The BlackBerry Q4 FY 2014 financial results are out this morning and it’s clear that the company is still fighting for its survival. Revenues for its Q4 FY2014 came in at US$976 million, down US$217 or 18% over the previous quarter’s revenues of US$1.2 billion and down 64% from US$2.7 billion the same quarter a year ago. That was enough […]
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Leaked BlackBerry 10.3 build reveals upcoming BlackBerry device codenames
A BlackBerry 10.3 build was leaked earlier this week. It revealed some details about what is to come in the latest version of BlackBerry 10. Digging further into the configuration files and libraries, CrackBerry forums reader Ofutur also dug up a list of potential upcoming BlackBerry device codenames. He warns that details could change but that they will firm up […]
BlackBerry taking action against leaks
None other than BlackBerry CEO John Chen today let it be known that he’s not too happy about recent product leaks and that he’s taking action to cut these down. One of the most frustrating things for all of us at BlackBerry is when a critical and confidential project is reported in the media before we are ready to discuss […]
Canadian government blocked BlackBerry sale to Lenovo last year
BlackBerry put itself up for sale in August 2013. The move generated a lot of interest from a range of parties including Facebook, Google, Cisco Systems, China’s Lenovo and even RIM’s own co-founders, the company eventually had to settle for a US$1 billion investment in the form of convertible debentures by Fairfax Financial Holdings. According to CBC News, rumours that Lenovo […]
BlackBerry sells most Canadian real estate
Following its decision back in January to sell most of its Canadian real estate holdings, BlackBerry today announced that it has reached an agreement to sell more than 3 million square feet of space as well as vacant lands. It will lease back a portion of the space for its own use. BlackBerry did not announce terms of the deal […]
BlackBerry lays off another 120 employees in Waterloo
Recent news coming from BlackBerry have been mostly positive in recent weeks but that changed again today. The company today laid off another 120 employees in Waterloo, Ontario. All were part of BlackBerry’s product development and wireless technology team. According to a statement issued by the company: “BlackBerry is working hard to return to profitability and we continue to optimize […]
BlackBerry Q20 to launch in fall timeframe
BlackBerry announced the BlackBerry Q20 at MWC 2014. The smartphone will not only feature a physical QWERTY keyboard but will also bring back the classic function keys, ‘Menu,’ ‘Back,’ ‘Send’ and ‘End,’ and trackpad found on earlier devices. When it was announced, BlackBerry only said that it would launch sometime in the second half of the year. In an interview […]
Advertising coming to BBM Channels but BBM chats will be “untouchable”
BlackBerry today continued to shed more light on future changes to its BBM platform. One of the company’s objectives is to turn BBM into a money-maker and today, it revealed the first details on how it plans to do that. With sponsored content now being pushed to some external beta testers, today’s details are meant to “set the record straight […]