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  • End of the keyboard: BlackBerry switches off products as focus shifts to software

    BLACKBERRY SWITCH OFF

    Blackberry has pulled the plug on its iconic device as it switches off its mobile phones for good.

  • IT provider Softcat soars in full year results amid strong demand

    IT services provider Softcat reports record full-year results to 31 July 2021 amid strong public sector demand and corporate recovery

  • Avengers, Assemble – Marvel’s superhero franchise can teach your business how to tackle digital disruption

    It’s fair to assume that for Marvel fans sitting down to watch the recently released Avengers: Endgame, their first thought won’t be what it teaches us about digital disruption – they’ll be wondering how the dream team will defeat the Mad Titan Thanos, and who will still be standing when the credits roll. However, with [...]

  • Blackberry completes $1.4bn deal for AI firm Cylance

    February 22, 2019

    Blackberry has completed its $1.4bn acquisition of US artificial intelligence company Cylance. The deal will drive forward the development of Blackberry Spark, the Canadian company’s secure communications platform for the Internet of Things. Read more: Blackberry buys artificial intelligence firm Cylance for $1.4bn Cylance will continue to operate as a separate business unit within the [...]

  • Facebook shares down after investigation reveals true extent of data-sharing with other tech giants

    December 19, 2018

    Facebook’s shares fell 6 per cent today after an investigation revealed the company gave big tech companies far greater access to users’ personal data than it had previously admitted. The social media giant let Microsoft’s Bing search engine see the names of virtually all users’ friends without their permission, according to reports. The New York [...]

  • Blackberry buys artificial intelligence firm Cylance for $1.4bn

    November 16, 2018

    Blackberry has today confirmed it is acquiring Cylance, a US artificial intellig​ence and cyber security firm, for $1.4bn (£1.1bn). The deal is expected to close before the end of Blackberry's current financial year in February 2019, pending regulatory approval. It is thought Cylance will work as part of Blackberry's Enterprise of Things (EoT) division, Blackberry Spark, [...]

  • BlackBerry announces more job cuts as reorganisation takes hold

    May 25, 2015

    BlackBerry has announced that it will make job cuts as it consolidates. However, the struggling Canadian smartphone maker declined to say how many jobs would go, and where specifically the cuts would fall. A statement from the firm said: “We have made the decision to consolidate our device software, hardware and applications business, impacting a [...]

  • Blackberry quarterly revenue falls to lowest in almost a decade in the fourth quarter

    March 27, 2015

    The figures Blackberry has posted profit in the fourth quarter of four cents per share, or $20m, a turnaround on the last quarter when it made a loss of eight cents per share. The Canadian tech company was ahead of expectation – a loss of four cents per share had been expected. However, revenue fell 47 [...]

  • BlackBerry share price falls back after it denies Samsung takeover talk

    January 14, 2015

    Telecoms firm BlackBerry sent its shares back down by more than 16 per cent in after hours trading last night, after denying that it had engaged in talks with Samsung about a multi-billion dollar buyout. Reuters reported last night that smartphone manufacturer Samsung had sent high level executives to meet with BlackBerry equivalents last week [...]

  • BlackBerry offering to pay $550 to iPhone owners who switch

    November 26, 2014

    BLACKBERRY has taken an unusual step to push its new Passport smartphone into people’s hands, by paying them to swap their iPhone for it. In the US and Canada, BlackBerry is offering customers up to $550 (£348) to trade any iPhone since 2011 for the business-orientated Passport. The offer to pay people to take its [...]

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