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Tag: Dead Company Walking

New movie ‘BlackBerry’ explores how Research In Motion lost the signal

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 12:42 pm3 Comments

Research In Motion’s BlackBerry, the thing people used before Steve Jobs gave the world the seminal iPhone, gets the “Social Network”…

More blood on Apple iPhone’s Multi-Touch screen: Beleaguered Blackberry stops making phones

Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:56 amThursday, September 29, 201616 Comments

Wednesday’s announcement of Apple’s deal with Deloitte came just hours after BlackBerry said that it would stop selling mobile devices…

Beleaguered BlackBerry CEO won’t commit to future BB10 devices, hints at exiting handset market

Friday, October 9, 2015 9:37 amFriday, October 9, 20159 Comments

Beleaguered BlackBerry’s CEO John Chen has floated the idea of leaving the smartphone hardware business entirely…

Beleaguered BlackBerry sharply misses quarterly earnings estimates; plans to make Android phone

Friday, September 25, 2015 4:25 pmFriday, September 25, 201518 Comments

This was beleaguered BlackBerry’s ninth quarter in a row of double-digit declines…

Gartner: Apple iPhone sales increase 36%, beleaguered Samsung declines 5.3% YOY in Q215

Thursday, August 20, 2015 8:53 amThursday, August 20, 201528 Comments

Android’s year-over-year growth rate at its lowest ever…

Beleaguered BlackBerry to launch multiple Android phones this year, say sources

Thursday, July 9, 2015 12:00 pmThursday, July 9, 201519 Comments

BlackBerry reportedly plans to roll out multiple Android phones…

Beleaguered BlackBerry reports $28 million loss

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 3:26 pmWednesday, June 24, 201518 Comments

Beleaguered BlackBerry said it sold only 1.1 million phones in its first quarter…

Beleaguered BlackBerry considers Android phone

Monday, June 15, 2015 8:39 amMonday, June 15, 201520 Comments

It is not clear whether a move to use Android would spell the end…

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 cut to strong sell on declining sales, layoff plans

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 4:50 pmThursday, July 9, 201513 Comments

On May 30, Zacks Investment Research downgraded BlackBerry…

Apple iPhone vs. BlackBerry vs. Google’s Android: There are many lessons for investors

Thursday, May 28, 2015 8:29 am17 Comments

The iPhone was the right product from the right company at the right time…

Beleaguered BlackBerry axes smartphone employees

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 10:02 amTuesday, May 26, 201512 Comments

BlackBerry Ltd. said Friday it is laying off an undisclosed number of employees…

Losing the Signal: The inside story of how Apple’s revolutionary iPhone crippled BlackBerry

Friday, May 22, 2015 2:00 pm21 Comments

It’s OK — we’ll be fine…

U.S. SEC probes Blackberry options trading ahead of Reuters report about Samsung talks

Friday, February 6, 2015 6:43 pm13 Comments

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating a January 14 spike…

Struggling Samsung and beleaguered Blackberry deny takeover talk

Friday, January 16, 2015 4:55 pmSunday, January 18, 20156 Comments

Takeover, what takeover?

Struggling Samsung makes takeover approach to beleaguered BlackBerry

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 4:21 pmFriday, January 16, 201523 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. recently approached BlackBerry Ltd…

Beleaguered Blackberry gets caught tweeting from an Apple iPhone

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 6:17 pmTuesday, January 13, 201513 Comments

Oh, beleaguered BlackBerry.

Ford dumps beleaguered BlackBerry for Apple iPhones: ‘We are going to get everyone on iPhones’

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 4:03 pmTuesday, July 29, 201439 Comments

We are going to get everyone on iPhones…

Apple pounds final nail in beleaguered BlackBerry’s coffin

Wednesday, July 23, 2014 4:51 pmWednesday, July 23, 201425 Comments

Apple+IBM: For BlackBerry in particular it is a match made in hell…

Beleaguered BlackBerry considers exiting handset business

Thursday, April 10, 2014 4:28 pmThursday, April 10, 201420 Comments

Beleaguered BlackBerry Ltd would consider exiting its handset business…

U.S. Air Force dumps beleaguered BlackBerry devices, replaces with Apple iPhones, iPads

Saturday, February 22, 2014 2:02 pmSaturday, February 22, 201424 Comments

The U.S. Air Force announced earlier in February…

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…

Pfizer dumps beleaguered BlackBerry phones for Apple iPhone, Android phones due to company’s ‘volatile state’

Friday, November 15, 2013 9:49 am13 Comments

Pfizer told employees who use BlackBerry devices to instead get an Apple iPhone…

Beleaguered BlackBerry accepts $1 billion cash injection from Prem Watsa-led group

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 8:35 amWednesday, November 6, 20138 Comments

Beleaguered BlackBerry Ltd’s decision to accept a $1 billion cash injection…

Beleaguered BlackBerry plunges after sale to Fairfax falls through; CEO Heins out

Monday, November 4, 2013 5:35 pmMonday, November 4, 201320 Comments

The saga of beleaguered BlackBerry continues…

BlackBerry co-founders mull bid to takeover beleaguered company

Thursday, October 10, 2013 5:32 pmThursday, October 10, 201312 Comments

BlackBerry co-founder and former co-CEO Mike Lazaridis…

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…

Gartner to enterprise: ‘Game over’ for BlackBerry

Friday, September 27, 2013 7:41 pm56 Comments

Gartner is set to recommend that all BlackBerry enterprise customers find alternatives…

Beleaguered Blackberry reports $965 million second quarter loss

Friday, September 27, 2013 8:58 amFriday, September 27, 201334 Comments

Blackberry has reported a second quarter net loss of $965 million…

T-Mobile USA stops stocking beleaguered BlackBerry’s phones

Thursday, September 26, 2013 8:57 amThursday, September 26, 201331 Comments

Shares in beleaguered BlackBerry fell more than 6 percent on Wednesday…

Amateur hour is over: Beleaguered BlackBerry sold to Fairfax Financial-led consortium

Monday, September 23, 2013 4:20 pmMonday, September 23, 201351 Comments

Beleaguered smartphone maker Blackberry has agreed…

Shares of beleaguered BlackBerry slide on report of massive layoffs

Thursday, September 19, 2013 8:28 amThursday, September 19, 201313 Comments

BlackBerry Ltd. shares slid on Wednesday on the heels of a report…

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…

Microsoft employees recognize beleaguered company has lost its way

Monday, September 9, 2013 9:29 amMonday, September 9, 201324 Comments

Since mid-July, three interlocking events…

Can beleaguered Microsoft really go head-to-head with Apple?

Thursday, September 5, 2013 4:01 pmThursday, September 5, 201330 Comments

No.

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…

Beleaguered BlackBerry explores sale of company

Monday, August 12, 2013 8:44 amMonday, August 12, 201321 Comments

BlackBerry Ltd. said Monday that its board of directors has formed a special committee…

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