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As expected, the RIM layoffs continue. The BlackBerry maker just a week ago was reportedly cutting 3,000 jobs, which goes accordingly with its reconstruction plan that’ll save the company $1 billion in operating cost by the end of 2013. Now we have learned that 94 folks employed in the company’s Halifax location, will no longer…
Sad story after sad story after sad story — that is the life of Research in Motion, otherwise known as RIM. What’s the latest sad story for the crumbling company? BlackBerry usage share in the United States has plunged down to just 1 percent. That is according to Chitika’s mobile web usage statistics. In fact,…
RIM has decided to let everyone in on what screen resolution to expect on its new BlackBerry 10 powered smartphones. The waterloo company has been getting drowned with negative publicity seemingly everyday. However, the tide is starting to change a bit. For months we’ve been hearing how the company is hard at work on BlackBerry…
Though not officially slated to debut until Q1 2013, RIM’s BlackBerry 10 and corresponding launch devices may be closer to completion than previously thought. The company’s CEO Thorsten Heins has begun carrying a BlackBerry 10 prototype for daily use, and according to The Wall Street Journal, RIM is set to take two “nearly complete” prototype devices…
A few weeks ago, we learned that RIM was openly considering licensing its upcoming BlackBerry 10 software to hardware manufacturers keen on releasing a BlackBerry device. No decision was made at that time, and such a move would be a marked departure from RIM’s historic business model, which saw the company acting as both the hardware and…
RIM is getting ready to layoff some 3,000 jobs as it continues with the company’s restructuring process. This slow trickle of job loss started months ago, when the company got rid of the first 2,000 people. Now the next round of layoffs will begin sometime next week, according to a trusted source of BGR. The…
If anyone still doubts that tablets are the future, a story out of N4BB may just convince you. Sure, police departments are known for embracing technology that assist officers in solving crimes and teaching ne’er do wells that drugs are bad (mmkay?), but a program made by Intergraph for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet could see a…
To say it’s been a disastrous year or two for RIM would be an understatement. The company has had quarter after quarter of miserable financial performance, and their one potential saving grace was delayed to early 2013, missing the ever-important holiday season. Earlier this year, RIM lost a patent infringement suit against Mformation, and was…
You know that one shining moment you might have after a shitty day that can help give you a positive outlook? RIM is experiencing that moment right now. The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet got horrible reviews, generated little sales, and was never able to attract developers to build apps for the platform. That is until one…
If you build it, they will come. That’s what ailing Research in Motion is banking on, anyway, as it considers licensing its BlackBerry 10 operating system to other manufacturers interested in putting out a BlackBerry smartphone. BlackBerry’s market share has dropped to around 6.5%, and the only reason it hasn’t fallen further is its former…