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We’re doing just fine, BlackBerry boss says
BlackBerry boss John Chen has hailed the company’s resurgence after moving away from smartphone manufacturing.
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BlackBerry sues Facebook over patent infringement
BlackBerry is suing Facebook for patent infringement, claiming the social media giant uses technology invented by the former smartphone maker in Facebook’s massively popular messaging applications. Apps like
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BlackBerry maker TCL ramps up SA focus
TCL, the Chinese company that manufactures BlackBerry and Alcatel handsets, is ramping up its focus on the South African market, on Wednesday taking the wraps off a new smartwatch aimed at children (and parents
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BlackBerry partners with Baidu on driverless cars
BlackBerry’s efforts to push into self-driving cars took a new step forward as the former smartphone maker signed a deal with Chinese Internet giant Baidu to work together on automotive software. Baidu will bundle BlackBerry’s QNX
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Craige Fleischer quits as Samsung SA mobile chief
Craige Fleischer, director of integrated mobility at Samsung Electronics in Southern Africa, has resigned to “pursue new business opportunities”, the Korean-headquartered consumer electronics group said in a statement on Thursday
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iPhone users most satisfied, new study finds
Apple iPhone owners are the most satisfied with their smartphones, new research conducted by Consulta has found. The latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index for Mobile Handsets found
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BlackBerry’s back, baby (well, kind of)
There’s a new flagship BlackBerry in the South African market. The BlackBerry KEYone is the first such product not made by Canada’s BlackBerry, but under license from the firm by TCL Communication. TCL signed the licensing deal in
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Interview: BBM CEO Matthew Talbot
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to Matthew Talbot, global CEO of BBM (you may know it better as BlackBerry Messenger). The service is now owned by Indonesia’s Creative
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BlackBerry’s recovery hits a speed wobble
BlackBerry fell the most in almost two-and-a-half years after its quarterly earnings report showed surprisingly weak revenue from software, marring what was otherwise shaping up to be a banner year. The Canadian company
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Ford hires 400 BlackBerry employees
Ford has agreed to hire 400 employees from BlackBerry to help develop wireless technology at the car maker, deepening an ongoing partnership between the two companies involving in-car connectivity. The shift doubles