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RIM in Limbo: Next-Gen BlackBerry Phones Delayed to Late 2012
With BlackBerry 10 smartphones delayed until late 2012, the next year is going to be pretty awkward for Research in Motion.
For nearly another year, the company will have to peddle phones based on BlackBerry 7, an operating …
Apple Reportedly Buying Up 8-inch Touchscreens to Build Smaller iPads
In October 2010, the late Steve Jobs made an unexpected appearance on an Apple earnings call, telling analysts and reporters how his company’s iPhone had blown BlackBerry phones out of the water, how he thought Android wasn’t …
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Don’t Pine for Bill Gates, Microsoft Fans
Putting the kibosh on one of 2011′s biggest non-stories, Bill Gates has said he isn’t going to return to full-time work at Microsoft. Thank heavens. His current gig as a philanthropist matters far more than anything he might …
Why Buying a Cheap Smartphone Isn’t So Dumb Anymore
A couple years ago, it seemed like most tech writers offered the same smartphone buying advice: Spend what you must and buy the best.
At the time, the advice made sense. Free and cheap smartphones were generally awful, so you …
How Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android Left BlackBerry in the Dust
In short: innovation, execution, and a near-maniacal focus on the user experience. With the dramatic rise of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android devices, it’s easy to forget that just a few years ago BlackBerry was the …
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Muggers Demand iPhone, Turn Down Android
Here’s some unconventional market research. According to NBC New York, a pair of robbers stopped three different people recently, each near Columbia University in Manhattan. In each instance they demanded that the person hand …
Big Deal: A Major New Player (eBay’s PayPal) Enters the Daily Deal Market
Without question, Groupon has been a tremendous business success story thus far, inspiring the legions on copycat daily deal sites, along with the previously unheard-of notion that coupons can, in fact, be cool. The latest major …
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Is Your Cell Phone Listening in on You?
Carrier IQ and other smartphone apps allow for unprecedented surveillance. And it’s all legal.
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