Nokia shares buffeted by short selling storm
What started as a few amateur investors trying to undermine the efforts of hedge funds to make money from a declining stock is having wider repercussions.
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Blackberry sues Facebook – has it just given up on tech?
Blackberry is taking Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to court for patent infringement relating to messaging apps. We wonder if Blackberry has just given up on tech in favour of a litigious business model.
Blackberry continues quest to prove its still a thing
It used to be a shining gem in the mobile landscape, but the fall from lofty heights was well publicised. A new partnership with Baidu is the next step from Blackberry to prove it is still relevant.
Autonomous car industry takes on a life of its own
How did SK Telecoms autonomous car get on with Korea’s busiest road, is Tesla hungry enough to design its own chips and how is Blackberry still a thing? All good questions raised this morning.
Qualcomm quarterlies take a fruity hit
Legal aggro with Apple and BlackBerry contributed to a revenue decline of 11% and a profit plunge of 40% in Qualcomm’s latest quarterlies.
Patent pugilism weighs on Qualcomm quarterlies
There’s nothing Qualcomm likes more than a good old patent scrap, but the cost of them is starting to take its toll on the bottom line.
It’s been an expensive week for Qualcomm – $815mn expensive
Qualcomm has been ordered to refund Blackberry $815 million owing to royalties the Canadian smartphone maker overpaid between 2010 and 2015.
BlackBerry finally puts handset division out of its misery
As the indignity of its descent into incontinence and senility became insufferable BlackBerry was finally forced to confront reality and do what everyone else knew had to be done.
End of an era as BlackBerry pulls the plug on its hard keyboard Classic
Canadian mobile device company BlackBerry seems to have signalled the end of the smartphone physical keyboard by announcing it will no longer manufacture its Classic handset.
BlackBerry has one more go at smartphones with first Android handset
Amid almost no fanfare BlackBerry has sneaked out its first ever handset not based on its own operating system.
BlackBerry invests in mobile management with $425m Good Technology acquisition
Canadian mobile company BlackBerry has moved to strengthen its mobile device management offering with the acquisition of a major competitor in that space – Good Technology – for $425 million.
BlackBerry said to be mulling Android smartphone move
Canadian mobile company BlackBerry is contemplating making a new smartphone that will use Android as its operating system, rather than BlackBerry’s own platform, according to Reuters’ sources.
Samsung and BlackBerry both refute acquisition report
A Reuters report claiming Samsung Electronics recently offered to buy BlackBerry in order to help it better compete in the enterprise market has been refuted by both companies.
BlackBerry focuses on smart-cars with IoT platform
BlackBerry has launched an IoT platform targeted at the automotive and asset tracking sectors. The mobile device maker said its efficient and scalable messaging system forms the solution’s foundation, and claimed it brings high performance to highly mobile industries.
BlackBerry goes full circle with Classic smartphone launch
Humbled former smartphone giant BlackBerry has reverted back to a tried and tested design in a bid to restore some of its shattered smartphone market share. The BlackBerry Classic is positioned as the heir to relatively popular designs such as the Bold 9900.
BlackBerry taps cloud startup head as next COO
BlackBerry has announced the appointment of Marty Beard as chief operating officer, who joins the struggling devices and software manufacturer from LiveOps, a provider of cloud-based customer service solutions.
BlackBerry offloads R&D unit to Volkswagen
Although device and software maker BlackBerry has fallen on hard times, it’s long been thought the company may carve a niche for itself in the automotive software space. So it was unsurprising when the company revealed this week that it has sold its European research and development centre in Bochum, Germany, to local auto firm Volkswagen.
Blackberry unveils IoT play
Struggling device vendor Blackberry has announced a new collection of initiatives targeting the Internet of Things, which the firm hopes will enable it to exploit the QNX operating system it bought in 2010. The vendor, which recorded a $5.87bn loss for the 2014 financial year, described the new campaign—dubbed Project Ion— as “a cornerstone of BlackBerry’s vision to offer end-to-end solutions for the Internet of Things.”
Blackberry’s woes deepen with $5.87bn annual loss
Struggling Canadian device maker Blackberry has reported a $5.87bn loss for fiscal year 2014, which ended March 1st 2014. The loss is over nine times the size of the $646m loss reported in 2013. The firm’s revenue also fell 38 per cent year on year from $11.1bn in FY13 to $6.8bn in FY14.
BlackBerry loses BBM chief
Andrew Bocking has left his position as EVP for popular BBM messaging service at BlackBerry, amid reports that the unit is to be rolled into the enterprise division at the troubled handset maker.
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