| RIM Delays Phone, Shares Plunge 15% Wall Street Journal Research In Motion posted a large quarterly loss, as sales fell 33%, and said the launch of its new BlackBerry phones will be delayed until next year. RIM said it would cut 5000 jobs. See all stories on this topic » |  Wall Street Journal |
Businessweek
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Research in Motion Ltd. plunged 17 percent before Friday's opening bell, after the BlackBerry maker said it will delay the launch of critical new phones and revealed that its business is crumbling faster than thought.
See all stories on this topic »Smart phones to get warnings of storms, flooding
San Francisco Chronicle
Attorney Bob Burns already gets a lot of information from his smart phone, but he welcomes the prospect of getting a little more - free warnings about life-threatening weather from a sophisticated new government system. Beginning Thursday, the new ...
See all stories on this topic »RIM to cut 5000 jobs, delay new phones
Businessweek
TORONTO (AP) — Struggling BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Thursday it will delay the launch of new phones deemed critical to the company's survival and revealed its business is crumbling faster than thought.
See all stories on this topic »Bad weather coming? NWS will send warnings right to your phone
Los Angeles Times
Getting an unexpected message on your smartphone from someone you don't know is usually very, VERY, annoying, but if that message can save your life? Well, maybe it's not so bad.
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| Can Windows Phone 8 save RIM? VentureBeat After Research in Motion's disastrous earnings report yesterday -- with a loss of 37 cents a share, an additional BlackBerry 10 delay to 2013, and the reveal that it would cut 5000 jobs -- it's no surprise that shareholders are desperate for a fix. See all stories on this topic » |  VentureBeat |
Forbes
Research In Motion might be on the road to failure, but give them credit for this: they intend to do it on their own. According to a report from Reuters, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer approached RIM in recent months about cutting a deal similar to the ...
See all stories on this topic »BlackBerry 10 Phones Delayed as RIM Posts Huge Loss, Announces Job Cuts
eWeek
Officials with the troubled phone maker said the BlackBerry 10 devices will come out in early 2013, and that they will cut 5000 jobs to help save $1 billion in costs.
See all stories on this topic »GPS Tracking via Satellite Phone with RedPort Optimizer
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
RedPort Global, leaders in marine satellite data and voice routers and services, today announced the launch of GPS tracking service with the RedPort Optimizer. When connected to a GPS-enabled satellite phone or terminal, Optimizer works as a GPS ...
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