Toronto's Viigo acquired by RIM

Toronto's Viigo announced last night on their website that they have been acquired by Waterloo's Research In Motion.

Viigo is excited to announce that our company is now part of Research In Motion (RIM).

Our team has joined RIM’s global organization and will continue to bring our expertise in BlackBerry® application development and real-time content delivery to the BlackBerry platform. The Viigo for BlackBerry app will also continue to be available for download through BlackBerry App World™.

To the Viigo Team – a very special thanks to all of you for helping to build such an exciting product, and a wonderful company. We’ve arrived at this point today because of you.

Mark Ruddock, CEO Viigo

Viigo's popular RSS reader delivers mobile content to smart phones. Viigo has received investment from RBC Ventures Partners and the BlackBerry Partners Fund in the past, so not a surprise that Viigo was on RIM acquisition radar.

Company:: Research In Motion
Website:: http://www.rim.net
Location:: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

BlackBerry (Research In Motion) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, software development tools, and software/hardware licensing agreements. more

Company:: Viigo
Website:: http://viigo.com
Location:: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Viigo™ is revolutionizing the way users access information on their smartphone. Every day, people around the world rely on Viigo as their gateway to a vast array of up-to-the-minute content and useful services, wherever they are and whenever they need it. In one simple, fully customizable application, Viigo delivers news, weather, flight schedules and status, real-time sports scores, stock quotes and market data,... more

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