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Jan

30

2012

Does RIM Have What It Takes To Catch Up To Android, iOS and Windows Phone?

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by Joe Sirianni
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As many know by now, the mighty duo of CEO’s at RIM, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have stepped down only to promote one from within.  Taking over as single and only CEO of Research in Motion is Thorsten Heins, a four year COO who worked closely under Jim and Mike.  In recent news, he’s [...]

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Jan

18

2012

Samsung Shoots Down Rumors Of Possible RIM Purchase

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by Roy Alugbue
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Talk about being in an awkward position for RIM. After previously hearing Samsung was among the major companies interested in acquiring RIM, Samsung went ahead and shut down any notion and rumor they are purchasing the company. In fact, Samsung spokesman James Chung adds Samsung hasn’t “considered acquiring the firm and are not interested in [...]

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Dec

30

2011

U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share for November 2011 Reported by comScore

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by Jack Holt
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comScore, famous for measuring the digital world released data from the comScore MobiLens service today. It reports key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during a three month average period that ended in November 2011. During the study, more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers were surveyed and it was found that Samsung was still [...]

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Dec

7

2011

Handster to Lend a Hand to Developers, Bringing Android Apps to the RIM PlayBook

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by Stacy Bruce
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The BlackBerry PlayBook has potential to be a formidable Android Tablet, especially since it is receiving a big update in February of 2012 that will add the Android App Player to it. Also, earlier today we showed you how to root the PlayBook, giving access to the Android market. Now, it already seems that the world [...]

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Nov

19

2011

Google’s Chris DiBona Calls Out Mobile Antivirus Companies

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by Jim Farmer
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Google’s Open Source Programs Manager, Chris DiBona, recently posted a to his Google+ page a rant of sorts calling out mobile antivirus companies. “Sometimes I read an article about open source that drives me nuts. A recent one stated, without irony, that ‘critics have been pounding the table for years about open source being inherently [...]

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Oct

6

2011

comScore number are in: Google and Samsung continue to dominate

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by Robert Nazarian
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It’s that time of the month again when comScore releases their report on mobile subscriber market share for smartphones in the U.S. Things haven’t changed much from last months report in which Android and Samsung dominated. For the 3-months ended August 2011, Google’s Android OS represented 43.7% of the market which is up 5.6% from [...]

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Oct

5

2011

Supposed RIM Employee Says BBM For Android Is Real And May Be Coming Soon

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by Joe Sirianni
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Well, here’s a post I never thought I’d write.  In the midst of all the rumors and debunking floating around, a tipster over at TechnoBuffalo spilled the beans regarding the popular Blackberry Messenger application hitting Android and revealed some inside info along with a couple of shots of the app in action.  In the wake [...]

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Sep

26

2011

Android Shows Steady Growth In Millennial Media’s Newest Mobile Mix Report

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by Justin Routhier
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The Mobile Mix report for August 2011 was released over the weekend and awards Android the gold metal for 54% of overall impressions in a seemingly two-man race for traffic across the Millennial Media mobile advertising network. iOS nabs silver with 28%, RIM limps behind with 13% for the bronze and Microsoft seems to have [...]

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