Canadian Tire has selected BlackBerry as its official smartphone for its corporate team across Canada. Employees from across the Canadian Tire family of companies, including Canadian Tire Retail, Canadian Tire Financial Services, Mark’s and FGL Sports (Sport Chek, Sports Experts,…
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BlackBerry reported financial results for the three months and fiscal year ended March 2, 2013. The company posted a second quarter of profits, and sold 6 million smartphones, including a million BlackBerry 10 devices. In another development, BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis…
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BlackBerry has added new television content for BlackBerry10 users in the U.S. Kevin Conroy (President, Digital and Enterprise Development, Univision Communications): More than three quarters of the U.S. Hispanic population own a smartphone and they outpace their non-Hispanic counterparts in…
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There were over 30,000 new applications added to the BlackBerry platform over the past seven weeks, says BlackBerry. The company now has more than 100,000 applications for the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone on the BlackBerry World storefront. Martyn Mallick (Vice President, Global…
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Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin, who together founded BlackBerry, have partnered again to establish Quantum Valley Investments, a $100 million private fund focusing on quantum information science. Quantum Valley Investments is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Mike Lazaridis: Nothing you see…
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BlackBerry recently received an order for one million BlackBerry 10 smartphones, in what is the largest single purchase order in the company’s history. BlackBerry is tightlipped about who placed the order, and calls the mystery buyer a ‘BlackBerry Partner’ in…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Android and iOS, the number one and number two ranked smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, combined for 91.1% of all smartphone shipments during the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12), according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Android…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] BlackBerry has appointed two new directors to the company’s board — Richard “Dick” Lynch, retired executive vice president of Verizon Communications and Bert Nordberg, former CEO of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. With the additions of Mr. Lynch and…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] A lineup of brands and applications have committed to the BlackBerry 10 platform, says Blackberry. Around 1,000 app partners will be making their applications available on the BlackBerry World storefront. BlackBerry vice president of Global Alliances and Business Development,…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Alicia Keys is BlackBerry’s new global creative director. Ms. Keys will be leading new business initiatives that drive engagement with BlackBerry and perception of the brand. In her new role, Ms. Keys will work with app developers, content creators,…
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