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BlackBerry To Do What Many Thought Was Impossible..

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.18.2013 | Canada Business

TORONTO - A stronger vote of confidence for BlackBerry's future from analysts at RBC Capital Markets helped the smartphone company's stock rise nearly...

BlackBerry: Smartphones Still Safe

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.17.2013 | Canada Business

WATERLOO, Ont. - BlackBerry (TSX:BB) says it remains confident in the security of its smartphones after a newspaper reported that the British eavesdro...

Major Updgrade!

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.13.2013 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Shares of BlackBerry (TSX:BB) rose nearly six per cent on Thursday following an upgrade of the company's stock rating from Societe Generale ...

BlackBerry Users Call For Netflix Boycott

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 06.01.2013 | Canada Business

Some BlackBerry fans are so upset at Netflix for not developing an app for the BlackBerry that they’ve called for a boycott of the streaming movie a...

BlackBerry Makes Shocking Announcement

The Huffington Post Canada | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.14.2013 | Canada Business

BlackBerry made a slew of announcements at an annual conference on Tuesday, including unexpected news that its signature BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) se...

New Low-Price Model?

CP | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.13.2013 | Canada Business

ORLANDO, Fla. - BlackBerry will pull out all the stops this week as the company welcomes thousands of industry players for BlackBerry Live, it's annua...

SOLD OUT

Reuters | Posted 05.03.2013 | Canada Business

BlackBerry's new Q10 smartphone, which comes with the physical keyboard that many BlackBerry fans prize, is selling well in both Canada and Britain, a...

Big Boost For BlackBerry

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.02.2013 | Canada Business

WATERLOO, Ont. - BlackBerry (TSX:BB) says the U.S. Department of Defence has approved its new BlackBerry 10 smartphones and PlayBook tablets for use o...

BlackBerry CEO: The Tablet Will Be Dead In 5 Years

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 04.30.2013 | Canada Business

The tablet computer has no future, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins told Bloomberg in an interview. “In five years I don’t think there’ll be a r...

Ramping Down Production?

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada Business

BlackBerry has probably reduced production of its new Z10 line of phones due to poor early sales, a U.S. analyst has said. The news from Wedge Part...

Q10 IS HERE

CP | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada Business

TORONTO - BlackBerry says the keyboard version of its new smartphone will arrive in Canadian stores on May 1, and in the United States later the same ...

BlackBerry Denies Smartphones Being Returned In Droves

CP | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.12.2013 | Canada Business

BlackBerry is fighting back against what it says is a "false and misleading" analyst report that claims the company's new touchscreen smartphones are ...

Canada Gives Hundreds Of Millions To Spanish Telecom To Buy BlackBerrys

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 04.08.2013 | Canada Business

The government agency responsible for helping Canadian exporters find new markets has loaned $265 million to a giant Spanish telecom to buy BlackBerry...

BlackBerry Kills Music Service

CP | The Associated Press | Posted 06.04.2013 | Canada Business

TORONTO - BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion says it is silencing its streaming music service barely two years after it launched.The Canadian company...

Judge: BlackBerry Execs Incompetent, Not Fraudulent

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 04.02.2013 | Canada Business

A U.S. federal court judge in Manhattan has dismissed a class-action lawsuit against BlackBerry on the grounds that it was mismanagement, and not frau...

Heins: Many More BlackBerry Models On Their Way

CP | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.29.2013 | Canada Business

WATERLOO, Ont. - BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins plans to unveil a broader array of new smartphones this year, catering to markets around th...

BlackBerry Delivers A Big Surprise

CP | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.28.2013 | Canada Business

TORONTO - BlackBerry delivered a US$98-million profit in its fourth quarter, surprising analysts who had expected the smartphone maker to report a los...

BlackBerry Shares Plummet As Phone Debuts In U.S.

CP | LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada Business

UPDATE: BlackBerry shares fell steeply on Friday as the company launched its Z10 phone in the United States. Initial reports suggested there was a ...

BlackBerry CEO Disses iPhone, Says It’s Out Of Date

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 03.20.2013 | Canada Business

Thorsten Heins, the CEO of BlackBerry, has some carefully chosen but still harsh words about competitor Apple. Speaking to an Australian business m...

Who Just Bought 1 Million BlackBerrys?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.13.2013 | Canada Business

WATERLOO, Ont. - Shares of BlackBerry (TSX:BB) rose more than eight per cent on Wednesday after the company announced it has sold one million of its n...

New BlackBerry Outselling iPhone, Samsung: Retailer

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 02.26.2013 | Canada Business

The BlackBerry Z10 has been outselling Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy phones in Canada since it went on sale earlier this month, a major wire...

What do RIM, Arab Spring, Riots, Skype and Donkey Carts Have in Common?

Mike Rizkalla | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada
Mike Rizkalla

On the heels of the successful launch of BlackBerry 10 and the re-boot and re-invention of the company, I can't help but think of the people that endu...

Bad News On BlackBerry Z10 Sales

CP | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.21.2013 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Analysts are split on the future of BlackBerry and its prospects for sales success, as Canaccord Genuity pulled back its expectations for th...

Why Some People Don't Want Androids, BlackBerrys Or iPhones

CP | Lauren La Rose, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.21.2013 | Canada Living

Spring Gillard is an avid blogger and active on social media, but don't expect to see any emails or tweets sent from her Android device, BlackBerry or...

What Did He Do With All His BlackBerry Stock?

CP | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.16.2013 | Canada Business

TORONTO, Cananda - Jim Balsillie once re-mortgaged his house to help build the BlackBerry company, but by the end of last year, the smartphone maker's...