Google owned
android operating system has come to become the most popular operating system
in smartphone and that status was further buffered in 2013 with android
accounting for almost 80% of smartphone shipments.
Showing posts with label Blackberry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blackberry. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Blackberry fires boss, no more going private
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:59 AM
Ailing
Canadian smartphone maker, Blackberry, has revealed that its current boss,
Thorsten Heins, will be replaced by John Chen to launch another try at the
smartphone business which has been abysmal for the company in recent times. Blackberry has also
cancelled the plans to take it private by Fairfax Financial Holdings.
Posted in Blackberry, Smartphones
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Blackberry Messenger finally on Android and iPhones in hours but…
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:33 AM
Blackberry
has revealed that the download of its popular Blackberry Messenger which was
formerly exclusive to Blackberry smartphones will be available to android
smartphones and iPhones in hours.
Posted in Blackberry, internet
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
At last, Blackberry finds a buyer
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:45 AM
Struggling
smartphone maker Blackberry has agreed a deal with Fairfax Financial Holdings
Limited which will see the Canadian company pulled off the stock market and
taken private. The deal to buy blackberry is worth about $4.7 billion which is
the calculated worth of the company at a perilous moment for the company.
Posted in Blackberry, Smartphones
Monday, September 23, 2013
Blackberry suspends download of BBM for iPhone and Android
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:13 PM
The only
positive that was expected to come out of last week for Blackberry was the
rollout of Blackberry Messenger to iPhones and Android powered devices.
Blackberry had earlier announced a loss of about $1bn in the second quarter and its intention to retrieve 4,500 of their duties in the company.
Posted in Apple, Blackberry, Google
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Blackberry is in trouble…
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 6:39 PM
The negatives
have been more than the positives for the Canadian smartphone maker in recent
times and it seems the negatives are increasing daily and with threatening
details as 4,500 people will lose their jobs while Blackberry lost $1 billion
in the second quarter.
Posted in Blackberry, Smartphones
Thursday, September 19, 2013
BBM to be available for download on iOS and Android this weekend
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:27 PM
A day after
announcing its new smartphone Blackberry Z30, Blackberry limited has announced
that its highly awaited messaging app will be coming to the two platforms this
weekend.
Posted in Blackberry, internet
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Blackberry announces its biggest and most advanced smartphone
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 6:39 PM
After the bad
reception of Blackberry 10 devices like the Blackberry Q10 and Blackberry Z10,
the Canadian company has tried once again to regain its stance in the
smartphone market with a new, bigger, faster, and improved smartphone.
Posted in Blackberry, Smartphones
Saturday, September 7, 2013
BBM for iPhone awaiting Apple’s approval
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:07 PM
Blackberry promised
in May that it will release its popular messenger app BBM to other platforms
like Android and iOS in the summer.
Posted in Apple, Blackberry
Friday, August 9, 2013
Blackberry open to taking the company private
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 11:11 PM
According
to reports from Reuters, Blackberry is looking to take the company private to
give it a better chance of surviving in the increasingly hard smartphone
market.
Reuters
report that Chief Executive Thorsten Heins and the company’s board is
increasingly coming around to the idea that taking Blackberry private will give
it room to improve and solve its problems.
Posted in Blackberry, Smartphones
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
BBM to be available to Samsung galaxy users in Africa
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 11:07 PM
After
announcement by blackberry in May of this year and a prediction that Blackberry Messenger may be available as early as September this year, it seems it is
becoming a reality faster than we thought.
Posted in Blackberry, Samsung
Friday, July 26, 2013
Blackberry BBM could be available for iOS and Android as soon as September
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:03 PM
Earlier in
the year, Research in Motion (RIM) Company Blackberry announced that its
popular messenger application, BBM, is coming to iPhones and Android powered
mobile phones. It seems the wait may soon be over as it could be available by
late September.
Posted in Blackberry, internet, Smartphones
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