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BlackBerry to sell off most Canadian office space

BlackBerry building

BlackBerry today announced that it plans to sell off most of its Canadian real estate holdings. Despite the announcement, the company has no plans to leave the Kitchener-Waterloo region where it was born. It will partner with real estate firm CBRE Limited to sell off over 3 million square feet of space with plans to lease back the space it […]

BlackBerry appoints Eric Johnson as President, Global Sales

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BlackBerry CEO John Chen’s makeover of the company’s executive team took another step forward today with the announcement that Eric Johnson has been hired as President, Global Sales. “I am pleased to round out BlackBerry’s new executive leadership team with another outstanding addition today. I have worked with Eric extensively and have tremendous respect for his sales expertise and customer […]

CES 2014: BlackBerry to refocus on smartphones with physical keyboards

BlackBerry Q10 keyboard

As BlackBerry continues to refocus on enterprise and business customers, new BlackBerry CEO John Chen told Bloomberg Television at CES 2014 that the company will shift its attention back to smartphones with physical keyboards. Without directly acknowledging that the first BlackBerry 10 device for 2014, known as Jakarta, will be a touchscreen device, he explained that future phones will “predominantly” come […]