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Okay, but how about a Raspberry Pi device with a BlackBerry keyboard designed for Beeper?
One thing you can definitely say about Eric Migicovsky: he seems to be having a lot of fun. The Pebble founder left a three-year stint as a partner at Y Combinator to co-found the chat aggregation app
Cybercriminals who targeted Ukraine are actually Russian government hackers, researchers say
For years, Russian government hackers have used several made-up personas to hide their tracks and try to trick security researchers and government agencies into pointing the blame in the wrong directi
The trailer for ‘BlackBerry’ just dropped, and you have to watch it
Everyone has a story about their first BlackBerry. But no one cares if you had a 6230, Bold 9700 or, 7130e. They were groundbreaking phones for a time, and this upcoming movie gives a backstory. It st
Someone made a BlackBerry movie starring Dennis from ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
We all knew this day was coming. With the film world hungry for failed tech fodder on the heels of titles like The Drop Out and WeCrashed, some producer was bound to hit upon BlackBerry on the way to
Sikur touts a new secure Android phone for enterprise, gov’t comms
It’s been many years since the BlackBerry was the corporate phone du jour. Touchscreen phones and the “bring your own device” trend put an end to all that. But the concept of dedicat
BlackBerry phones once ruled the world, then the world changed
It’s easy to forget now in the age of Apple and Android, but at one time, BlackBerry owned the business smartphone market. You could have your Motorolas and your Nokias and your Samsungs, but fo
Seriously, it’s time to get rid of that classic BlackBerry, for real now
The long, lonesome death of the classic BlackBerry brand hits another milestone tomorrow, as the company finally will end access to legacy services. Users still hanging onto devices running BlackBerry
BlackBerry and Baidu deepen autonomous, connected car partnership
BlackBerry and Chinese search engine giant Baidu have agreed to expand a partnership that aims to give automakers the tools they need to launch next-generation connected and autonomous vehicles in Chi
BlackBerry shares rocket upwards on AWS deal to integrate sensor data in vehicles
BlackBerry shares shot up in early trading on news that the company will partner with Amazon Web Services to jointly develop and market its vehicle data integration and monitoring platform, IVY. Blac
BlackBerry makes China push as the OS for Xpeng smart cars
The once-pioneering BlackBerry is pretty much out of the smartphone manufacturing game, but the Canadian company has been busy transitioning to providing software for connected devices, including smar
BlackBerry’s smartphone brand switches hands again, set to return as a 5G Android handset
A good brand is hard to kill. Over the past several years, the smartphone space has seen a resurgence of once-mighty mobile brands making a comeback with various degrees of success. HMD’s Nokia phon
Is Zoom the next Android or the next BlackBerry?
As someone who was at both BlackBerry and Android during their heydays, my biggest learning takeaway is that product experience trumps everything else.
BlackBerry and TCL will end their handset partnership in August 2020
Big changes are ahead for BlackBerry and TCL as the smartphone market continues to see slowing growth. The pair announced today that they would end their four-year brand licensing and tech support par
Amazon drives deeper into cars with new Alexa partners, Echo Auto expansion
Amazon is no longer content trying to dominate the home. The ecommerce giant made several announcements Monday ahead of CES 2020 that target the car, including partnerships with Lamborghini and Rivian
Canada’s True North conference is not your typical tech event
From the venue and the flashy event website, Waterloo, Ontario’s True North conference (in its second year) doesn’t seem all that distinct from a laundry list of other major tech events th
Goodbye BlackBerry Messenger
Just over a month ago, Emtek announced the end of BlackBerry Messenger for consumers. The once-mighty messaging service had a good run, outstripping the popularity of its hardware namesake. Launched i
The consumer version of BBM is shutting down on May 31
It might be time to move on from BBM. The consumer version of the BlackBerry Messenger will shut down on May 31. Emtek, the Indonesia-based company that partnered with BlackBerry in 2016, just announc
The right way to do AI in security
Artificial intelligence applied to information security can engender images of a benevolent Skynet, sagely analyzing more data than imaginable and making decisions at lightspeed, saving organizations
Pioneer Square Labs is invigorating Seattle’s startup ecosystem
How the startup studio's "validation engine" has made it one of the best company builders in the business.
BlackBerry sues Twitter for patent infringement
BlackBerry, the former smartphone maker, is suing Twitter for alleged patent infringement. If this sounds familiar, it may be because BlackBerry filed a patent infringement suit against Facebook last