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Research in Motion changes name, now known BlackBerry

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 at 7:34 AM

As part of its big BlackBerry 10 event, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins announced that the company is changing its name from Research in Motion to BlackBerry. The name change will appear globally and the company will be publicly traded as BBRY.  RIP RIM.

[Via BlackBerry]

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