A session on market insights at BlackBerry Live aimed at providing an overview, as well as an insider’s perspective, to developers about the future of BlackBerry 10 applications and what target audiences want. The session started ...
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Smartphone maker BlackBerry is to port its popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) tool to Android and iOS. It will be available on all three platforms by the summer, claims the company, and crucially will be free. Further reading Analysis: ...
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At BlackBerry Live 2013, the company announced that the latest version of the BlackBerry 10 OS, version 10.1, will be available for download on the BlackBerry Z10 as of today. BlackBerry also announced the Blackberry Q5, a QWERTY keyboard ...
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BlackBerry will have to work harder to get the word out about its new BlackBerry 10 operating system and smartphones, if a research firm's findings are any indicator. In a survey of 1,500 U.S. consumers by MKM partners, 82.6 percent said ...
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BlackBerry today reported a return to operating profit for its fourth quarter amid sales of 1 million Z10 smartphones. But there was also a decline of 3 million global subscribers, down to 76 million. "BlackBerry has gone through a major ...
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BlackBerry shares fell for the second day in a row after a disappointing US launch for the Z10 saw investment firm Goldman Sachs downgrade its rating for the Canadian firm. The downgrading comes just days before BlackBerry is set to ...
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A British government security group said Wednesday that it hasn't yet evaluated the security of BlackBerry 10 devices such as the Z10. The UK Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG) statement was issued following a report Tuesday ...
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A special committee of Dell board members is apparently looking at takeover proposals to rival original owner Michael Dell's private offer of $24.4bn (£16bn). According to source quoted by Reuters, higher bids from Investment group ...
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BlackBerry's upcoming American launch of the Z10 smartphone on 26 March has received a blow, with reports suggesting one of its biggest customers, the US Department of Defense, is looking to replace staff BlackBerry phones with iPhones and ...
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Both BlackBerry and the U.K. government have denied reports that the new BB10 software has been rejected for use in sensitive government communications. Tuesday evening, U.K. newspaper The Guardian reported that the new BB10 operating ...
BlackBerry has denied reports that its smartphones are set to be dropped by the Pentagon, insisting the Z10 smartphone and BB10 are in the US Department of Defense's plans. Sources suggested that the Pentagon was purchashing 650,000 Apple ...
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BlackBerry Z10 sales kick off this Friday in the U.S., but it is still unclear how popular the smartphone and its Q10 cousin running BlackBerry 10 will be, amid a number of contradictory predictions and indicators. AT&T will put the Z10 ...
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BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins has taken a swipe at rival Apple's iPhone, claiming that its user interface is five years old and suggesting that it is in need of a refresh. "Apple did a fantastic job in bringing touch devices ...
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Gartner analysts have said in a report released Monday that BlackBerry’s new BB10 software isn’t going to achieve world-beating results anytime soon. The researchers predicted that BlackBerry’s global smartphone market ...
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A U.S. Department of Defense spokesman on Thursday said a report suggesting the defense agency is dumping BlackBerry devices was inaccurate, and that BlackBerry is still part of ongoing DoD mobile device deployment plans. The spokesman ...