Apple’s doing it for iPhone, and Google’s doing it for Android, so why shouldn’t Research In Motion do it for Blackberry? What’s ‘it’? Why, starting a venture fund for developers creating innovative new applications and services, of course. According to reports, RIM has got together with Canadian VC firm JLA Ventures, bank RBC Venture Partners, and Thomson Reuters to pump $150 million into the Blackberry Partners Fund, with an announcement due later today. It’ll focus mainly on developers creating Blackberry apps (obviously), but may have the freedom to invest elsewhere too. It’s certainly a good time to be a mobile application developer. Especially if you can find enough time and manpower to create (and seek funding for) apps for iPhone, Android AND Blackberry…
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