Earlier this week, we saw the second BlackBerry service outage in only a few days. The outage kept people from getting their e-mail and also using BlackBerry Messenger. It is suspected that some network upgrades are what caused the problem. 

If you want to make your very own iPhone app and capitalize on the mulit-billion-dollar industry that is apps, then you might want to head over to the University of Saskatchewan.

The university is offering the full-credit course to any students who are interested in learning how to create an app. The course was developed by Chad Jones, a former apple employee, now working at the university.

The course starts by teaching you the basics of app design and then for your final project you create an app. I think this is a great example of a post-secondary institution listening to trends and responding quickly. Only two or three years ago, barely a soul knew anything about apps really, and now we are teaching development in school.

“As a Premier National Partner and the Exclusive Telecommunications Partner to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Bell is excited to announce the exclusive launch of the Samsung OMNIA II touchscreen smartphone, the Official Mobile Device of the Games,” announced, Senior Vice President of Products for Bell Mobility, Adel Bazerghi.

Mobile carrier Bell launched their brand new HSPA high speed network this morning. The network, which was built through a partnership with rival carrier Telus, brags increased data connection speeds for your mobile devices.

This also means an increased number of phones available for customers of Bell, one of Canada's three dominant cellular service providers. Some of the phones announced on the new network include the BlackBerry Bold 9700, Samsung OMNIA II and the much coveted Apple iPhone.