BlackBerry
BlackBerry Messenger shuts down as owners blame lack of users
Consumer version of BBM will cease but app aimed at businesses will continue
Alex Hern
31, May, 2019 @12:40 PM
Green shoots at BlackBerry? Fallen phone giant turns its hand to software
Chief executive John Chen has yet to reverse the company’s slide – but a positive response from investors is pushing up its shares
Charles Arthur
23, Dec, 2017 @4:00 PM
New BlackBerry smartphone with qwerty keyboard revealed
Manufactured by TCT with BlackBerry’s version of Android, new BlackBerry Press gets teaser before Las Vegas reveal at CES
Samuel Gibbs
04, Jan, 2017 @2:47 PM
BlackBerry to stop making phones
Canadian company shifts focus to software having struggled to compete as mobile users opt for touchscreens
Angela Monaghan
28, Sep, 2016 @3:05 PM
How did email grow from messages between academics to a global epidemic?
Ray Tomlinson, the man who literally put the @ in email addresses, has died. Here’s a brief history of electronic messages, from the Queen’s first mail to the triumph of spam
Samuel Gibbs
07, Mar, 2016 @3:07 PM
BlackBerry boss John Chen: security focus heralds return 'from edge of death'
Once a smartphone leader, BlackBerry’s failure to recognize the rise of mobile browsing nearly sunk the firm. Superior security could be key to its survival
Emily Price in San Francisco
12, Nov, 2015 @2:30 PM
Pakistan bans BlackBerry services in privacy crackdown
Telecommunication authority orders encrypted messaging and internet services to be stopped ‘for security reasons’
Samuel Gibbs and agencies
27, Jul, 2015 @9:06 AM
BlackBerry planning to launch Android smartphone with sliding keyboard
New smartphone would mark U-turn in company strategy as it struggles to stymie falling sales and moves to place software on iPhones and other Androids
Samuel Gibbs and agencies
12, Jun, 2015 @9:17 AM
Even hackers are concerned Obama's and Clinton's emails remain vulnerable
Russian hackers infiltrating White House email system last year raises ‘red flag’ that Obama’s BlackBerry and Clinton’s ‘home brew’ system are also susceptible
Joanna Walters in New York
27, Apr, 2015 @12:59 PM
I'll stay an MP even if the UK dumps me as PM, David Cameron tells Buzzfeed
Prime minister opens up to news and entertainment website about Isis, the leaders’ debates, smartphones, football and kitchens (he has two too)
Staff and agencies
16, Mar, 2015 @10:41 PM
BlackBerry left on the line as UK users continue to hang up
Mobile phone maker’s non-business market will slump below 1 million this year, according to two research firms who foresee a bleak future for the brand
Charles Arthur
25, Feb, 2015 @12:01 AM
MyFitnessPal and Endomodo fitness apps bought by Under Armour
Sports clothing manufacturer buys popular calorie and activity tracking apps creating the ‘world’s largest digital health and fitness community’
Samuel Gibbs
05, Feb, 2015 @10:49 AM
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