BlackBerry Developer Fund established
From VentureBeat: Research In Motion, the RBC and Thomson Reuters have invested in an $150 million venture investment fund, called the BlackBerry Partners Fund, to support developers of applications running primarily on the Blackberry.
