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  • OK, BlackBerry, what else have you got besides security?

    BlackBerry's pitch to get back into the warm embrace of corporate IT shops seems logical enough at first glance: We're the most secure in mobile. Mobile is where all of your data and interactions are heading. Therefore you should give us all of your corporate business.

    Written by Evan Schuman26 Nov. 14 00:37
  • BlackBerry upgrades BBM with timed messages

    Taking a page from the Snapchat playbook, BlackBerry will let BBM messaging service users control how long messages and pictures can be viewed, hoping the feature, along with other new capabilities, will result in a new revenue stream.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs01 Nov. 14 01:23
  • BlackBerry focuses on security for the enterprise

    Now that BlackBerry has fallen significantly behind Apple and Google in the race to offer features and third-party apps for its smartphones, the company is concentrating on providing devices that, it claims, have the strongest available security -- the killer feature for the enterprise.

    Written by Joab Jackson30 July 14 06:48
  • BlackBerry buying German firm for voice encryption

    BlackBerry has always touted its mobile devices as secure. But now it plans to make them "more secure" by acquiring a German company that specializes in voice encryption.

    Written by John Cox30 July 14 05:23
  • Mobile workers: ‘I want my Blackberry back'

    At a well-known investment firm in New York City, something strange is happening: Mobile app performance issues and privacy concerns have sparked a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) revolt, and now many employees are asking for their corporate BlackBerry back.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige22 July 14 01:46
  • New BlackBerry COO is ex-Sybase exec Marty Beard

    BlackBerry has recruited a new chief operating officer, Marty Beard, recently CEO of cloud customer service company LiveOps and before that an executive at Sybase.

    Written by Peter Sayer21 July 14 23:54
  • More could follow Westpac dropping BlackBerry: analyst

    Westpac’s move to supporting Android and Windows Phone devices “is another nail in the BlackBerry coffin,” according to independent telecom analyst Chris Coughlan.

    Written by Adam Bender27 June 14 12:00
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