Dec. 30th, 2019
Apparently, this one's got Jim "Blackberry" Balsillie himself involved. Balsillie's on record as wanting Canada to maintain whatever technological sovereignty we can.
Details of the sale here:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mda-acquisition-1.5410492
Some of Balsillie's opinions as recorded in 2017 noted here:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jim-balsillie-innovation-ip-the-house-1.3984904
Details of the sale here:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mda-acquisition-1.5410492
Some of Balsillie's opinions as recorded in 2017 noted here:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jim-balsillie-innovation-ip-the-house-1.3984904
RIP Syd Mead
Dec. 30th, 2019 04:08 pmChances are good that we've all seen some of Mead's work on a screen at some point in our lives.
https://boingboing.net/2019/12/30/syd-mead-1933-2019.html
https://boingboing.net/2019/12/30/syd-mead-1933-2019.html