RIM claims to have 15,000 apps for BlackBerry 10 in two days

(Cross posted from BlackBerryScoop) IDG News Service – It’s starting to look like the BlackBerry store will be well stocked with apps when Research In Motion launches BlackBerry 10 at the end of this month. The company held an event over the weekend where it offered app developers incentives to port their programs to the BlackBerry 10 platform and managed […]

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BlackBerry, Apple TV among things to watch this year

(Cross Posted from our sister site, BlackBerryScoop): IndyStar.com – Making predictions is dicey business. But here are some of the areas that I’m keeping an eye on in 2013: RIM comeback? These haven’t been kind times for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, which probably did more to usher in the smartphone era than any other company. By last January, […]

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Exclusive: Another company dumping Blackberry for iPhone

According to two unnamed sources, a company called Victaulic which makes Piping Systems and related products for business and industry has told most of its employees that it will be switching from Blackberry to iOS during the 1st and 2nd Quarters of 2013. Blackberries have been used by the company for years.

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RIM to cut 5,000 jobs – delays new operating system

TORONTO (AP) — Struggling BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Thursday it will delay the launch of new phones deemed critical to the company’s survival and revealed its business is crumbling faster than thought. The Canadian company posted results for its latest quarter that were worse than analysts had expected. It’s cutting 5,000 jobs […]

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