Older Generation Adopting to Tablets and Technology? Newsstand Apps Prove So

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If you’re unfamiliar with Distimo, they are an app analytic company dedicated to application stats from the leading mobile app stores. In sum, they tell you what’s hot and what’s not when it comes to mobile applications. They’ve recently released their latest publication, iPad – Two Years In Review. While looking through it some interesting findings have come up which I’d [...]

RIM Stocks Up, Rumours Start

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   Research in Motion’s (RIMM) stock rose today over 5%,  is continuing to climb, and is currently sitting at 14.19 per share, apparently for no reason.  One analyst, Collin Gillis with BGC Partners spoke with Tiernan Ray of Barrons and said “that the proximate cause, as far as he can tell, is discussion that Samsung Electronics is looking to [...]

Press Release: Research In Motion Names Thorsten Heins President and CEO

•    Board Acts on Recommendation of Co-CEOs to Implement Succession Plan •    Mike Lazaridis Named Vice Chair of the Board •    Jim Balsillie Remains a Director •    Barbara Stymiest Named Independent Board Chair •    Prem Watsa Named Independent Director Waterloo, ON – The Board of Directors of BlackBerry® maker Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: [...]

RIM Lists “Top Tips” For Making More Money From Your Apps on BlackBerry App World

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Ronjon Nag, VP of BlackBerry App World has put together a very useful “top tips” list for developers to make more money from their apps in App World. Check out what he had to list below: Optimize Your App Your App Name Is Key Have fun with your app name, but keep it simple and [...]

RIM Reports 3rd Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results

RESEARCH IN MOTION REPORTS THIRD QUARTER FISCAL 2012 RESULTS Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today reported third quarter results for the three months ended November 26, 2011 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated). Highlights: [...]

RIM Announces Third Quarter Provision Related To PlayBook Inventory and Confirms Commitment to Tablet Market; Provides Update to Q3 and Fiscal 2012 Guidance

Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today announced that it would record a pre-tax provision in the third quarter of fiscal 2012 of approximately $485 million, $360 million after tax, related to its inventory valuation of BlackBerry PlayBook tablets.  The charge is expected [...]

MobiHand Evaluating Strategic Alternatives

It has been reported that MobiHand owed a significant amount of dollars to several developers, MobiHand responds with the following blog post: MobiHand was founded seven years ago by software industry veterans committed to providing responsive and cost-efficient services to developers of mobile applications. Through that entire period of time MobiHand has maintained a nearly [...]

Circulo by Samgbx, creativity mixed in with simplicity

No TB7?  No worries.  The developers who love to theme are hanging in there and I say thank-you.  Though they are understandably upset as no TB7 means a loss of revenue from all those OS7 users, I’m glad they are sticking around and making themes for the older devices.  Samgbx is one of them.   He [...]

RIM remains Canada’s top corporate Research & Development Spender

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Here’s some positive news for RIM on this Friday. Research In Motion is once again Canada’s top corporate spender on research and development, reports therecord.com. RIM actually boosted its spending on research and development by 26% to $1.3 billion in 2010 which represents about 6.8 per cent of its revenue. “RIM has been investing heavily [...]

Press Release: Poynt Surpasses 10 Million Users Worldwide

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CALGARY, ALBERTA, Oct 11, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Poynt Corporation CA:PYN +11.11% (“Poynt Corp.” or the “Company”), a global leader in mobile local search and advertising, today announced that since the launch of the Poynt App (“Poynt” or the “App”) in June 2008, Poynt has been downloaded and used on over 10 Million iPhone, [...]

RIM and Tech Data Announce Distribution Agreement for BlackBerry Solutions Targeted at Small to Mid-Sized Businesses in the U.S.

TDMobility Operated through Tech Data and Brightstar Joint Venture to Offer Value-Added Resellers a Single Source for BlackBerry Devices, Software and Support Services Waterloo, Ontario and Clearwater, Florida – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ: TECD) today announced a new agreement that enables Tech Data to distribute BlackBerry® [...]

Research In Motion Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results

WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Sept. 15, 2011) – Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today reported second quarter results for the three months ended August 27, 2011 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated). Highlights: Revenue in the second quarter was $4.2 billion [...]

RIM Focusing On Future Strengths – Challenges Ahead

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  TORONTO (Reuters) – Research In Motion is set to report sharply lower earnings and revenue after markets close on Thursday, as a raft of new BlackBerry smartphones arrived only late in the quarter.