December 1, 2010
RIM recently removed popular messaging app Kik from the BlackBerry app store. The only reason given for the removal was “breaching contractual obligations”. But according to a Canadian court filing, RIM has now sued Kik for patent infringement. It is n…
Tags: bbm, blackberry messenger, kik, law, legal, News Worthy, Patent Infringement, patents, RIM
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November 23, 2010
Samsung has already racked up 600,000 Galaxy Tab sales and the iPad still dominates the tablet market, so where does that leave the competition? In really good shape, apparently. Ittai Kidron, an analyst with Oppenheimer, predicts that Research In Moti…
Tags: hardware, maximum tech, mobile, News Worthy, playbook, Research In Motion, RIM, slate, tablet
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November 17, 2010
Reports earlier in the day seemed to make it pretty clear that BlackBerry maker RIM had reached an agreement with Indian authorities regarding access to their encrypted email system. The word was that India would get access to encrypted BlackBerry user…
Tags: business, encryption, mobile, News Worthy, Privacy, RIM, Security
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November 17, 2010
Oh, it’s on like Donkey Kong (don’t sue us, Nintendo). Jim Balsillie, head honcho over at Research In Motion (RIM) had plenty to say about Apple’s smartphone business model during an on-stage interview at a Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, AFP reports….
Tags: app, hardware, maximum tech, mobile, News Worthy, Research In Motion, RIM, Software
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November 16, 2010
One of the most important aspects of any mobile device in this day and age is the quality of the browsing experience. While the iPad is understood to have a great browser, it might have met its match in the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook. RIM is going al…
Tags: Adobe Flash, blackberry playbook, Browsers, html5, maximum tech, mobile, News Worthy, playbook, RIM, tablets
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November 5, 2010
The hits just keep on coming for RIM as Dell has apparently decided to encourage their employees to use phones the company actually makes. The Wall Street Journal reports that about 25,000 Dell employees will be moved to devices like the Windows Phone …
Tags: android, dell, News Worthy, RIM, venue pro, Windows Phone 7
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November 1, 2010
Market analytics firm NPD has just finished culling the last quarter’s data, and the results are great news for one search company out of Mountain View. Apparently, the Android operating system is now far and away, the fastest selling mobile platform f…
Tags: android, ios, Market Share, mobile, News Worthy, npd, RIM
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October 25, 2010
When RIM introduced the BlackBerry PlayBook, a real live demo of the device was conspicuously absent. At today’s Adobe MAX conference, RIM put some of these doubt to rest by showing off the tablet in all its QNX-running glory. CEO Mike Lazaridis demoed…
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