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Ex-BlackBerry half-CEO Balsillie: I knew we couldn’t compete with Apple’s iPhone

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 6:28 pm102 Comments

Former BlackBerry half-chief executive Jim Balsillie said Tuesday…

Beleaguered Blackberry to spend the next 12-18 months making a phone with a mechanical keyboard

Friday, March 28, 2014 11:02 amFriday, March 28, 201426 Comments

Chief Executive John Chen said in an interview that the company’s engineers have designed…

Beleaguered BlackBerry posts massive $4.4 billion quarterly loss, inks deal with Foxconn to build phones nobody wants

Friday, December 20, 2013 9:21 amFriday, December 20, 201314 Comments

BlackBerry, the troubled Canadian smartphone company…

Three execs ousted from beleaguered BlackBerry as new CEO tries to salvage what’s left of company

Monday, November 25, 2013 12:29 pmMonday, November 25, 201318 Comments

Beleaguered BlackBerry’s COO Kristian Tear, CMO Frank Boulben, and financial chief Brian Bidulka…

Apple recruits employees from beleaguered BlackBerry

Thursday, October 10, 2013 3:01 pmThursday, October 10, 201314 Comments

Apple Inc. has all but destroyed BlackBerry Ltd.’s business model…

DCW Blackberry begins axing 4,500 employees

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 12:28 pmWednesday, October 9, 201312 Comments

BlackBerry wasted little time in embarking on the layoffs…

Beleaguered BlackBerry hit with shareholder class action lawsuit for misrepresenting state of company

Saturday, October 5, 2013 3:01 pmSaturday, October 5, 201329 Comments

A shareholder of BlackBerry Ltd sued the company and its executives on Friday…

How BlackBerry blew it: The inside story

Monday, September 30, 2013 6:00 pmMonday, September 30, 201331 Comments

Late last year, Research In Motion Ltd. chief executive officer Thorsten Heins…

Beleaguered BlackBerry to ax workforce by up to 40%

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 6:30 pmWednesday, September 18, 201326 Comments

Beleaguered BlackBerry Ltd. is axing its workforce…

Beleaguered BlackBerry: Sometimes the best a company can hope for is death

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:28 pmTuesday, August 20, 201331 Comments

The idea of a natural life cycle for a business…

iPhone roadkill: Beleaguered BlackBerry is dead company walking

Friday, August 16, 2013 4:02 pmFriday, August 16, 201316 Comments

Beleaguered BlackBerry is seen as ripe for a sale after misjudging the smartphone revolution launched by Apple…

Why potential buyers won’t line up for beleaguered BlackBerry

Monday, August 12, 2013 6:46 pm21 Comments

It doesn’t look like suitors will be coming out of the woodwork…

Microsoft looks to move Windows XP sufferers off antiquated 12-year old OS by next April

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 7:00 pmTuesday, July 9, 201342 Comments

Starting April 8, 2014, there will be no more patches or updates for Windows XP…

Beleaguered BlackBerry to offer free BBM messaging for iPhone, announces ‘Q5’ phone for emerging markets

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:01 pmTuesday, May 14, 20136 Comments

Beleaguered BlackBerry announced plans on Tuesday to offer its instant messaging system on iPhone…

Ousted half-CEO Lazaridis to step down from beleaguered BlackBerry board on May 1

Thursday, March 28, 2013 4:33 pmThursday, March 28, 20137 Comments

Beleaguered BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis, who was ousted from the co-CEO role…

Time for Apple to buy BlackBerry?

Thursday, March 7, 2013 4:02 pmThursday, March 7, 201356 Comments

A move on BlackBerry would signal that Apple really is embracing…

Former RIM half-CEO Jim Balsillie dumps all BlackBerry shares

Thursday, February 14, 2013 2:28 pmThursday, February 14, 201315 Comments

Jim Balsillie, the man who grew Research In Motion Ltd. from a small Waterloo…

Enderle: Why 2013 is RIM’s BlackBerry year

Monday, December 31, 2012 9:29 am37 Comments

As we look ahead to 2013, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the new year…

Goldman Sachs boosts rating on beleaguered RIM, shares surge

Thursday, November 29, 2012 9:08 amThursday, November 29, 201221 Comments

Research In Motion received a big boost on Thursday after Goldman Sachs…

U.S. NTSB dumps beleaguered RIM BlackBerry over reliability issues, switches to Apple iPhone 5

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 4:15 pm11 Comments

The National Transportation Safety Board disclosed its plan to switch to Apple Inc.’s iPhone 5…

Beleaguered RIM CEO confident of BlackBerry 10 success

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 4:02 pm52 Comments

Thorsten Heins, CEO of beleaguered RIM, says, “I don’t expect things to get much worse”…

Scientists: Beleaguered RIM’s BlackBerry phone could cause allergic reaction

Monday, November 12, 2012 11:21 amMonday, November 12, 201215 Comments

BlackBerry or iPhone? It’s been a battle for years, but Apple’s smartphone offering may be healthier…

Woolworths dumps beleaguered RIM’s Blackberry for Apple iPhone 5

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 8:28 amWednesday, October 17, 201219 Comments

Australia’s largest supermarket chain, Woolworths, is dumping its fleet of BlackBerrys…

Those still using BlackBerry phones ‘ashamed’

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 1:36 pm29 Comments

I want to take a bat to it…

Beleaguered RIM hit with $147.2 million verdict in California patent lawsuit

Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:39 am12 Comments

A northern California jury directed Research in Motion Ltd…

Beleaguered RIM has been quietly laying off employees over past several weeks

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:16 am16 Comments

Research in Motion Ltd. has started laying off small batches of employees…

Former half-CEOs Balsillie, Lazaridis pocket $12 million in ‘entitlements’ from beleaguered RIM

Friday, June 15, 2012 8:48 amFriday, June 15, 201216 Comments

Beleaguered “Research In Motion Ltd. will pay former half-CEOs…

Beleaguered RIM: Will a buyout happen before $5?

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 1:31 pmTuesday, June 5, 201227 Comments

Having lost its double-digit support, investors are now scrambling for answers…

Beleaguered RIM stock sinks below $10 of first time since December 2003

Monday, June 4, 2012 4:35 pmMonday, June 4, 201220 Comments

The maker of the BlackBerry mobile device has steadily lost ground to Apple Inc.’s iPhone…

Beleaguered BlackBerry-maker RIM gives up on most consumer markets

Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:08 pmThursday, March 29, 201221 Comments

Struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said Thursday…

Beleaguered RIM under the gun as pressures mount

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:03 pm19 Comments

Investors in Research In Motion Ltd. may be pondering a key question: Is Amateur Hour over, yet?

Adobe’s Flash still not on Apple’s iPad, and that’s a good thing

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:05 am19 Comments

Flash on this Android tablet is a dog. It struggles to run high def Flash video and can’t smoothly scroll a game as simple as Farmville…

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