Topic: Research in Motion

Look How Desperate the BlackBerry 10 Unveiling Event Actually Was

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Not that Research in Motion was ever very cool beyond the corporate crowd, but the company's rebranding, as simply BlackBerry, came with an outward appearance not of confidence so much as outright desperation.

By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 30, 2013

Everything You Need to Know About BlackBerry 10

The company formerly known as Research in Motion has unveiled its hail-mary BlackBerry 10 operating system, including two new phones — the Q10 and Z10. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jun 29, 2012

RIM Is Dying Because It Got the Future of Phones Completely Wrong

Following yesterday's sad quarterly earnings report that confirmed the deterioration at Research in Motion we've heard about for the last year, The Wall Street Journal's Will Connor tells us why exactly the BlackBerry maker failed so hard, and it has a lot to do with getting everything wrong about the future of phones.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jun 20, 2012

BlackBerry Maker Continues to Deteriorate

The bad news keeps coming for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, which is laying off up to 6,000 people as an attempt to save its dying company, according to Canadian paper, The Record.

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By Eric Randall

May 29, 2012

Things Look Very Dire at RIM

Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry, released a huge dump of foreboding news about the state of their struggling company today and it's left people asking, is this the end for RIM?

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By Connor Simpson

May 28, 2012

If You Work at RIM, You Might Want to Start Packing Your Desk

If you work for RIM, you might want to start polishing off your resume and start slipping your name to other employers. Massive layoffs are on the way. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 1, 2012

Blackberry's New OS Met With Resounding 'Meh'

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.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 6, 2012

Not Ironically, Halliburton Will Now Use American Smartphones

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.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 23, 2012

The Nerd Who Is Supposed to Make BlackBerry Cool Again

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. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 2, 2011

The BlackBerry PlayBook Is Killing RIM

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.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 2, 2011

BlackBerry's New Music Service Is a Terrible Deal

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.

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By Dino Grandoni

Oct 17, 2011

RIM Says Sorry to Customers with Free Apps

To make up for its days-long outage, the company is giving customers a $100 gift certificate

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Oct 12, 2011

The BlackBerry Outage Just Got Real

Not one of Arianna Huffington's three BlackBerry's work!

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Oct 12, 2011

All the Ways BlackBerry Is Pushing Itself Towards Extinction

It's hard to feel bad for Research in Motion anymore

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Oct 4, 2011

Things Are Looking Up for BlackBerry

After a summer of hardship, some good news for Research in Motion

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By Adam Clark Estes

Sep 29, 2011

The Kindle Fire Is Scaring the Heck Out of Competitors

RIM cut prices on their PlayBook, but they may be getting out of the tablet business entirely

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By Adam Clark Estes

Sep 15, 2011

RIM Sold Just One Playbook for Every 23 iPads Apple Sold

Also from its earnings report: the BlackBerry manufacturer's profit sunk 47 percent

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Aug 25, 2011

BlackBerry's New Social Music Service Would've Been Rad in the '90s

You can store a whopping 50 songs to share with your friends

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Aug 23, 2011

Consensus: New Curves Aren't Good Enough to Save BlackBerry

Research In Motion announced a new line of their low-end models

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