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Technology news shows BBM head exec is leaving the company

02/11/201402/20/2014 L. Green

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This is only one of the latest of the leaders to depart the troubled handset manufacturer. The top exec from BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), Andrew Bocking, has now become the latest technology news in a string of the heads of the company to step away from the smartphone manufacturer. That said, the company isn’t expressing very much concern about the departure of Bocking. According to a technology news statement from a spokesperson at the company, Rebecca Freiburger, “I can confirm that Andrew Bocking, EVP, BBM has made the decision to leave…

BlackBerry technology news made with lawsuit against Ryan Seacrest

01/07/201401/04/2014 Julie Campbell

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The legal action is being taken as a result of alleged patent infringement by the celebrity’s startup. The BlackBerry technology news that is now making headlines isn’t about how the struggling handset maker is continue to try to claw its way back into profitability, but is instead focused on the accusations that the company has made against a company backed by Ryan Seacrest, the host of “American Idol”. The company is accusing Seacrest of ripping off the company’s patents in an iPhone keyboard the startup has made. The allegations behind…

BlackBerry recovery plan has now been unveiled

12/27/201312/22/2013 Sam Lambert

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Following the announcement of its massive continued losses in the third quarter, the company hopes to get better. Following extremely bad handset sales that have caused losses that were far worse than predicted, a BlackBerry recovery plan is now well in the works and the company is hopeful that it will be able to form a much brighter future for itself. The handsets had once been the leaders in the market and have recently rapidly fallen off the map. The third quarter losses reported by the company for its third…

Blackberry losses reached $4.4 billion in 3rd quarter

12/26/201312/21/2013 L. Green

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The continuing operations of the struggling smartphone manufacturer brought in revenues far below expectations. The latest reports of the BlackBerry losses have shown that this continues to be – by far – the worst year in the history of the smartphone manufacturer, as it has now revealed that in the third quarter of 2013, it lost $4.4 billion. The revenue of the company was considerably lower than expected, at $1.2 billion, that quarter. When compared to last year in the same quarter, the BlackBerry losses were far higher. This was…

Technology news from BlackBerry includes dead deal and removed CEO

11/05/201311/04/2013 L. Green

As the Fairfax deal ends and Heins heads out, an investment is now on the table. BlackBerry Ltd. is making top technology news as it is now abandoning its previous strategy to seek out a buyer and has now chosen to raise $1 billion in new funds, while it replaces some of its directors, as well as its CEO. The company had previously received a letter of intent from Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd. for purchase. That technology news was made very shortly after BlackBerry had released its most recent figures…