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How beleaguered RIM’s half-CEOs lost an empire

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:30 pmTuesday, February 21, 201220 Comments

Research In Motion, whose BlackBerry phones pioneered wireless email…

NOAA dumps beleaguered RIM’s BlackBerry, embraces Apple iPhone and iPad

Thursday, February 9, 2012 3:23 pm14 Comments

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is dumping RIM’s BlackBerry…

Beleaguered RIM’s comeback plan for Blackberry: Cartoon superheroes

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:33 pm41 Comments

Research In Motion downplayed their new ‘BeBold’ campaign Tuesday following widespread derision…

Yahoo Finance kills app for beleaguered RIM’s BlackBerry

Monday, January 30, 2012 12:39 pmMonday, January 30, 201215 Comments

I remember a day when Blackberry was standard-issue equipment for all the soldiers…

Beleaguered RIM sued by Wi-Lan for patent infringement

Monday, January 23, 2012 3:54 pmMonday, January 23, 20124 Comments

Hours after being appointed CEO of beleaguered Research In Motion, Thorsten Heins…

Beleaguered RIM touts CEO change, plans to stay on same course; analysts unimpressed

Monday, January 23, 2012 10:02 amMonday, January 23, 201221 Comments

RIM’s new CEO touted his plan to largely keep the company on the same course…

Beleaguered RIM names new CEO; half-CEOs step down amid struggle to answer Apple

Sunday, January 22, 2012 10:51 pmMonday, January 23, 201239 Comments

Research In Motion’s co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie…

BlackBerry licensing seen as beleaguered RIM’s likeliest scenario, says source

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:00 pmWednesday, January 18, 20129 Comments

Research In Motion may still see software licensing as an important part…

Beleaguered RIM gains on report Samsung interested in buying struggling BlackBerry maker

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:47 pmTuesday, January 17, 201214 Comments

Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry smartphone…

Beleaguered RIM positions itself as takeover bait

Friday, January 6, 2012 8:46 amFriday, January 6, 201214 Comments

The past few years have been pretty rough for Research in Motion and 2011 was worse still…

Beleaguered RIM looking to replace half-chairmen Lazaridis and Balsillie, sources say

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 10:32 am24 Comments

Under intense pressure from a group of shareholders, Research in Motion is preparing…

Beleaguered RIM slashes prices on all PlayBook duds to $299

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 8:27 amTuesday, January 3, 20129 Comments

Evidently the holidays didn’t bring much joy to beleaguered Research in Motion…

Beleaguered RIM’s half-CEOs seen as too controlling of Board of Directors

Tuesday, December 27, 2011 10:36 amTuesday, December 27, 201112 Comments

fter a disastrous year at Research in Motion Ltd., Wall Street and a wide swath of corporate Canada…

Beleaguered RIM’s half-CEO lying; BlackBerry 10 OS is a failure that won’t be able to compete, source says

Thursday, December 22, 2011 6:01 pmThursday, December 22, 201121 Comments

Bad products, horrible software and no cohesive vision have seemingly turned Research In Motion into a company without motion at this point…

Amazon interested in buying beleaguered BlackBerry-maker, was rebuffed by RIM

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 3:49 pmWednesday, December 21, 201117 Comments

Research in Motion’s shares rose 10 per cent on the Nasdaq on Wednesday…

Beleaguered RIM’s long, slow death spiral

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 10:32 amTuesday, December 20, 201129 Comments

RIM seems to be clearly headed in the same direction as Palm Inc…

Arbiter delays ruling on Kodak’s patent claim against Apple and RIM

Monday, December 19, 2011 3:39 pmMonday, December 19, 20115 Comments

A U.S. arbiter for trade disputes is delaying a decision on Eastman Kodak…

Beleaguered RIM now worth less than Apple’s App Store alone

Monday, December 19, 2011 10:25 am18 Comments

Research in Motion’s struggles in the smartphone market have driven its stock price so low…

World’s stupidest thieves steal 5,000 non-selling Blackberry Playbooks

Sunday, December 18, 2011 11:37 amSunday, December 18, 201164 Comments

Police said on Saturday they suspect four or five people…

Bloodbath: Why Apple’s iPad is the most hated gadget ever

Saturday, December 17, 2011 1:04 pm55 Comments

As the Apple iPad succeeds beyond expectations, it leaves in its wake…

Apple primed to pick off Android, Windows, Blackberry Users with iPad 3

Friday, December 16, 2011 11:05 pm16 Comments

More than 40% of smartphones owners prefer Apple’s iPad to tablets from their current smartphone operating system makers…

Beleaguered RIM’s half-CEOs: Portrait of pathetic

Friday, December 16, 2011 1:33 pmFriday, December 16, 201115 Comments

James Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis vs. Steve Jobs: Proof that two heads aren’t better than one…

Beleaguered RIM’s earnings fall 71% amid weak sales

Friday, December 16, 2011 8:45 am9 Comments

Research in Motion said on Thursday that a new line of BlackBerry smartphones…

Beleaguered RIM misses on revenue, issues grim guidance, stock drops again

Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:03 pmThursday, December 15, 201125 Comments

Beleaguered RIM disappoints again…

Beleaguered RIM’s fired execs ‘chewed through restraints’ on flight

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 5:58 pm20 Comments

New details are emerging about the rowdy behaviour of two Research In Motion execs…

Beleaguered RIM weighed down by tablet ‘albatross’ in Apple iPad-ruled world

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 1:52 pm14 Comments

RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook shipments have fallen for two consecutive quarters and are now about 1 percent of those of Apple’s iPad…

Beleaguered RIM’s PlayBook mistake forebodes doom for BlackBerry-maker

Saturday, December 3, 2011 12:51 pmSaturday, December 3, 201121 Comments

The beleaguered owner of BlackBerry has issued a profit warning after being forced to slash the price of its PlayBook tablet…

Citi on beleaguered RIM: ‘It’s worse than you think’

Friday, December 2, 2011 3:31 pmFriday, December 2, 201115 Comments

RIMM is going to miss Christmas and more, say Citigroup analysts…

Happy Hour is over: Two employees of beleaguered BlackBerry-maker RIM fined for drunken disruption on plane

Friday, December 2, 2011 1:00 pmFriday, December 2, 201131 Comments

The police say that drunken unruliness by two executives of the BlackBerry maker Research in Motion…

Beleaguered RIM misses its revenue forecast; takes $360 million bath to clear unsold PlayBooks; shares plummet

Friday, December 2, 2011 9:02 amFriday, December 2, 201132 Comments

Beleaguered RIM said revenue missed its forecast last quarter amid accelerating market-share losses…

Beleaguered RIM concedes defeat, releases iOS software

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12:30 pmTuesday, November 29, 201117 Comments

Research in Motion, roundly clobbered in the iPhone and iPad markets…

Best Buy: BlackBerry PlayBook removed from website due to ‘high demand’ after $300 price cut

Monday, November 28, 2011 7:12 pm38 Comments

Best Buy on Monday explained the rationale behind its decision to cancel BlackBerry PlayBook orders…

Beleaguered RIM liquidates BlackBerry PlayBook with employee-only $99 fire sale

Monday, November 28, 2011 4:16 pmMonday, November 28, 201123 Comments

According to multiple sources, the 16GB 7-inch tablet is now available to RIM employees…

Amateur Hour is Over: Best Buy cancels BlackBerry PlayBook orders, pulls listings

Monday, November 28, 2011 10:27 amMonday, November 28, 201121 Comments

The cancelled orders come just as Best Buy also appears to have pulled listings for the PlayBook…

Engadget reviews Amazon’s tiny-screen Kindle Fire: Sluggish, clunky, too limiting and restricted

Monday, November 14, 2011 8:46 amMonday, November 14, 201114 Comments

When stacked up against other popular tablets, the Fire can’t compete…

Beleaguered RIM vows to keep Adobe Flash alive on moribund BlackBerry PlayBook

Thursday, November 10, 2011 8:36 amThursday, November 10, 201129 Comments

There are tons of implications to Adobe dropping future mobile development of the Flash…

Beleaguered RIM’s stock drops below book value as BlackBerry market share shrinks

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 4:28 pm18 Comments

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM)’s stock fell below its book value for the first time in nine years…

Beleaguered RIM offers ‘Buy 2, get 1 free’ PlayBooks

Friday, October 28, 2011 11:14 amFriday, October 28, 201132 Comments

Amateur hour is over, it’s liquidation time!

RIM slashes prices, PlayBooks continue selling like snotcakes

Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:56 pmFriday, October 28, 201161 Comments

BlackBerry PlayBook prices were cut by $200 in the US last month…

Beleaguered RIM: BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 with BBM delayed until February 2012

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 7:52 pmTuesday, October 25, 201115 Comments

We’ve made the difficult decision to wait to launch BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 until…

Confusion, indecision, muddled messaging helped doom beleaguered RIM’s PlayBook

Friday, September 30, 2011 2:35 pmFriday, September 30, 201116 Comments

As Research In Motion Ltd. executives prepared early this year for the launch of their tiny-screen iPad wannabe…

Two more senior staff exit beleaguered BlackBerry maker RIM

Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:05 pmThursday, September 29, 201113 Comments

Executives in charge of developer relations and business outreach at Research In Motion…

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