SlideShow: BlackBerry 10 launch event in Toronto

BY Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

We're live at the BlackBerry 10 launch in Toronto, here are some photos of the event so far as it unfolds. RIM is no more and is now known as BlackBerry. CEO Thorsten Heins released the Q10 and the Z10 handsets as well as the new mobile OS.  

BlackBerry 10 Primer: 10 Things You Need to Know

By Gadjo Cardena Sevilla

By this time tomorrow the world will have seen its first glimpse of Research In Motion's new BlackBerry 10 OS as well as the long awaited new smartphones. This is a new era for BlackBerry and a grand gesture to prove that they can bring something to the hyper-competitive mobile and smartphone market they helped define. Here's a primer on BlackBerry 10 and what to expect.

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Microsoft's Office 365 launched today in downtown Toronto

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Microsoft Canada erected a huge white dome in the middle of Yonge and Dundas Square in downtown Toronto today to serve as the Microsoft Office 365 launching pad today as it intorduced the new cloud-focused version of the world's most popular integrated software suite.

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Lines for iPad mini launch in Toronto

Photo of the iPad mini line at the Toronto Eaton Centre from @CityMelanieThe lines for iPad mini at the Eaton Centre in Toronto began as early as 1 am. Around 45 people were lined up in anticipation for Apple's iPad mini which went on sale in store at 8:00 a.m. today. The smaller iPad offers the features and power of the iPad 2 but in a smaller 7.9-inch size, it will be available in white and silver as well as slate and black and is currently a WiFi only device (a 4G version ships late November). Preorders for the iPad mini began last week and online stock for all models quickly sold out. There is now a two week waiting period of online orders. The iPad mini starts at $329.