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Article | 3/09/2011 BlackBerry PlayBook getting the TouchPad deep discount treatment
It seems the only way to beat Apple in the tablet market these days is to knock down your prices to the point of unprofitability.
Article | 27/08/2011 Focus on smartphone, tablet screen sizes at show
At next week's Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) in Berlin, smartphone makers are expected to push the boundaries of the device's screen sizes, whil...
Article | 16/08/2011 Mobile World Congress to focus on advertising, marketing
In February, the mobile industry will once again head to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress (MWC), which will feature a new section focusing on diffe...
Article | 16/08/2011 RIM developer guru on why you should believe in BlackBerry
Last week BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) held a first-of-its-kind BlackBerry developer event, called the "BBM Hackathon," in which a group ...
Article | 11/08/2011 Gartner: Smartphones boom, overall mobile sales drop
Mobile phone sales floundered during the second quarter, in the wake of the earthquake in Japan. But smartphone sales continued to grow, as Android ex...
Article | 4/08/2011 RIM unveils new BlackBerrys: 5 facts you need to know
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) this morning took the wraps off of three brand new BlackBerry smartphones, which, along with the upcoming Bo...
Article | 26/07/2011 Timeline: RIM's rapid decline
As hard as it may be to believe, it was just over two years ago that Research in Motion was still considered one of the premiere innovators of the sma...
Article | 26/07/2011 BlackBerry maker RIM axing 2,000 jobs, 11 per cent of workforce
Research in Motion, which has been losing ground to Apple, Google and even Microsoft in the mobile market, announced Monday it is cutting 2,000 jobs, ...
Article | 25/07/2011 RIM COO retires as company lays off one-tenth of staff
Research in Motion will lay off 2,000 staff, or a little more than 10 percent of its workforce, and make changes to its senior management team, it ann...
Article | 13/07/2011 RIM: 1 billion app downloads down, 14 billion to go to catch Apple
Research in Motion says its two-year-old BlackBerry App World has crossed the 1 billion app download mark and that a beta version of the app store up...
Article | 1/07/2011 RIM agrees to review its structure
Research In Motion's board of directors has agreed to form an independent committee to study aspects of the company's management structure, including ...
Article | 18/06/2011 How RIM is getting left behind
Research in Motion hasn't exactly had the best year so far.
Article | 17/06/2011 RIM says Q2 forecast is lower than expected
Research In Motion missed analysts' lowered revenue forecasts for its fiscal first quarter and said its outlook for the second quarter was lower than ...
Article | 14/06/2011 How to manage BlackBerry application permissions
Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry smartphone OS is known for security, and that's for good reason. RIM designed the mobile OS with security in min...
Article | 7/06/2011 Three things you need to know about Apple iCloud
With the unveiling of its iCloud service today, Apple is hoping you’ll like the new MobileMe.