Lenovo had been actively pursuing its plans to takeover BlackBerry and had reportedly even signed an NDA with the company, but the Canadian Government rejected the idea of a Chinese company taking…
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I am BlackBerry’s biggest fan says departing CEO
In a farewell letter addressing company’s employees, outgoing BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins wrote that even after handing over his CEO post to John S. Chen, Heins will remain to be the company’s…
BBM for Android, iPhone garners 20m downloads in a week
BlackBerry has achieved yet another milestone of 20 million BBM for Android, iPhone downloads within a week of its launch, the company has announced. With over 10 million downloads within the first…
Now ex-Apple CEO John Sculley is interested in BlackBerry
BlackBerry’s strategic decision of selling itself off has definitely managed to generate a lot of curiosity and with multiple parties already interested in a takeover, ex-Apple CEO John Sculley is reportedly mulling…
BlackBerry OS 10.2 upgrade announced for Z10, Q10, Q5
BlackBerry has announced an operating system upgrade for Z10, Q10 and Q5 in the form of BlackBerry OS 10.2, which will reach customer in Europe, Canada, the Middle East, Africa and Asia…
BBM for iOS 1.0.2 fixes iOS 7.0.3 crash issues
BlackBerry has released an updated version of BBM for iOS that fixes the issue which led to the app crashing on iOS devices running iOS 7.0.3. The issue was primarily because Apple…
There is something fishy about BBM for Android reviews!
BBM for Android and iPhone was released a couple of days back and according to BlackBerry the cross-platform messenger clocked in over 10 million downloads in just 24 hours. The achievements haven’t…
BBM for Android, iPhone garners 10 million downloads in 24 hours
BlackBerry Messenger has garnered over 10 million downloads in a short period of just 24 hours making the cross platform messenger one of the most downloaded apps on both Google Play as…
BlackBerry waves green flag at BBM for Android, iPhone
BlackBerry has finally announced the availability of its cross platform messaging app – BBM for Android and BBM for iPhone. Originally slated for September 21 release, BBM for Android and iPhone was…
Bloomberg: Cerberus signs NDA with BlackBerry
According to reports two other big tech firms apart from Fairfax led consortium are showing interest in BlackBerry, Cerberus being one of them and BlackBerry has already signed an NDA with it….
BlackBerry seeking Fairfax alternatives in Google, SAP, Cisco?
BlackBerry Ltd is in serious talks with large technology firms including Google, SAP and Cisco offering them to buy all or some parts of the company. Samsung, LG and Intel are also…
“Still 100% committed to bringing BBM to Android and iPhone” says BlackBerry
BlackBerry Messenger has been on a two-week hiatus and is nowhere to be seen as the company claims that it is still committed to release the cross-platform messenger for Android and iPhone….
No new BB10 devices as BlackBerry mulls Fairfax buyout bid
For BlackBerry 2013 has turned out to be one of the worst years in history with quarterly losses in tune of over $900 million and just $1.6 billion revenue. While announcing BlackBerry…
Once valued at $77.7 billion, BlackBerry sold for petty $4.7 billion
The Canadian Smartphone maker, BlackBerry, has agreed to a takeover deal with a consortium led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. for USD 4.7 billion. Looking at BlackBerry’s years of falling fortunes and…
More delays hamper BBM for Android, iOS launch
BBM’s official rollout was hampered last week and BlackBerry has now revealed that it won’t be launching the cross-platform messenger for at least another week because of issues caused by leaked version…