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The company announced Wednesday that it finally, officially would stop designing and producing its own smartphones. The post BlackBerry’s Rise and Fall in 10 Phones appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading BlackBerry’s Rise and Fall in 10 Phones
The company will stop manufacturing the phones. Continue reading The BlackBerry, As We Know It, Is Over
BlackBerry today reported its fiscal second-quarter sales and said that it will stop making its iconic smartphones and focus on its software business. The Verge adds: BlackBerry has announced that it plans to stop making its own phones as the strugglin… Continue reading BlackBerry Says It’s Done Designing and Building Its Own Phones
Reader da_foz writes: A Canadian was reentering Canada when he was arrested and charged with hindering or obstructing border officials. At the time traces of cocaine were found on his bags and he was carrying $5,000 in cash. He provided his smartphone … Continue reading Canadian Fined For Not Providing Boarder Agents Smartphone Password
A little-known feature of many modern smartphones is their ability to duplicate video on the device’s screen so that it also shows up on a much larger display — like a TV. However, new research shows that this feature may quietly expose users to a simple and cheap new form of digital eavesdropping.
Dubbed “video jacking” by its masterminds, the attack uses custom electronics hidden inside what appears to be a USB charging station. As soon as you connect a vulnerable phone to the appropriate USB charging cord, the spy machine hijacks the phone’s video display and records a video of everything you tap, type or view on it as long as it’s plugged in — including PINs, passwords, account numbers, emails, texts, pictures and videos. Continue reading Road Warriors: Beware of ‘Video Jacking’
In what can be seen as a turning point for BlackBerry, the Canadian iconic company has filed a patent lawsuit against internet telephony firm Avaya. BlackBerry claims Avaya has infringed eight of its U.S. patents, and that BlackBerry should be paid for… Continue reading BlackBerry Enters New Phase Of Patent Monetization, Sues Internet Telephony Firm Avaya
BlackBerry, which once assumed the tentpole position in the mobile market, announced on Tuesday the BlackBerry DTEK 50, its second smartphone powered by Google’s Android operating system. The Canadean company is marketing the DTEK as the ‘world’s most … Continue reading BlackBerry Says Its New Android Smartphone DTEK 50 Is the ‘World’s Most Secure’
An anonymous reader writes: BlackBerry CEO John Chen said he is “disturbed” by Apple’s tough approach to encryption and user privacy, warning that the firm’s attitude is harmful to society. Earlier this year, Chen said in response to Apple resisting th… Continue reading BlackBerry CEO ‘Disturbed’ By Apple’s Hard Line On Encryption
From a Reuters report:The beleaguered tech company continues its shift to software. BlackBerry will stop making its Classic smartphone, 18 months after launching it in an effort to entice users who prefer physical, rather than touch, keyboards, the Can… Continue reading BlackBerry’s ‘Classic’ Smartphone Is About to Disappear
Blackberry has transitioned its devices, in turn, to touch-based Blackberry 10 and Android systems, but it has thus far always kept at least one classic smart phone in the market. But that’s finally changing this week: Blackberry has announced that it will no longer make the BlackBerry Classic.
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