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BlackBerry Will Rededicate Itself to Physical Keyboards
Jan 15, 2014BlackBerry will rededicate itself to physical keyboards as the company tries to regain its footing. Out of the four existing BlackBerry 10 smartphones, only the Q10 and Q5 have physical keyboards, and only the former is available ...
Tags: Blackberry, Physical Keyboard
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BlackBerry's Appointment Monday of Former Sybase CEO John Chen
Nov 6, 2013BlackBerry's appointment Monday of former Sybase CEO John Chen as its next executive board chair and interim CEO could be the best news in months for the struggling smartphone company. Chen is seen as someone who can give business ...
Tags: Blackberry, Computer Products, software
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BlackBerry Met with Facebook Executives
Oct 31, 2013Senior executives at ailing smartphone maker BlackBerry met with Facebook executives to find out whether the social media company might be interested in bidding for the Canadian firm. News of the meeting was reported in the Wall Street ...
Tags: Blackberry, Computer Products, smartphone
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Troubled Smartphone Maker Has Moved to Reassure Its Customers
Oct 16, 2013Troubled smartphone maker has moved to reassure its customers - by writing to them and taking out full-page press advertisements telling them that it isn't going out of business. The letters to key customers and partners, reproduced in 30 ...
Tags: Blackberry, software, Computer Products, smartphone
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Blackberry's Co-Founders Are Considering Weighing in with a Counter-Bid
Oct 12, 2013BlackBerry's co-founders, Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin, are considering weighing in with a counter-bid for the ailing smartphone maker, according to a financial filing made on Thursday. A bid by the pair would represent an ...
Tags: Computer Products, Blackberry, smartphone
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Canadian Government Handed Spanish Telecoms Giant Telefónica a US$257m Loan
Apr 9, 2013The Canadian government has handed Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica a US$257m (£170m) loan to assist in buying BlackBerry products and services. The decision was taken after BlackBerry financials, revealed last week, showed ...
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The Vote Was Not Unanimous at The Company's Annual AGM
Dec 28, 2012Research in Motion(RIM)breathed a sigh of relief last night as it saw all of its 10 nominated directors voted to the board by investors. The vote was not unanimous at the company's annual AGM,however,and high-profile ...
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RIM Confirmed It Will Axe Jobs Across Company to Cut $1bn Operating Costs
Dec 17, 2012Research in Motion (RIM) today confirmed it will axe a significant number of jobs across the company to cut $1bn operating costs. The announcement came just days after the Financial Times revealed the ex-chief executives of the BlackBerry ...
Tags: RIM, jobs, Lazaridis and Balsillie Pocket
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Mike Lazaridis,The Inventor of The Blackbery and Co-Founder of RIM
Sep 20, 2012Mike Lazaridis,the inventor of the Blackbery and co-founder of RIM,has put$100m into the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre in Waterloo,Ontario,with the intention of re-creating the conditions at Bell Labs which made many of the ...
Tags: Blackberry, Mike Lazaridis, microelectronics technology
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BlackBerry 10 Will Rely Heavily on Improved Blackberry Messenger Social Networking Tools
Jul 10, 2012BlackBerry 10 smartphones, slated to come in early 2013, will rely heavily on improved BlackBerry Messenger social networking tools, including new video chat capabilities, Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins told shareholders ...
Tags: BlackBerry, Smartphone, USA, Mobile phone