Cyprus lawmakers approve key bills aiming to secure broader bailout package
By Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cyprus lawmakers have approved three key bills aiming to secure a broader bailout package and stave off imminent bankruptcy. The bills passed late Friday include a key one on restructuring banks, a second on restricting financial transactions in times of crisis, and one setting up a [...]
BlackBerry CEO calls iPhone outdated
The chief executive of BlackBerry says Apple’s iPhone is outdated. Thorsten Heins made the comment a day before the much-delayed new touchscreen BlackBerry goes on sale in the U.S. Heins also said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday that a new keyboard version won’t be released in the U.S. until two or [...]
Pinterest offers new tool, lays base for money-making features
By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Online scrapbook Pinterest is rolling out new tools that will show businesses the number of visitors it delivers to their websites, part of the fast-growing start-up’s efforts to forge closer ties to companies and build a base for the introduction of money-making features. The latest offering—known as Pinterest [...]
Shaw customers fuming after millions of emails deleted
Shaw customers are fuming after a technical issue caused millions of unread emails to be inadvertently deleted from the company’s server late last week. Alan Fryer says he was frantically trying to check his messages Thursday afternoon when the outage occurred, affecting about 70 per cent of Shaw’s customers. “I was in a meeting and [...]
New BlackBerry coming to the US on March 22
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion will launch its new touchscreen smartphone in the U.S. with AT&T on March 22. The release will come several weeks after RIM launched the much-delayed devices elsewhere. AT&T said Monday said the Z10 will be available for $199.99 US with a two-year contract. Sales of the device began in the U.K. [...]
Ex-BlackBerry chief Jim Balsillie sells his shares
Former BlackBerry chairman and co-chief executive Jim Balsillie no longer holds any shares of the Canadian company he once helped run, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The regulatory filing didn’t say when during 2012 he sold his shares in the in the Waterloo, Ont.-based company or for how much. At [...]
Jim Balsillie no longer has BlackBerry shares
Former BlackBerry chairman and co-CEO Jim Balsillie no longer holds any shares of the Canadian company he once helped run, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As of the end of last year, Balsillie had sold all of his shares in the Waterloo, Ont.-based company, according to regulatory filings. At the [...]
New BlackBerry phone debuts in Canadian stores
Canadians who have clung to their aging BlackBerrys finally have an upgrade. The company behind the once-dominant smartphone debuts its new touchscreen device—- the BlackBerry Z10 —- today in stores across the country. The move comes after several delays left some longtime BlackBerry fans sticking with their older phones or switching to a competitor’s phone. [...]
BlackBerry chooses more traditional route to drum up buzz over Super Bowl ad
By David Friend, The Canadian Press TORONTO - After a week of massive hype for its new smartphones, BlackBerry has decided to remain secretive about its Super Bowl commercial in an effort to squeeze every bit of juice out of the pricey advertising campaign. The Waterloo, Ont.-based company, formerly known as Research In Motion (TSX:RIM.TO [...]
BlackBerry shares continue slide after launch underwhelms
A day after the glitzy party to launch the company’s new line of smartphones, BlackBerry shareholders’ hangover continued Thursday as the stock extended its four-day slide. BlackBerry shares were trading hands at $12.86 US on the Nasdaq, down seven per cent on the day. That slide was a continuation of Wednesday’s action, when shares in [...]