Blackberry

Roughly six miles away from Benzinga's Southfield, MI office is a little-known retail outlet from Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), one of the biggest players in smartphone manufacturing. Built by Wireless Giant in 2007, the BlackBerry Store is located in Farmington Hills, MI. Nestled in between...

The company was on top of the world. Now it's on the cusp of bankruptcy, an asset shakeup, or some other development that will undoubtedly change the face of the BlackBerry maker. It all started with the simple announcement that Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) had hired a couple of banks to "...

Believe it or not, this company could turn itself around. April Fools! Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is in the toilet. To put it more delicately, things aren't looking good for the BlackBerry maker, which reported a massive loss, missed estimates, suspended guidance, and a round of management...

In an attempt to claw its way back to the top, Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) has released an incredibly necessary update for its PlayBook tablet. In what some might say is a gesture of “too little too late” proportions, the minds behind Blackberry have launched PlayBook OS 2.0 software...

When hundreds of thousands of consumers purchased a Kindle Fire last Christmas, they had no idea what they were getting. It turns out that the $200 tablet they acquired just happens to be a slightly modified version of a $500 tablet that no one wanted: the ill-fated PlayBook from Research in...

It has become a popular belief in the U.S. that without an iPhone or Android, you are falling behind the times. With Blackberrys increasingly being seen as a thing of the past, it seems most users have turned their back on the once dominant smartphone. What some may be surprised to know is that in...

Roughly six months ago, Amazon was on the verge of acquiring Research in Motion. That's according to a Reuters exclusive, which claims that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) hired an investment bank this summer to review a potential merger for the BlackBerry maker. While some have questioned the validity of...

These stocks are downright scary. It's that time of the year again. A time when grown men and women dress up as their favorite film, TV and video game characters, all in the name of partying on a holiday that was once reserved for candy-seeking children. Of course, I've never felt that it was...

Want free games? Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) has you covered. The company is taking a familiar approach to corporate rehabilitation by offering BlackBerry consumers – who were royally screwed last week when the company's services went down – the chance to download a plethora of free games...

Coincidence or scientific proof that people are trading in their BlackBerry's for iPhones? Over the last six month, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) success has had an inverse affect on Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM). While this might not come as a surprise to the million people who have pre-ordered the...

Users in Europe, Africa and the Middle East can't send e-mails or surf the web. They can't send BBM messages either, which pretty much takes the “smart” out of Research in Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) “smartphone.” The company tweeted about this crisis earlier today, saying, “Some areas have messaging...

Galaxy S II details may be coming tomorrow, but that's not the only announcement the company is making this week. In addition to the long-awaited smartphone, Samsung is prepping a new cross-platform mobile chat service called ChatON. According to TechCrunch, the service is expected to launch in...

First Motorola, Next BlackBerry. With Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) recent acquisition of Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) for $12.5 billion, is Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) next up for auction? Mid-February, Research In Motion was trading just under $70 a share. Tuesday, the stock is down to $27 per...

With the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony set for less than a year from today, security will be a top priority for police as rioting rages on. Today, representatives of more than 200 national Olympic committees are in London for meetings about logistics and accommodation, according to...

According to the Wall Street Journal, Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is thinking of selling one of the most important parts of its company: the patent for previewing photographs. This is incredibly important because this is the same patent that has Kodak currently involved in litigation with...