Thorsten Heins was presented to Wall Street as the new CEO of Research in Motion, following Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis departure after two decades in charge. The new CEO of RIM is originally from Munich. He joined RIM four years ago, from the industrial giant Siemens, where he initiated and built his career after completing his professional […]
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Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian company that is famous for making Blackberry, have lost the battle to retain their two founders and CEOs after 20 years at the company. Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis has left their positions after immense pressure from investors in the group, who required a change of strategy to stay competitive against […]
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Smartphones these days are something more than a cell phone and a personal digital assistant. These devices are social networking hub on the move and pack powerful web browsers to surf the internet. However, with all these tech gismos, the power supply can be compromised. Most of the smartphones these days last one day after […]
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3. Nokia Lumia 710 Although the 710 was to cater to the less-expensive smartphone market segments, the phone comes with a number of features to go neck-and-neck with high-end handsets. The phone was one of the two new devices launched by the Finnish company in 2011 and so far both Lumia 710 and 800 are […]
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Research In Motion (RIM) made some new progress in revamping its top management to cater to the problems it has been facing for the last two years. Co-CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, will stepped down from their position, making way for Thorsten Heins to the office. Heins, who has worked at RIM in the […]
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However, in the light of current scenario in the market and the situation of the company, following are a few suggestions that might help please both investors and customers. 1. Hire some new faces to Team-Blackberry Suffice it to say that investors aren’t terribly impressed that the new CEO of RIM is a company insider. […]
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5. Android as an option Heins needs to make a decision and he needs to make it fast. BlackBerry 10 is still months away. And even if it was available tomorrow, the platform has little to no support from developers. Much like Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop did when he took over at Nokia, Heins might […]
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7. Outsourcing the Blackberry OS One of the major reasons for Android to give a hard time to Blackberry, and iOS for that matter, is the open-source approach by Google. The number of Android-powered smartphones has always been more than iPhones and Blackberrys because Android can be and is adapted by any company from Samsung […]
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The two renowned Smartphone manufacturers of the world, Intel and Samsung are set to merge their operating systems: Bada and Tizen respectively to overcome the popularity of Android operating system. Android brand has led to remarkable success last year but has also brought problems: Apple disputes the claim for infringement of several of its patents. […]
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Wikipedia has shut down its English-language service for 24 hours protesting against anti-piracy bills that according to critics might amount to censorship. A bleak statement on Wikipedia website states, “Imagine a World without Free Knowledge, for over a decade; we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopedia in human history. Right […]
Once Apple, Inc.’s indispensible part, the co-founder of the company, Steve Wozniak, registered his reservations on the iPhone while talking to the media. He was primarily comparing the smartphone his best friend and fellow comrade in launching the most successful technology company with Google’s mobile operating system, Android. While talking to the media, Woz, as […]
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In addition, the tech maestro of his age mentioned the GPS and navigation system in Apple. He clearly compared the GPS in iPhone to the same in Android-based smartphone. He said he prefers the Google-based navigation application because it has fewer limitations and is easy to be used. The reason why Android is ahead of […]
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