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Review: The rise and fall of BlackBerry and the accidental billionaires
2015-05-30 03:23:59| Telecom - Topix.net
Jim Balsillie, left, and Mike Lazaridis founded Waterloo-based Research in Motion, which introduced the first device capable of mobile access to e-mail. Jim Balsillie, left, and Mike Lazaridis founded Waterloo-based Research in Motion, which introduced the first device capable of mobile access to e-mail.
BlackBerry announces fresh round of job cuts
2015-05-27 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Canadian smartphone maker to 'reallocate resources' in bid to drive software growth, make device business profitable.
BlackBerry Doomed By First iPhone, Storm Failure
2015-05-26 21:31:33| IT Services - Topix.net
BlackBerry corporate leaders' inability to react effectively to market changes, specifically the first iPhone and AT&T's deal with Apple, doomed the famed smartphone maker. BlackBerry executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie were blown away by the original iPhone's browser and other media powers, but wrote it off as just another competitive threat -- not the worldwide, industry changer it turned into.
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BlackBerry plans more job cuts
2015-05-25 08:47:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) BlackBerry is cutting jobs at offices around the world as the smartphone maker continues to work on keeping its business profitable. A spokeswoman for the company declined to say how many employees were affected. The company had 7,000 employees as of September 2014. "We have made the decision to consolidate our device software, hardware and applications business, impacting a number of employees around the world," BlackBerry said in the statement reported by Bloomberg. In its most recent quarterly report, BlackBerry reported a return to profit but revenues continue to fall.
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The Wall Street Journal: BlackBerry co-CEOs were stunned when Steve Jobs showed what iPhone could do
2015-05-25 00:55:03| Telecom - Topix.net
Mike Lazaridis was home on his treadmill when he saw the televised report about Apple Inc.'s newest product. Research In Motion's founder soon forgot about exercise that day in January 2007.
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