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grub writes "Halliburton has decided to drop Research In Motion's Blackberry platform in favor of Apple's iOS for its workforce. 'An internal newsletter outlined the plan for the nearly 70,000 employees who work for Halliburton in more than 70 countries. "Over the next year, we will begin expanding the use of our mobile technology by transitioning from the BlackBerry (RIM) platform that we curr...

Android, iPhone, Blackberry - die Wahl des richtigen Smartphones ist auch eine Glaubensfrage. Drei Handelsblatt-Online-Redakteure schildern, warum sie ihr Smartphone für das beste halten.

Concerns new CEO Thorsten Heins not moving fast enough to license BlackBerry software to hardware makers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- James Franklin got an iPhone for Christmas. Eventually, the Vanderbilt football coach will migrate everything from his old BlackBerry to the new phone, but for now, both phones dangle from clips on his belt and buzz constantly. "My wife makes fun of me," Franklin said. "Even if I'm in my boxers, I have both of them hanging off the waistband."

Research in Motion claims its BlackBerry handsets were the best-selling in the UK for the second year running.

Der jüngste Blackberry der Bold-Reihe ist der flachste aller Zeiten und nur knapp 11 Millimeter dick. Zum schnellen Prozessor mit 1,2 Gigahertz kommt eine 5-Megapixel-Kamera, Videos werden mit 720p aufgezeichnet. Von FOCUS-Online-Autor Lutz Herkner

KARL Rove impressed colleagues with his BlackBerry on Air Force One on the day of the September 11 attacks.

Con todos ustedes, el padre de 'Insultator', una de las 20 aplicaciones gratuitas más descargadas en estos momentos del 'Android Market'. Se trata de la tienda virtual donde se despachan todas las herramientas que utilizan los móviles y tabletas que funcionan con sistema operativo Android. Son una mayoría, aunque no están incluidos los dispositivos de Apple ni los teléfonos BlackBerry.

Unfortunately for investors, the departure of Research In Motion's co-chief executives came with no obvious shift in the BlackBerry maker's strategy. Ultimately, to save the company, the new CEO may have to get more radical and exit from handsets completely.

TORONTO (AP) -- The new chief executive of Research in Motion said Monday that drastic change is not needed, even as the once iconic maker of the BlackBerry smartphone confronts the most difficult period in its history....

Thorsten Heins, who was named chief executive of Research in Motion on Monday, said he did not plan to separate RIM's device business, which includes the BlackBerry and the PlayBook tablet, from its network business.

The new chief executive of Research in Motion Ltd plans to reorganise the company's marketing in order to do a better job at promoting its products to consumers.

Mike Lazardis et Jim Balsillie cèdent la direction de RIM, le fabricant de BlackBerry, à Thorsten Heins.

Les deux co-P-DG de Research in Motion, pionnier canadien déchu des...

Research In Motion’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have bowed to investor pressure and resigned as co-CEOs, handing the top job to an insider with four years at the struggling BlackBerry maker.

Ein Deutscher rückt überraschend an die Spitze des Blackberry-Herstellers Research in Motion. Der ehemalige Siemens-Manager Thorsten Heins soll das Unternehmen aus der Krise führen. RIM hatte zuletzt Marktanteile an Apple und Android verloren.

Blackberry-maker Research In Motion says co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down in shake-up.

TORONTO/SEOUL (Reuters) - Research In Motion is not on Samsung Electronics Co's immediate shopping list, but the ailing Blackberry maker may still be attractive to Asian smartphone makers looking to...

 Pakistani American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, at the heart of the Memogate scandal, has asked the court to give him time till January 25 to come to Pakistan. Mansoor Ijaz's lawyer Akram Sheikh read out his written statement during the proceedings of the Memogate scandal in the Islamabad High Court. A  three-member bench, headed by Balochistan High Court (BHC) Chief Justice Qazi Faez ...

En el Dormitorio 2 del Reclusorio Norte, encuentran una BlackBerry en poder de un reo; el día 7 de diciembre localizaron un iPod y un aparato de banda ancha para internet

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion's share of the US smartphone market declined during the three months ending in November, while Apple and Google's Android platform both made gains, industry tracker comScore said Thursday.

Volkswagen's German email servers stop routing messages automatically half an hour after the end of a working day, and will only start again half an hour before the next one.

Research In Motion, the Canadian smartphone maker known for its BlackBerry brand, announced that Alex Lambeek will become its new president for the China region. Prior to this, rumors were swirling that RIM would soon make adjustments to its Chinese market strategy. With this news, Gregory Shea, former president for RIM China, will become an [...]

As expected, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said Thursday that it had a miserable past three months, reporting a quarterly profit that got squeezed by slumping sales and service outages.

<img style="float:left; margin-right:5px" src="http://images.zeit.de/news/../publishedPictures/technik2_33951178_onlineBild.jpg-148x84.jpg"/>New York/Berlin (dpa) - Der Blackberry-Hersteller RIM ändert nach einem Rückschlag vor Gericht den Namen seines nächsten Betriebssystems. Statt BBX werde es jetzt Blackberry 10 heißen, kündigt...

RIM, the Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones has sacked two senior executives over reckless drunkenness that forced the diversion of a trans-Pacific flight last week.

[video link] US-based Egyptian blogger, speaker, and journalist Mona Eltahawy was released today after spending 12 hours detained by Egyptian security forces in Cairo. According to her tweets, she was arrested by riot police while observing the ongoing protests in Tahrir Square, where thousands of Egyptian citizens are calling for the military junta SCAF to [...]

RIM is well positioned to prove it belongs among the technology giants. And that’s something all Canadians should be cheering

Whatever you've heard about Blackberry in the media over the past couple of months, it has without exception been bad news. I made my decision and ordered the iPhone. Deep inside, I know it will be the end of a long relationship.

Not long ago I already announced my return to the world of bytes, tweets, and pokes -- only to disappear for another three months. But this time I feel like it's for real: I am back! Spending nearly three months in a Belarusian forest, offline and surrounded by, well, "legacy media" of all sorts, has been a very exhilarating experience. Of course, it was also the worst possible summer to spe...