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Report: Facebook will buy Nokia to create 'FacePhone'
Report: Facebook will buy Nokia to create 'FacePhone'
Last week we reported on Facebook hiring former Apple engineers in an effort to begin creating their own smartphone. Today, Paul Amsellem, ...... 30 May 2012 - 10 comments
RIM to lay off 2000 employees?
RIM to lay off 2000 employees?
Struggling smartphone maker RIM is said to be planning a restructuring that will cause 2000 employees to be laid off. The company has only ...... 28 May 2012 - 5 comments
ITC: Apple, RIM not violating Kodak patent
ITC: Apple, RIM not violating Kodak patent
Kodak has failed again to convince the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that Apple and RIM are violating a legitimate patent it holds. 23 May 2012
Nokia sues HTC, RIM and Viewsonic
Nokia sues HTC, RIM and Viewsonic
Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia has filed lawsuits against HTC, RIM and Viewsonic for allegedly failing to license its intellectual property. 04 May 2012 - 2 comments
RIM hires firms for potential asset sale
RIM hires firms for potential asset sale
RIM has hired two firms this week to take care of a restructuring plan that will likely include asset sales. Additionally, the BlackBerry ...... 22 Apr 2012
Oracle once considered buying RIM or Palm to build its own smartphone
Oracle once considered buying RIM or Palm to build its own smartphone
Oracle considered building its own smartphone in 2009 and would have purchased either Palm or RIM to do so. The shocking news came out today ...... 18 Apr 2012 - 1 comment
Rumor: Microsoft wants to buy stake in RIM
Rumor: Microsoft wants to buy stake in RIM
The rumor lived and died last year, but it has resurfaced today; Microsoft is looking into buying a stake of Research in Motion. Today's ...... 11 Apr 2012
RIM to block sideloading apps to stop piracy
RIM to block sideloading apps to stop piracy
RIM will soon remove the ability to sideload apps on the BlackBerry Playbook in an effort to block piracy. The future firmware update to ...... 10 Apr 2012 - 10 comments
Dr. Nono Pearson offers to buy RIM assets
Dr. Nono Pearson offers to buy RIM assets
A company called United Vision Marketing Firm has offered to acquire struggling BlackBerry maker RIM. Dr. Nono Pearson (pictured), a former ...... 05 Apr 2012 - 4 comments
RIM is dead, declares analyst
RIM is dead, declares analyst
In an interview today with CNBC, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has said he believes RIM is "going out of business." The analyst was ...... 03 Apr 2012 - 14 comments
RIM denies it is leaving the consumer market
RIM denies it is leaving the consumer market
RIM has denied the multiple reports that it is planning to leave the consumer smartphone market. Following horrendous earnings from the one-time ...... 31 Mar 2012 - 6 comments
RIM giving new BlackBerry prototypes to devs in May
RIM giving new BlackBerry prototypes to devs in May
Research In Motion has announced that it will be giving developers prototypes of its new BlackBerry devices starting in early May. 2000 BlackBerry ...... 25 Mar 2012
J.D. Powers: Nokia, RIM lowest in consumer satisfaction
J.D. Powers: Nokia, RIM lowest in consumer satisfaction
J.D. Powers and Associates has released their latest smartphone satisfaction ratings, based on a survey of over 7000 smartphone owners. The ...... 16 Mar 2012 - 1 comment
RIM drops price of PlayBook tablet
RIM drops price of PlayBook tablet
RIM has dropped the price of their PlayBook tablet, again, actually bringing the device down to a price where buyers may step up and purchase it. ...... 05 Feb 2012 - 7 comments
RIM co-founder loses control in management shakeup
RIM co-founder loses control in management shakeup
RIM gets a new CEO and chairman of the board but BlackBerry's future still remains in doubt. 23 Jan 2012 - 4 comments
Samsung denies it has interest in buying RIM
Samsung denies it has interest in buying RIM
Just hours after multiple sources reported that BlackBerry maker RIM was seeing interest from buyers, one of the alleged companies has denied the rumors. ...... 18 Jan 2012 - 1 comment
RIM (almost) denies anonymous report about BlackBerry 10 delay
RIM (almost) denies anonymous report about BlackBerry 10 delay
A RIM statement defended the company's position on the BlackBerry 10 launch, but doesn't actually deny allegations the OS is broken. 27 Dec 2011 - 2 comments
Anonymous insider says new BlackBerrys aren't just delayed - they're unfinished
Anonymous insider says new BlackBerrys aren't just delayed - they're unfinished
If the report from a supposed anonymous source from Research In Motion is true, the new BlackBerrys aren't just delayed. They don't even work. 22 Dec 2011 - 2 comments
Microsoft, Amazon and Nokia considered buying RIM
Microsoft, Amazon and Nokia considered buying RIM
Multiple sources today are reporting that Amazon, Microsoft and Nokia all considered purchasing struggling BlackBerry smartphone maker RIM before ...... 21 Dec 2011
R.I.P BlackBerry
R.I.P BlackBerry
It is about time to write an obituary on the once hallowed smartphone maker. RIM, the company behind the BlackBerry line of smartphones and ...... 16 Dec 2011 - 11 comments
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