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BlackBerry announces BBM is coming to iOS and Android by the end of this summer

Enrique May 15, 2013 0

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During the company’s BlackBerry Live 2013 conference yesterday, BlackBerry announced something that’s been rumored for over a year now — BlackBerry Messenger is going multi-platform.

The service has always been one of the selling points of having a BlackBerry device, and now it’s coming to both iOS and Android through [...]

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BlackBerry made another music video and it’s as bizarre as ever [Video]

Enrique March 18, 2013 5

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Yep, you read that right. No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. BlackBerry, formerly known as Research in Motion has released their second music video showcasing their very own VP of Developer Relations, Alec Saunders as the rockstar he (probably) aspires to be.

After a rebranding of the company from RIM [...]

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BlackBerry officially announces the first BlackBerry 10 devices, the Z10 and Q10

Enrique January 31, 2013 6

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We all know how BlackBerry’s (formerly RIM) latest devices were going to look like, but here are the first official images of the two handsets announced at the BlackBerry 10 event.

The Z10 is BlackBerry’s first all-touch device running the latest OS, and it’s available in black for all and [...]

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RIM is no more, the company rebrands itself as ‘BlackBerry’

Enrique January 31, 2013 3

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RIM is now BlackBerry. CEO Thorsten Heins announced during the BlackBerry 10 event that Research in Motion will no longer be the name of the company, and will be called BlackBerry instead.

“We have reinvented the company, and we want to represent this in our brand. One brand. One promise.

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With phones that look this awesome, RIM might be able to pull off a comeback

Enrique January 28, 2013 1

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Oh RIM, did you let your white Z10 leak, too? Fortunately for the BlackBerry maker, no. The images featured in this article are not the by-product of another leak, Rather, these are 3D renders of the white Z10 made by Martin Hajek based on the physical data that did leak [...]

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RIM might sell their hardware division after launching BlackBerry 10

Enrique January 21, 2013 1

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With the launch of BlackBerry 10 only a little over a week away, it’s a little strange to be hearing RIM’s CEO, Thorsten Heins speak of selling the company’s hardware division:

This strategic review is still running, even if the pressure… has decreased. We do not want to limit our

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RIM’s unannounced BlackBerry Z10 fully leaked in video

Enrique January 16, 2013 5

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While RIM’s BlackBerry 10 announcement is still around 2 weeks away, the devices meant to run its new operating system are already being fully demoed through some pretty substantial leaks. This might be the best look we’ve had yet at what is widely expected to be called the BlackBerry Z10, [...]

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New Year’s resolutions for 2013 by tech companies and CEOs [Comic]

Ashraf December 31, 2012 2
New Year’s resolutions for 2013 by tech companies and CEOs [Comic]

2013 is — quite literally — around the corner. Indeed, a few hours from now the world will slowly start to move from 2012 and rollover to 2013, starting in the East first and then eventually ending with the West. If you were a major tech company, or the CEO [...]

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BlackBerry 10 N-Series leaks, shows longer touchscreen paired with physical keyboard

Enrique December 27, 2012 0

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Even if RIM’s BlackBerry 10 event is still around a month away from now, we’re now getting a look at the second phone designed to run their new operating system. The first was their full touchscreen device dubbed the L-Series, and now their more traditionally designed N-Series.

BlackBerry devices have [...]

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This is what RIM’s last hope, the Blackberry 10 L-Series, looks like

Enrique December 13, 2012 5

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We know that RIM will be revealing BlackBerry 10 early next year, but it’s still been a mystery what the devices running it would actually look like until now. Pictures have surfaced on tinhte of what appear to be the upcoming BlackBerry 10 L-Series, and it looks like RIM’s new [...]

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How Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Oracle, and RIM apologize after they screw up [Comic]

Ashraf December 6, 2012 1
How Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Oracle, and RIM apologize after they screw up [Comic]

People are humans. Humans make mistakes. Companies are not human, but they are comprised of humans who, as you know, make mistakes. (Unless you live in Japan in which case there may be more robots at your company than humans.) When Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Oracle, and RIM make mistakes, [...]

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RIM is adding free voice calling (VoIP) to BBM

Enrique November 15, 2012 4

Today RIM has announced a new feature coming to the BlackBerry Messenger — BBM Voice. This new service allows all BBM customers to make free voice calls (VoIP) to each other over WiFi. One of its features is split-screen functionality, so BBM users can continue using their phone as normal [...]

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Touch-optimized BlackBerry 10 will finally hit the world on Jan 31

Enrique November 13, 2012 3

RIM has announced that it will be holding its BlackBerry 10 launch event early next year on January 30, 2013. This will be the official launch of the new platform and will occur simultaneously in multiple countries.

In addition to launching its latest version of the BlackBerry software, the firm [...]

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Blackberry is going extinct, sales drop to 0 in a “meaningful number” of stores according to analyst

Kathryn September 11, 2012 2

In my time writing for dotTech, I’ve written quite a few articles on iOS, many on Android, and a lot on Microsoft. However, there’s been one smartphone maker that’s been curiously absent, despite my daily research. Today, in an interview with All Things Digital, a Pacific Crest analyst may [...]

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What would a BlackBerry running Windows Phone look like? Like this and it kicks ass

Ashraf August 25, 2012 1

Research in Motion insists on keeping BlackBerry OS on BlackBerry devices. This is understandable seeing as that is how they have always operated and they see Apple dominating with a similar model. However, ever wonder what a BlackBerry would look like if RIM decided to jump ship to Android or [...]

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Apple’s win is an opportunity for Windows Phone and BlackBerry [Opinion]

Ashraf August 24, 2012 2

Windows Phone is looking gooooood right now.

The above quote is from Bill Cox, the Senior Director of Marketing Communications for the Windows Phone Division at Microsoft, and it just about amplifies what Android manufacturers should be feeling right now.

Despite Microsoft’s gutsy attempt at offering a differentiated iPhone and [...]

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As BlackBerry 10 enters its final stages, RIM confirms the platform can be licensed by others

Anthony Hardy August 13, 2012 3

It is no secret that the one time undeniable leader of the smartphone market RIM and the Blackberry platform have struggled lately in the face of iOS and Android. Their last chance at returning to form is BlackBerry 10 which is the new OS based on the QNX platform that [...]

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Patent troll NTP wins war against Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, and other major tech companies

Ashraf July 24, 2012 12

Who has three letters in its name and just brought down the hammer on pretty much every company in the mobile device industry? No, it isn’t Apple. Or Google. Or Microsoft. Or Samsung. Or [insert name here]. That would be NTP my friends.

NTP Inc. is a patent “holding” company [...]

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