April 26, 2024

City wasn’t in the loop on planned Kits base closure

Vancouver's Deputy City Manager has told council he had no idea the federal government was planning to close the Kitsilano Coast Guard station until he read about it in a newspaper. Sadhu Johnston is refuting government claims key stakeholders were consulted. He adds recent meetings with the feds have not gone well. "The direction we've been given … [Read more...]

The Premier’s office wasn’t the only department with big credit card bills

Spending may have doubled at Premier Christy Clark's office this fiscal year, but other ministries have added to their bills as well.  Transportation and Infrastructure spent an extra one million dollars in 2011-2012 than the year before.  Government credit card records show the ministry of jobs, tourism and innovation spent $ 2.5 … [Read more...]

Samsung wasn’t interested in buying RIM, still isn’t interested in buying RIM

Samsung already passed on webOS, and now, it's passing on RIM. The flagging handset maker was reportedly in talks with Samsung about a buyout, but according to a fresh Reuters report, Sammy's "not interested" in taking over Research In Motion. Samsung spokesman James Chun said the following: "We haven't considered acquiring the firm and are not … [Read more...]

Samsung’s Won-Pyo Hong: Galaxy Nexus wasn’t designed just to skirt Apple patents

Well, so much for that. Samsung's Executive Vice President of Product Strategy -- Won-Pyo Hong -- didn't say a whole heck of a lot on stage here at AsiaD, but he did clarify one thing near the end of his interview: he has 'no idea' where those earlier rumors came from. With "those rumors" regarding the matter of designing the Galaxy Nexus … [Read more...]