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Good Morning, Toronto Startups and Entrepreneurs!Happy Thanksgiving – I hope you are all extremely satiated and filled with enough Tryptophan to keep you in a coma for most of the day! If by chance you’re not reading this on your mobile phone, outside, in the amazing and warm sun (that has somehow returned) … get outside and squeeze in another day of summer!

This week is packed with events — whether you want to geek-out, network and meet other folks in the community or listen to some great keynotes — there’s something in the mix for you. Wednesday evening brings both DemoCamp 30 (I can’t believe you’ve reached 30 already!) and Toronto Tech Meetup.

There are a number of upcoming events finally showing up in the calendar and next week there are two big ones — E-commerce Camp8 (which is sponsored by OrderDynamics, a super-innovative e-commerce platform that everyone should know about) and HTML5 Meet & Learn. In other good news, Startup Weekend Toronto is back on Nov 18-20, 2011 to officially close Global Entrepreneurship Week and is part of the Global Startup Battle! If you haven’t heard of Startup Weekend, it involves local developers, marketers, designers, enthusiasts and who join forces to start companies in just 54 hours.Please let us know if we’re missing any key events and we’ll be glad to include them in future digests through our submission form.

-Josh

 

Toronto StartupDigest is curated by:
Will Lam – Founder of Date Ideas and keeps a blog on Entrepreneurship
Josh Sookman – CEO, Guardly

 

 

What’s Going on in the Toronto Startup Community

BlackBerry Developer Group
When: October 10 @ 5:30pm
Where: Xtreme Labs Office (9th Floor), 69 Yonge St. #900, Toronto

We are excited to host Tim Neil, Manager of BlackBerry WebWorks, from RIM to present on Ripple/Github and WebWorks platform roadmap. Group feedback will be collected and presented to RIM. This will allow the developer community and Research In Motion to be actively engaged in continuous development improvement activities.

 

We are going to kick off this new user group in style with some lively discussion around Amazon technology. Agenda includes: Model Metrics & Amazon Web Services overview; Customer success story by Augusto Rosa of Shaw Media; and Customer success story by Brent Hughes of Antic Entertainment.

 

Keynote speaker is Elmer Sotto who is the Head of Growth for Facebook Canada, where he is responsible for setting strategy to further grow and engage the Canadian user base. He also helps key strategic partners understand and leverage the Facebook platform.

The goal at DemoCamp is to provide a platform for local companies to launch, get product or pitch feedback, establish a presence for recruiting as well as help with PR and social media awareness. We aim to gather highly connected and talented entrepreneurs, developers, designers, marketers, investors and others to watch and critique entrepreneurs in a safe environment.

 

Presenting are Scanly.ca, where student discounts are a scan away; PMRobot is project management for custom development companies, and Lumasonix, where they are developing next generation equipment for the early detection of cancer. Lumasonix’s approach uses Photo-Acoustic Computed Tomography (PACT) technology to develop a full 3D volume image.

 

It’s been an exciting few months for Ladies Learning Code. We started this past June with a tweet, and three pretty successful events later…we think it’s time to celebrate! Whether you’re a lady who wants to learn to code, a member of our wonderful developer a community, a man or woman in tech or just a fan of what we’re up to…we’d love it if you would join us on October 13th as we celebrate our official launch!

 

Is your business looking for more information on how to develop your tablet strategy? Have you started deploying tablets and are looking to better understand the full range of uses? Do you want to see the latest developments in tablet technologies? If you answered yes to any of these questions then join TELUS for the special event: Tablets. Built for business in T.O. with guest speaker TELUS SMB President Peter Green.

 

Unlike any other FITC event, the format of ETA puts attendees across the table and in discussion with each of the presenters. Thirty-minute presentations are followed by twenty-minute discussions at round tables; with each presenter changing tables every hour. This format provides unparalleled access to real conversations with all of the presenters, something virtually impossible at big events.

This exclusive and intimate event has been designed for creative directors, strategists, c-suite executives and the best of the best in advertising and technology.

 

 

Top Upcoming Toronto Startup Events

Oct 17 - EcommerceCamp8 – Innovative Mobile Apps: Ecommerce Solutions
Oct 17 - Toronto Mobile UX Group
Oct 18 - Rise of the Business User: Enterprise IT and the effect of consumerization
Oct 20 - HTML5 Meet & Learn
Oct 24 - CloudCampTO
Oct 24 - X-Summit
Oct 25 - DevCamp Toronto
Oct 26 - Entrepreneurship 101 – Marketing for Tech Startups – Getting the fundamentals right
Oct 26 - AndroidTO
Oct 26-30 - DigifestTO
Nov 9 - AccelerateTO
Nov 9 – Entrepreneurship 101: Product Development
Nov 18-20 – Toronto StartupWeekend
Nov 30 – Entrepreneurship 101: Board of Directors and Other Advisors

 

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Welcome back to StartupDigest Mobile, the members-only guide to what you need to read in the mobile technology industry every week. 

This week’s edition focuses on Apple as an important player in the gaming space, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announcing that the first mobile phone using an Alibaba-developed operating system will go on sale in China at the end of the month, the possibility that shopping on tablets could someday outpace shopping on smartphones and even computers, and Tomi Ahonen outlining Nokia’s performance prior to the company’s February announcement of its partnership with Microsoft.

It’s happening: iPad is eating consoles’ lunch
By Christian Zibreg, 9to5Mac

Reports from Nintendo talk about sales declines and price cuts. Most of their losses are iPad’s gains. As an industry, consoles used to be 80% of the gaming market and today are only 40%. This article talks about those trends and has a great infographic at the bottom breaking down tablet usage, gaming and social media behavior and platform metrics.

Alibaba Rolls Out Mobile-Phone Operating System
By Owen Fletcher, The Wall Street Journal

While we are mostly focused on what North American platforms are doing, we should take note of new developers in China. Smartphone adoption as an absolute number already higher than that in the U.S. and the rate of 3G adoption in China is accelerating. Alibaba’s announcement around their mobile operating system is just a preview of upcoming trends in China and Asia.

Tablets Give E-Commerce a Real-World Feel
By Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times

I have been discussing with folks when people choose to use their phone vs PC vs tablet. Behavior is still mixed but it’s interesting that 40% of people still choose to use their tablet when a PC is available to them. Something about the user experience of tablets is appealing and even drawing consumers to spend money through their shopping/browsing experiences on those devices.

What’s the best-case scenario for Nokia?
By Kevin C. Tofel, GigaOM

The Microsoft/Nokia discussion continues here with an opinion piece from Kevin Tofel. Looks like under the best of scenarios, Nokia is still trading market share by abandoning Symbian for Windows 7. For Microsoft, they will not see any volume uptick in time for holiday this year.

For newcomers: StartupDigest Mobile is the members-only weekly email newsletter of the best articles in the mobile technology industry.

You can become a member for free here.

Welcome back to StartupDigest Mobile, the members-only guide to what you need to read in the mobile technology industry every week.

This week’s edition focuses on 34% of iPhone owners thinking they already own a 4G smartphone, a report on the U.S. mobile gaming industry, how great apps are built and the best practices to use when building them, and mobile cloud-based enterprise services being expected to reach $39B by 2016.

34% of iPhone Users Think They Have 4G [STUDY]
By Charlie White, Mashable

I love knowing what the consumer thinks and this study goes to show that while we live in our mobile bubble and talk about download speeds, 3G, 4G, HTML5, etc., the rest of America really has no idea what the difference is between 3G and 4G. In fact, 34% of iPhone owners think they have a 4G phone already. It’s always good to remind ourselves of our perspective versus the rest of populations.

5 Trends Shaping the Mobile Gaming Industry
By Erica Swallow, Mashable

Mobile phone and tablet gaming sales are hit almost $900M in 2010. Gaming is still the most significant category for mobile apps. Here’s a refreshed trend update on the space.

11 Insider Tips You Must Follow If You Want Your App To Succeed
By Ellis Hamburger, Business Insider

I’ve seen a lot of “tips for app development” articles and they are generally around design. This article is a good mix of design, product, and business perspective that I think is useful for every developer.

Mobile cloud revenues to reach $39B by 2016: study
By Lauren Johnson, Mobile Marketer

Enterprises are increasingly focused on deploying mobile services, the mobile cloud services market is poised for rapid growth and a focus area for carriers. Cloud and application security will be a key area of development for the segment.

 

After last week’s tech heavy learning, this week is mostly about fun with a little learning – never a bad thing, right?

Start the week off with mobile privacy at Dalmob, then hit up Startup Poker to win (or lose) some cash, and head over to Startup Weekend.

Have a great week, and enjoy!
Chris Bond

 

 

 

What’s Going on in the Dallas Startup Community

DalMob
When: Tuesday, June 14, 6:30- 8pm
Where: Tech Wildcatters, 2700 Fairmount, Dallas, TX, 75204

Come talk mobile. This month’s discussion is on Location Based Privacy for mobile phone end users. An incredible amount of personal information can be determined by a users location, not just where you’ve been but who you are and more. Learn more at DalMob.

Dallas Startup Poker
When: Thursday, June 16, 7-10:30pm
Where: Tech Wildcatters, 2700 Fairmount Ave, Dallas, TX 75204

Startup Poker is the official pre-party for Dallas Startup Weekend, so come meet some potential cofounders! The game is Texas Hold’em.

Dallas Startup Weekend
When: June 17-19
Where: Tech Wildcatters, 2700 Fairmount, Dallas, TX, 75204

Any attendees that want to will have 60-90 seconds to present ideas for new startup ventures. They then crowd source the favorites and form teams around those ideas. Teams are between 4-10 people, and consist of about 50% technical people and 50% non-technical. You then spend the entire weekend getting advice from professional mentors, and building a proof of concept, demo, or sometimes even a finished product, to present in front of a panel of judges on Sunday night.