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Blackberry is turning black and blue

Oct 12, 2011
Blackberry had a third day of outages across Europe, East Africa, and India. Parent company, Research in Motion figured out the problem was caused...

Blackberry woes

Oct 11, 2011
Yesterday Blackberry service went out for millions in Europe, Africa, and India. The outage lasted about a day, but service has been mostly...

PlayBook not dead yet, feeling much better, going to go for a walk

Sep 30, 2011
Research In Motion, the still-existing company behind BlackBerry, says its not yet killing off the PlayBook tablet. The PlayBook launched a few...

Playbook: the next HP Touchpad!

Sep 27, 2011
As in, a tablet that some people really like but you can now get it for a heck of a lot cheaper than when it launched a few months ago. Best Buy,...

Help! Help! My Kindle is on Fire!

Sep 27, 2011
According to a report on TechCrunch, the new Kindle being announced tomorrow is going to be called the Kindle Fire. Now the big question is which...

Beta BlackBerry music service goes live

Aug 26, 2011
We told you last week about the new music service from Research In Motion. Thursday, the cloud-based service launched. You pay $5 a month for 50...

British government trying to figure out social media

Aug 26, 2011
The phrase "kill the messenger" comes to mind. There was a big meeting on Thursday in London between British officials and representatives of...

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An online music service from... BlackBerry?

Aug 19, 2011
Yeah, weird, huh? Research In Motion, parent company of the Berry, is reportedly negotiating contracts with record labels, which would enable users...

Meanwhile, you can get a Samsung Galaxy Tab for free kinda

Aug 19, 2011
That's at Best Buy if you buy a $1500 46-inch 3D TV. They toss in a Galaxy Tab for free. Best Buy says this is more a promotion for the 3D TV than...

RIM takeover seems unlikely

Aug 17, 2011
The New York Times' Dealbook has a kind of interesting look at the fate of RIM, parent company of BlackBerry. Shares of RIM have shot up 10% since...