Today Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry, held one of those standard tech press conferences that are supposed to get the bloggers all jazzed about their latest offering, inspiring them to write what basically turns into free PR. But no one got excited this time.
It's unclear exactly how or why one of America's largest oil energy companies ever decided to require its employees to use Canadian smartphones, but starting this year, Halliburton is going to switch from BlackBerry to iPhone.
Research in Motion's new CEO Thorsten Heins doesn't look like the kind of guy who would help the BlackBerry maker lift itself out of years long decline after smarter, cooler phones moved into the market.
It's becoming clear that the BlackBerry Playbook is significantly hurting an already ailing Research in Motion, after the company announced Friday morning that it will take a $485 million charge as a result of poor tablet sales.
Today BlackBerry is releasing its very sad excuse for a music service to the public and in the ever concentrated streaming-music world, BlackBerry's offering is the least enticing.
To make up for its days-long outage, the company is giving customers a $100 gift certificate
Not one of Arianna Huffington's three BlackBerry's work!
It's hard to feel bad for Research in Motion anymore
After a summer of hardship, some good news for Research in Motion
RIM cut prices on their PlayBook, but they may be getting out of the tablet business entirely
Also from its earnings report: the BlackBerry manufacturer's profit sunk 47 percent
You can store a whopping 50 songs to share with your friends
Research In Motion announced a new line of their low-end models
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