Tagged: RIM & News
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So who is Thorsten Heins, RIM's new CEO? News
23.01.2012 Thorsten Heins has quite the job on his hands as new CEO of beleaguered company Research in Motion (RIM). -
Heins is new CEO at RIM as Balsillie and Lazaridis step down News
23.01.2012 The two co-CEOs who presided over BlackBerry maker Research in Motion’s (RIM) meteoric rise and spearheading of the smartphone a decade ago and of course its slow, steady demise... -
The digital business week News
23.01.2012 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
Samsung not interested in buying RIM News
18.01.2012 Samsung has said it is not interested in acquiring BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) after reports suggested that RIM’s co-CEO Jim Balsillie had met with Samsung. -
What the tech industry landscape will look like in 2012 News
13.01.2012 By 2020, the global ICT industry will reach revenues of US$5trn – US$1.7trn larger than today – and 80pc of the industry’s growth will be driven by third platform technologies...Tags: IT spending, IDC, Big Data, Internet of Things, M-Commerce, Tablet Computers, Microsoft, IBM, Facebook, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Amazon, Netflix, Smartphones, Cloud Computing, iOS, Android, Google, VMWare, RIM, HP, Windows 8, SAP, Oracle -
Visa approves new smartphones for NFC payments News
10.01.2012 Visa Europe has certified NFC-enabled smartphones from RIM, Samsung and LG Electronics for use as payment devices using the Visa payWave app at the point of sale. -
Apple iPhone 4S still the most desirable smartphone in market News
09.01.2012 Apple’s iPhone 4S is still the most sought-after smartphone in the market more than two months after its release. However, Samsung is catching up fast, a new ChangeWave survey...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Communications -
The digital business week News
09.01.2012 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Financial, Financial Results, Internet, Leadership & Management, Mobility, Telecommunications -
RIM to name new chairman - report News
03.01.2012 Research in Motion (RIM) co-founders and co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie may give up their posts as co-chairmen of the board under pressure from shareholders, the... -
The tech predictions for 2012 News
03.01.2012 Siliconrepublic.com editor John Kennedy goes through his tech predictions for 2012 from the fabled Apple TV and iPad 3 to the impact of Windows 8 and hybrid cloud on the... -
The tech year in numbers News
26.12.2011 A rundown of some of the major facts and figures that 2011 has to offer.Categories: Sales, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Financial Results, Consumer Tech, Apps, Analysis -
Enterprise Ireland: record ‘new exports’ above €1bn achieved in 2011 News
21.12.2011 Enterprise Ireland said this morning that client companies' export sales grew in 2011 to exceed the pre-recession record levels of 2008. New export sales in excess of €1bn are...Tags: Third Level, R&D, Start-ups, Job Creation, IBM, RIM, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Ireland, Exports -
Weekend news roundup News
19.12.2011 A trawl through some of the tech stories covered in the weekend papers around the world, including a glimpse into the life of billionaire Sean Parker, how BlackBerry maker RIM... -
RIM revenue increases 24pc for Q3 of fiscal 2012 News
16.12.2011 BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) drew revenue of US$5.2bn for the third quarter of fiscal 2012, marking a 24pc increase from US$4.2bn in the previous quarter. -
RIM banned from using ‘BBX’, changes it to BlackBerry 10 News
07.12.2011 RIM has been prohibited from using ‘BBX’ as the name of its new mobile OS at BlackBerry DevCon Asia after software company BASIS won a temporary restraining order. RIM has since... -
RIM fires executives for drunken behaviour on flight News
06.12.2011 BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has fired two executives over their drunken behaviour after a transpacific Air Canada flight they were on had to be diverted to... -
RIM expands device management to include iOS and Android News
29.11.2011 BlackBerry maker RIM has broken away from its tradition of supporting BlackBerry-only devices and has expanded into the multi-platform mobile device management marketplace with... -
Kindle Fire costs US$201 to make – Amazon can afford to be generous News
18.11.2011 Amazon’s newly released Kindle Fire media tablet has a bill of materials (BOM) that amounts to US$185.60 but which rises to US$201.70 when manufacturing expenses are added, IHS...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Google pulls Gmail app from BlackBerry News
10.11.2011 Google will no longer offer or support its Gmail email app for BlackBerry users as of 22 November and will instead focus on building a "great Gmail experience in the mobile... -
Adobe to stop development of Flash Player for mobile - report News
09.11.2011 Adobe has reportedly told a number of developers it would be ceasing the development of its mobile version of Flash Player.