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BlackBerry continues launching handsets that come with the latest BlackBerry 10, the most current version of the mobile operating system from Canadian manufacturer. The second gadget to be launched with this OS is the Q10, a version with the famous physical keyboard to what has already been launched with the Z10. In other words, we are looking at the same smartphone, only with a lower resolution screen, square face and a smartphone with more – much more – corporate. Inside it features a Snapdragon S4 dual-core running at 1.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM and 16 GB of internal space. The screen is 3.1 inches with a resolution of 720 x 720 pixels and flashy and amazing physical keyboard is just below it.

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Fake BlackBerry Messenger app infects users in AL - Info Online

São Paulo – The official app of the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for iOS and Android has not yet been released by the company, but cybercriminals managed to infect hundreds of users by means of a false application.

The program has been identified by Kaspersky Lab as “Blackberry Messenger – BBM” and was present in the app store like Play Store, Google.

This application was focused on English-speaking users, but analysts at Kaspersky evaluated an application available in Latin America and found that it was a fake and no developer relations company BlackBerry.

download the application and accept the “terms and conditions”, a program called “Airpush” is installed along with the fake BBM.

This app may collect certain information, including the Android ID, IP address, modify or delete data from the SD card, a list of applications that are running and installing and removing the file system of the phone.

“terms and conditions” faux BBM Airpush also mentions that you can receive internet content and interact with their geographical location. In addition, the program also serves as an adware, displaying unwanted advertisements on mobile.

According to Kaspersky, the fake BBM has been removed from the Play Store, but obtained the data from more than 300 IDs during the few hours that he was active. And this number may represent an even greater amount of Android devices infected.

To protect yourself, Kaspersky suggests always check the application information before you download it as data from the developer, the app entry in the Play Store and monitor official announcements of companies.

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BlackBerry Q10 is an absolute commercial failure - Tecmundo

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BlackBerry smartphone Q10 is considered a commercial failure whatsoever. The statement is the The Wall Street Journal, one of the most respected publications in the world economy. The publication would have had access to a report of product sales and sorts the results so far as “dark”.

addition to not fulfilling the expectation of sales, the newspaper claims to have heard from an owner of 16 Verizon stores many of the products sent to your establishment eventually returned to the manufacturer. The company has not yet manifested on the subject.

In recent fiscal quarters, the BlackBerry has been collecting losses and the situation does not seem encouraging for the coming periods. Launched in April this year, the model does not charted in sales and should not be the savior of the Canadian company to company executives imagined.

BlackBerry Messenger for iOS and Android is increasingly ... - Tecmundo

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It’s a matter of days that the BlackBerry Messenger is released for iOS and Android. Proof of this is that the company’s Canadian website blurted page welcome application version for the operating systems, providing up download links on Google Play and the App Store (which were broken, but there).

After

realized the mistake, the site returned to normal, with the announcement that the application “is coming” – but now you can not hide: it is possible that new versions of Messenger are available before the end of August .

Previously, the release date for the BBM was July 27. Even the service manuals have been leaked on the net.

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[BlackBerry Z30 appears in new video] - Mobile Xpert

After several pictures and leaked information, the new BlackBerry smartphone has now appeared in a video in high resolution showing the Z30 from all possible angles.

The new BlackBerry Z30 continues the design line chosen in its predecessor, the Z10. The smartphone also has a 5-inch OLED screen 720p, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro dual-core 1.7 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and Adreno GPU. During the video we can see beyond the usual output microUSB output microHDMI, curved edges on the screen and a beautiful finish and resembles the Motorola RAZR HD.

The BlackBerry is desperately in need of something to put back on the market, but with settings that are behind the current line and tops without bringing anything new exciting apparent, it becomes increasingly difficult see a promising future for the Canadian manufacturer has already announced that they are looking for solutions to the crisis, including the possibility of selling the company.

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BlackBerry messaging application will be independent - Kioskea

The BlackBerry must transform the BlackBerry Messenger application into an independent company, according to sources from the Wall Street Journal. The objective is the enhancement of the app, as the company goes through a crisis and even went on sale.

So, the BB should mount a take executives to play the subsidiary shall have the name BBM Inc. Various tools should be incorporated into the new company is in addition to the message as video chat and BBM Channels already disclosed that compete with Twitter.

The messaging application enters the market competing with Skype, WeChat, Whatsapp and Twitter. However, now enters the ring at a disadvantage when compared to the numbers of WhatsApp.

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The BlackBerry is undergoing restructuring and is studying several options for the future of the company – among which is the possibility of selling. But more recent reports give account of another strategic step that Canadian technology can adopt: make BlackBerry Messenger a company apart.

The information is advanced by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that cites sources with limited knowledge of the facts. The idea of ??moving an application message to a subsidiary that will have to name – BBM Inc. – may have advantages and disadvantages for the company led by Thorsten Heins.

The creation of a spin-off would BlackBerry to financially exploit one of its most valuable assets. BBM will hit iOS and Android operating systems by the end of September, which will increase the value of the software. This would also be a way to entice buyers to the main company, showing that the technology is profitable products.

On the other hand, not hing guarantees that the BlackBerry Messenger go succeed ecosystems rivals. Thus, the BBM Inc. could quickly go bankrupt or be integrated in new Canadian technology group.

The WSJ report says that the BlackBerry had already developed versions of the BBM platform three years ago, which included including a version for computers. The company has chosen not to make the launch and saw new formidable competitors arise as Skype, WhatsApp, iMessage, Hangouts, Facebook Messenger and Viber.

BlackBerry Messenger has evolved in recent years to respond to the appearance new applications messaging and now allows video calling and screen sharing phone – features available for users of BlackBerry 10.

The BBM Channels, a form of interaction similar to Twitter brands and personalities which may have a more direct connection to users, is a feature that is expected and can contribute to the growth of the 60 million users that the application currently has.

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Univision buying BlackBerry 2000 Q10 - Baguette (press release)

BlackBerry, even in bad shape, still retains some of its strength in the corporate sector. The Canadian company said on Monday, 26, selling 2000 units of its smartphone Q10 for Univision, Mexican giant of communications.

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negotiation, Univision will upgrade all smartphones the company and invest in creating new applications for the system BlackBerry 10, BlackBerry World through the store, including the creation of TV applications the cell.

Univision, which has more than 60 channels of local broadcast television and 70 radio stations to Hispanic audiences in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, invested in Blackberry due to its credibility in the business, the company said in a statement .

Furthermore, according to Christopher Furst, CIO of Univision, the BlackBerry has developed services dedicated to the work processes of the company, with features of cloud and BYOD.

“Univision has a workforce that operates at a fast pace in various countries. Our goal is to offer a mobility platform to develop the company’s potential and keep them connected to business, “said Stephen Bates, Senior VP of Corporate Accounts Global BlackBerry.

According to Univision, the demand for digital video increased among Hispanic audiences. Over 75% of the U.S. Hispanic population has smartphones, and online video consumption has increased by 282% over the past five years.

With the partnership, the Mexican network will provide their content via mobile, in Spanish and English.

Although the BlackBerry is well behind the competition in the smartphone market – losing badly to leaders Android and iOS, and falling to fourth place behind Windows – the name fort built in business is still a valuable asset of the company.

Earlier this year, the Canadian corporate registered the largest order in its history, selling 1 million devices Z10 for an undisclosed customer, in a deal estimated at around U.S. $ 72 million.

This appeal in the corporate segment may weigh in favor of Canadians in a possible negotiation, since the beginning of August the company was officially put up for sale to interested investors.

The company said it tries to increase the value and popularity of BlackBerry 10, but what alternatives can be taken for the future, ranging from a partnership, going to complete the sale of its operations for someone who is interested in their products, technologies and services.

With the rumor of a possible sale, the manufacturer shares jumped 7.6%, a return considerable considering that the company had already sunk about 18% in the stock market this year.

BlackBerry considers separate messaging - Info Online

São Paulo – BlackBerry is considering separating its instant messaging service and organize this operation into a separate company, the Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter. The subsidiary will be called BBM Inc, the newspaper said.

BlackBerry has made changes in the management team of the BBM service operations and working on offering products other messages, including some tools already available for BlackBerry users, such as video chat, published the diary.

The company is considering making BBM available on personal computers, the newspaper said, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.

BlackBerry spokesman declined to comment.

The company said earlier this month that it was considering options that could include asset sales.

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BlackBerry: company has made changes in the management team of the BBM service operations and working on offering products other messages

São Paulo – BlackBerry is considering separating its instant messaging service and organize this operation into a separate company, the Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter. The subsidiary will be called BBM Inc, the newspaper said.

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BlackBerry has made changes in the management team of the BBM service operations and working on offering products other messages, including some tools already available for BlackBerry users, such as video chat, published the diary.

The company is considering making BBM available on personal computers, the newspaper said, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.

BlackBerry spokesman declined to comment.

The company said earlier this month that it was considering options that could include asset sales.

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BlackBerry App messaging company must become ... - Digital Look

About to release the use of BlackBerry Messenger on competing platforms for the first time, you want to turn your BlackBerry messaging service into an independent company called BBM Inc.

The idea, according to sources from the Wall Street Journal, is to enhance the application on a crisis that has forced up the BlackBerry to offer for sale. The company is mobilizing to mount the executive team that will play subsidiary.

Various tools should be incorporated into the BBM in addition to messages. Some already available to clients of BB as video chat, and others that introduce the brand in new markets. An example is the already announced BBM Channels that battery front with Twitter.

The app then compete with products like WhatsApp, etc. WeChat., plus Skype and Twitter. But now enters the fray at a disadvantage, as WhatsApp, for example, has over 200 million users as BBM has about 60 million.

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Thorsten Heins, chief executive of BlackBerry has 55.6 million reasons to not have to worry much about a potential acquisition of the company, or even be fired for potential new owners of BlackBerry

It was necessary to reach 2013, launching a new generation of its operating system and also two smartphones – which in some markets managed to outperform competitors including Android weight – so that the uncertainty about the future of BlackBerry even more intense. In fact, for more than the Canadian giant has attempted to reverse its poor market situation, the results turned out to be the exact opposite of their expectations.

But there are those who definitely do not go to waste in the midst of so much uncertainty: the chief executive of BlackBerry, Thorsten Heins. According to the information put forward by Bloomberg, the fact that the continuity in the company may be affected by a potential acquisition could benefit you in 55.6 million dollars.

According to a plan approved by the company and its investors, Heins is entitled to receive 55.6 million dollars if away from their current position for new owners of BlackBerry. The figures relate to salaries, incentives and other perks of the current CEO.

This information came at a time when the company’s future is far from assured, and the possibility of being sold are placed on the table – a possibility that has raised the value of its shares by 19%.

In other words, Heins seems to have 55.6 million reasons to want to sell the company, especially if you look at his failure in key markets like the U.S., where the company has been losing market share to rivals like Windows Phone. Sell ??the BlackBerry, however, may be far from an easy task to accomplish: the company has encountered numerous difficulties in attracting potential buyers (although Lenovo has expressed interested), even though owning a patent portfolio valued at values ??greater than 5 billion dollars.

President of BlackBerry maker wins with 41.8 million ... - News to the Minute

CEO of phone maker Blackberry, Thorsten Heins, will raise 55.6 million dollars (41.8 million euros) if you sell the company and be removed from office, financial news agency Bloomberg today.

This is the value that the manager may receive in case of a change of control of Blackberry and Heins is removed from office, according to a document quoted by Bloomberg.

This amount, which includes salary and incentives, based on the stock prices of BlacklBerry late in the fourth fiscal year.

The plan was approved by the general meeting of shareholders, to July 9.

phone maker’s shares rose 19% last week with rumors that the Canadian company may be bought or taken over by private funds, bringing hope to investors.

This week, the company said that the administration is considering a potential sale, as well as partnerships.

The businessman Prem Watsa, the largest shareholder of the Blackberry, will leave the administration, which increased the rumor that this may have a role in the salvation of BlackBerry, which has lost market share to competitors Apple and Samsung.

However, finding potential buyers may not be an easy task, since financial institutions JPMorgan Chase & Co and RBC Markets have been trying to contact interested parties for almost a year, but without great success, told Bloomberg sources associated with the process.

Heins was named chief executive of BlackBerry in January 2012, replacing co-founders and chairmen Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, who left after the shareholders dictate a “shakeup” in management.

At the time, Heins was chief financial officer, having entered the Blackberry in 2007, after two decades at Siemens AG.

President of BlackBerry can raise sales with 41.8 million ... - Economic

Shares of the company rose 19% last week, with rumors of sale.

CEO of phone maker Blackberry, Thorsten Heins, will raise 55.6 million dollars (41.8 million euros) if you sell the company and be removed from office.

This is the value that the manager may receive in case of a change of control of Blackberry and Heins is removed from office, according to a document quoted by Bloomberg.

This amount, which includes salary and incentives, based on the share prices of BlacklBerry the end of the fourth tax year.

The plan was approved by the general meeting of shareholders on 9 July.

phone maker’s shares rose 19% last week with rumors that the Canadian company may be bought or taken over by private funds, bringing hope to investors.

This week, the company said that the administration is considering a potential sale, as well as partnerships.

The businessman Prem Watsa, the largest shareholder of the Blackberry, will leave the administration, which increased the rumor that this may have a role in the salvation of BlackBerry, which has lost market share to competitors Apple and Samsung.

However, finding potential buyers may not be an easy task, since financial institutions JPMorgan Chase & Co and RBC Markets have been trying to contact interested parties for almost a year, but without great success, told Bloomberg sources associated with the process.

Heins was named chief executive of BlackBerry in January 2012, replacing co-founders and chairmen Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, who left after the shareholders dictate a “shakeup” in management.

At the time, Heins was chief financial officer, having entered the Blackberry in 2007, after two decades at Siemens AG.

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Meet the BlackBerry Simulator 10.2 - Tecnologia.com.pt

The BlackBerry 10 is the mobile operating system developed and used in the company’s mobile devices like the BlackBerry and the BlackBerry Z10 Q10.

The company is working on a new version and presented the simulator, ie, the beta version of the system, which can be downloaded via this link.

The bluetooth system is from now officially supported in the new version of the simulator . This means that it will be possible to synchronize a device with BlackBerry 10, a keyboard, mouse or to any other Bluetooth device, while testing application.

The system has been redesigned and has new features. Daryl Martin of BlackBerry underlines the ability to view and interact with 3D view of having the camera as an aid. Last but certainly not least, the Android developers can now use Android 4.2 Jelly Bean in the simulator.

Like most resources in the simulator, Jelly Bean needs a good hardware and “this updated version Table 9.1.2, and so there are numerous improvements in our OpenGL support,” added Daryl Martin.

Android Jelly Bean is already preparing compatibility with BlackBerry 10.2 Beta SDK. The final version is expected later this summer.

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Gabriel Coimbra: "I see great alternative to the BlackBerry" - Business Journal - Portugal

BlackBerry continues to give everything to get around à crisis, but Gabriel Coimbra, managing director of IDC Portugal, admitted in declaraà § Unknown to Business, do not see the â € œgrande alternativaâ? ? for the company, which fights directly with giants Google and Apple.

BlackBerry came to the market say that is for sale. After having launched new “smartphones” with a completely different operating system, its closest competitors, the Canadian maker back to basics with the presentation of its latest device.

Despite the demand for a solution, the company does not seem to be able to reverse the decline. According to the “Financial Times”, BlackBerry users fell from 79 to 72 million in the last six months, and sales of the new model 9720, do not indicate that the market share of the group may again be significant, reaching now below 3% compared to 5% the previous year.

“It’s hard to see any way to BlackBerry. Has been losing market share to the iPhone (with OS iOS) and Google, with Android, the level of smartphones without a keyboard, “added the same source.

Gabriel Coimbra recalled that sales of Blackberry rumors had intensified a year ago, “but it never happened, there was no interest from anyone.”

And now, even if it is sold, the consultant in the area of ??information technologies considers the scenario that will not change. “I do not see Microsoft being interested in buying, when to invest in new Windows Phone and also no manufacturer will want to enter this race of giants.”

According to the investment bank Jefferies, “Lenovo (Chinese company) would be the buyer longer available, but we think the U.S. government will block the acquisition based on the grounds of national security.”

“The new equipment (such as BlackBerry 10) did not appear in the right timing and the company also lost its position at the corporate level, because other alternatives emerged ensuring security,” said the same source.

However, Gabriel Coimbra added: “I do not say that it is inevitable that the BlackBerry will disappear, but two years ago they lost their massification of smartphones.”

In 2012, the Android operating system had a share of 68.8%, leading the market, followed by Apple’s iOS and BlackBerry with 18.8% in third with 4.5%. Last year, the market share of Windows Phone has not surpassed 2.5%, still below the 3.3% of Symbian (Nokia’s operating system).

Already this year, according to forecasts from last March, IDC estimates that Android climb to 70.9%, gaining market share to iOS loses to 18.3%, while the BlackBerry falls to 3.9%. In 2013, IDC predicts that Windows Phone to be 4.6%, with the migration of Symbian falling to 0.7%.

managing director of IDC Portugal admits that the share of BlackBerry will still be lower, because of the latest news.

In IDC’s projections for 2017, Android will continue to lead destacadíssimo with a share of 65.1%, followed by iOS with 17.8% and 12% with Windows Phone. In March, the projections for the BlackBerry 2017 was a share of 3.7%.

this ranking operating systems, IDC also takes into account that Linux will a 2% share to stabilize at 1.5%. And with MeeGo from Nokia that still appears in 2012, with a share of 0.1% and no longer appears in this year.

BlackBerry opens Tech Center in Rio de Janeiro - Tecmundo

As part of the BlackBerry Academic Program, a comprehensive program of funding and support aimed at students and mobile application developers, the BlackBerry, in partnership with PUC-Rio, inaugurated this week the room BlackBerry Tech Center in Brazil.

This program serves two purposes: to provide constant training, space and resources for students and developers to create and test new mobile applications, in addition to supporting their entrepreneurship helping to generate business opportunities.

Foreign Minister of Canada, John Baird, attended the opening ceremony of the Tech Center. “The PUC-Rio has a long history of collaboration with Canada, especially with the University of Waterloo. Partnership between BlackBerry and PUC-Rio for the opening of the Tech Center will stimulate innovation, create jobs and bring growth and prosperity for the two countries and in international markets, “he said.

BlackBerry Tech Center is located at PUC-Rio. It will be open during the week and will feature a team of technical experts to support developers working with the BlackBerry platform.

The Blackberry was no battery to continue to walk alone - Business Journal - Portugal

Blackberry à put up for sale. This Estrata © gia is part of a plan operated by the Canadian company to survive in the competitive market â € œsmartphonesâ??. The company that once produced your mobile vel â € œA shall have?? ¡Ã is now looking for alternatives that pass by sale or by a partnership, after its new line of your mobile LEVELS do not have got the garner more customers.

Blackberry was slow to react to market changes, according to analysts. The first group model, sold in 1999, was a success in the business world, by focusing on the security of your email and your messages.

More than a decade later, and some models of the company evolved, unlike the devices of their rivals. “It’s not the end of history, but the current model of Blackberry came to an end,” said Ben Wood, analyst at CCS Insight. “The Blackberry can not proceed alone. It was slow to boot up in the era of smartphones and was not able to close the gap to Apple and Samsung whose leadership proved impossible to achieve. “

According to the “Financial Times”, Blackberry users fell from 79 to 72 million in the last six months, and sales of the new model does not indicate that the market share of the group may again be significant, reaching is now below 3% compared to 5% the previous year.

Not the end of history, but the current model of Blackberry came to an end.

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The group will meet to consider all options, with the air of speculation that the company may form a partnership or separate their business areas. The uncertainty surrounding the Blackberry is very large, for although in the past many were interested, from Lenovo, the Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook, banks warned investors to value loss of subscribers and also on the uncertainty of intellectual property of the product group.

But the biggest concern is the same policy. According to the investment bank Jefferies, “Lenovo (Chinese company) would be the buyer longer available, but we think that the U.S. Government will block this acquisition based on the grounds of national security.”

shares lost one-third of June

shares of Blackberry lost more than one-third of June, but today, Tuesday, are gaining 5% to $ 11, valuing the company at 5.3 billion dollars, about 3.98 billion, almost one-eighth of a market capitalization of the company reached just three years ago.

However, this week, and to counteract the tendency of the market, the securities of a Canadian company are experiencing a rise above 4%, bringing gains to nearly 23% over the past 12 months. The fact that the company is considering a possible sale or partnership is to be the motto for the good performance of the shares.

group once led the mobile phone market was overtaken by Apple and Samsung. Revenue and subscribers decreased dramatically. All hopes were deposited in the new model, the “Blackberry 10″, whose sales have proved weak.

On the other hand, Apple, whose shares slid 25% in the last 12 months, are registering a rise of more than 2% as a result of the news we realize that the launch of the new iPhone is coming soon. Also recently, the U.S. company won a major rival Samsung in over a dispute over patents.

Berenberg analysts explain that the company has some intellectual property, the result of some acquisitions in the last five years, worth 4.5 billion dollars, but experts believe they have lost 75% of its value.

right decision

The message is simple. The Blackberry just in its independently. Left investors ask whether the decision to sell or create a partnership should not have come sooner. Not necessarily. First, sales of the new model of Blackberry are dismal, leading to market share going from 5% to less than 3% in just one year. On the other hand, the data confirms that there is space in the market for a third operating system, in addition to IOS and Android.

Windows doubled shipments of mobile phones for almost nine million, primarily due to sales of Nokia models. This drive that Windows found was exactly what we were looking for a Blackberry. With over 70 million users and a new model completely revised, the group tried to create a chance of surviving. This was a reason enough to try to get the bronze medal, when she had this hypothesis.

Before the latest rumors on sales of the new model, the shares were trading at $ 16 at the beginning of the year, but subsequently dropped to nine dollars. Still, this figure is much higher than the six U.S. dollars hit by Blackberry titles a year ago. The cash flow of the company is three billion dollars, about six dollars a share, or more billion a year ago.

Exposed

the facts, things did not go well for the Blackberry, but the attempt to try to relaunch was undoubtedly the best option to take, writes this Tuesday the “Financial Times” Lex column.

Opinion: Six Reasons why Microsoft should buy the BlackBerry - CIO

motibvos Among many, the acquisition is one of the best ways of Redmond giant boost your business mobile phone

Preston Gralla, Computerworld / USA

August 14, 2013 – 8:40 a.m.

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One of the best ways for Microsoft to boost its mobile phone business, for there late, is to buy a BlackBerry. Why buy a mobile phone company quickly going to burado? There are plenty of reasons – here are the six most important, in my opinion.

is a perfect match for the business focus of Microsoft
Microsoft’s core business is the enterprise software – Windows, Office, Server and Tools. The core business of the enterprise is also BlackBerry. The hegemony of Microsoft corporate world was wound by the movement of BYOD because lets iOS and Android devices introduce new ecosystems in companies. The BlackBerry is valued by companies for their secure servers and networks.

BlackBerry Enterprise Solutions were developed precisely to make it impossible for parties not invited to take part in a confidential dialogue. This is achieved based on servers that do not store any kind of data or information that travels on your network. Under this technology, RIM is unable to provide copies of keys to decrypt data. Technically it is impossible to open encrypted emails on BlackBerry devices.

The New York Times reports that “in its most recent quarterly report, the BlackBerry claims to have about 72 million users worldwide, most of which generating monthly service fees by sending data over the network secure company. ” There is clearly a great synergy here for Microsoft.

Microsoft gain market share
The latest figures from IDC shows Windows Phone share with a market share of 3.7% worldwide, compared to 3.1 % a year ago. The BlackBerry has 2.9% market share. Buy BlackBerry would give Microsoft a market share of 6.6%. Given that Windows Phone took a year to grow by only 0.6%, this would be a big increase. Over time, Microsoft would change BlackBerry users for the Windows Phone platform, and increase their presence, especially in business.

Engineers The view
Steve Ballmer for Microsoft is to turn it into a business devices and services. It turns out that Microsoft had been not essentially a hardware company so far, and therefore does not have on its staff many hardware engineers. It takes a long time to recruit them and hire them. Buy the BlackBerry immediately give Microsoft a substantial core of experienced engineers in mobile technologies and also designers who could work not only on smartphones, but also in other Microsoft device.

Patent
The New York Times notes that “analysts generally suggest that the intellectual property of the BlackBerry is much more attractive than its ecosystem, including some of its software and its various patents phones. “In today’s litigious world of technology, patents can be used to harm competitors and generate income by licensing. Microsoft uses its patent to extract licensing fees from many manufacturers of Android devices. The exact numbers are secret, but estimates vary between a minimum of 430 million dollars aso year for up to $ 3.4 billion in 2013. Anyway, that’s a lot of money. It is not guaranteed that the BlackBerry has patents that could be used that way. But certainly, the possibility is high and increased ammunition to face war patent is always a good measure.

The acquisition would give Microsoft an advantage in future market SmartCars
A huge mobile phone market is currently in dispute: automotive vehicles. There is no doubt that all cars will soon become mobile and smart devices. Nobody dominates this market yet. Buy the BlackBerry would give Microsoft an advantage. The BlackBerry has the QNX Software Systems, which built the operating system that powers the BlackBerry 10. What few people know is that the same operating system is being used by GE, Cisco, and General Motors OnStar in their service, as well as lines BMW and Audi.

According to the report in The New York Times, the BlackBerry has plans to “use other QNX technologies and its global network of data only to allow the auto companies to update the software of the vehicle by means of wireless networks and to monitor the mechanical condition of the vehicle. “Microsoft could do that and go beyond, making Windows Phone or Windows the default OS of smart cars.

BlackBerry can be cheap
Of course, by itself, the BlackBerry has no future. So the company can probably be compradoaa bargain price. Microsoft is rich. It’s time to take a good use for the money, and BlackBerry mobile would be a good investment, at reasonable cost.

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buyer for BlackBerry is to be a difficult task. Several times the Canadian multinational had shown signs of being on sale, including statements of the Executive Director, Thorsten Heins, who in May said that this would be a possibility, although not the first choice for the future of a company that is quickly getting no options.

Three months later, the announcement that Blackberry wants a buyer, made on Monday with the news that it has formed a committee to study strategic options, has only one interpretation to Francisco Jeronimo, an analyst at IDC in London: “Of course there is interested. What they are saying is ‘we can not find a buyer, we are available to offer.’ “

BlackBerry has to offer a financial positive, with about three billion dollars (2300 million) in cash and short-term investments, and no debt. Has technology: the latest operating system, BlackBerry 10, failed to interest consumers, but it had good reviews from analysts and the specialized press (on Tuesday, the company launched a new model, equipped with the previous operating system). In turn, the system 10 is based on the BlackBerry called QNX is used in other industries, including the automotive industry.

There is also the messaging system itself, once very popular and it has recently been extended to other platforms, with the release of apps for Android and iOS, Apple. And the BlackBerry also has a patent portfolio that is a valuable asset in the telecommunications industry – was because of the patents that Google bought Motorola Mobility for 12,500 million dollars (9,400 million euros at current exchange rates).

“The company has not only the business smartphones , but also the business of mobility services. Potential buyers or partners may be competitors in these areas of business or technology manufacturers who are interested in the large patent portfolio, “explains the PUBLIC Bill Menezes, an analyst at Gartner in the U.S.. “Other potential buyers are investors who can see an opportunity to profit by dividing the company,” taking it out of the bag and separating the mobile communication services.

Any investor, however, will also buy the risks of a business in freefall. The company has almost lost the thread of consumers and are seeing enterprise customers move to competition, although this is a slower process. Gartner has bleak prospects for the BlackBerry, estimating that next year, less than 1% of phones shipped to retail across the world will be the brand. In 2016, according to this analyst, only one in 100 will users of these mobile phones.

Potential buyers

Microsoft could be a buyer considers Francisco Jeronimo, especially the technology of BlackBerry aimed at the business market. “Consumers are killed for the BlackBerry segment, without any possibility of conquering”, says flatly.

Microsoft has had a slow growth. The system Windows Phone this year surpassed the BlackBerry and has become the third smartphone platform with more market share, but the share remains small. The IDC data indicate that, in the second quarter, the Android system led with 79.3% market share, followed by iOS with 13.2%. Windows Phone had 3.7% and the BlackBerry 2.9%. There is no official indication that Microsoft is interested.

Already the Chinese manufacturer Lenovo is being cited as another potential buyer. The multinational company has a strong position in the market of smartphones in China, which is just behind the Samsung, but has a smaller presence in other territories. In addition, HP is on the heels of the race for the title of world’s largest manufacturer of PC – but this market is shrinking, unlike mobile phones and tablets.

In March, the Executive Director of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, said the purchase of the Canadian manufacturer “might make sense”, but it was necessary to analyze the business. Speaking to Bloomberg, a spokesman for the company said that now is not being made any assessment for an acquisition.

intention to purchase by Lenovo still raise a political problem: most U.S. utilities use BlackBerry and the American government would not let this type of services to be provided by a Chinese company.

No purchaser, the BlackBerry looks set to shrink. “Becoming would a niche or a service provider and smartphones very specific, at best,” predicts Bill Menezes, Gartner. Francisco Jeronimo, IDC says would “continue to lay off, cut costs,” but believes that there will be interested, if the value of the business down for the right price.

BlackBerry launches smartphone with old version of operating system - TeK.sapo

The BlackBerry 9720 is the latest smartphone from Canadian technology and stands out from all the alignment of the company in 2013 for being the first device to be released without the BlackBerry 10, the latest version of the system mobile operating. With QWERTY keyboard and dedicated key to BlackBerry Messenger, the phone seems to be aimed at a segment of younger users.

After having launched the Z10, Q10 and Q5, all with BB 10, the company led by Thorsten Heins back in time and launches model 9720 with version 7.1 of the operating system.

With a touch screen of 2.8 inches and a resolution of 480×360 pixels, the BlackBerry 9720 has also a central navigation key addition to the remaining 35 backlit keys. The processor is 800Mhz, 512MB RAM, the photo sensor rear is five megapixels and the phone supports 3.5G networks

The equipment will reach Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America in the coming weeks, according to the statement of company and does not have a defined trading price. The TeK already contacted the BlackBerry to see if the device will come to market Portuguese.

Choosing the BlackBerry 7.1 operating system turns out to be the big differentiator of the latest devices launched by Canadian technology. At a time when the BB10 should be the sole focus of the company reaches over a phone with an operating system dated.

It is possible that the BlackBerry 9720 was already at an advanced stage of development, but also could have been canceled to avoid cannibalizing Q5 and Q10.

The company is currently discussing a possible way out of the stock market, a sale to other companies or software licensing.

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BlackBerry ponders sale of the company - Economic

BlackBerry today announced the creation of a commission to study strategic options including the sale of the company.

“Given the importance and power of our technology, and the evolution of competition in the industry, we believe this is the right time to explore strategic alternatives,” reads a statement signed by Timothy Dattels, administrator of the BlackBerry that will ‘chairman ‘committee that will define the future of the company and which also participate CEO Thorsten Heins and JP Morgan as advisor.

Among the options under consideration are participating in joint ventures, the establishment of partnerships and the sale of the company. Another solution could be to remove the company’s stock. The market has speculated on this scenario since Dattels, old framework of Goldman Sachs and manager of ‘private equity TPG Capital, was appointed in 2012.

After the initial success of the e-mail BlackBerry, the company has been unable to compete with Apple, Samsung and Google. The launch of the latest model, the BlackBerry 10, has not lived up to expectations.

Shares of BlackBerry accumulate losses on stock 18% since the beginning of the year, record that contrasts with appreciation of 11% achieved the technology sector with a presence in the S & P 500.

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BlackBerry shoots 10% with any sale of the company - Economic

Bags U.S. closed session on mixed terrain, with titles from BlackBerry to shoot 10% with the possible sale of the company.

Shares of BlackBerry soared 10.45% to $ 10.78, after the maker of smartphones announced today the creation of a commission to study strategic options including the sale of the company.

And this on a day when the U.S. stock markets ended the session mixed zone between the losses of the Dow Jones Industrial Index (-0.04%) and the S & P 500 (-0.11%) and the gains from technological Nasdaq (-0.27%).

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condition was lower than expected growth of the Japanese economy. In addition, U.S. investors look forward to the report of retail sales in the U.S., considered an indicator proxy situation of private consumption.

In business terms, it also notes the securities of Apple, which rose 2.84% to $ 467.36, after winning a new legal battle against Samsung in relation to the use of patents.

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Blackberry one step closer to getting the sale - Economic

New models were not enough to give back to the company. Actions react to the new plans for high administration.

Blackberry administration admits the possibility of coming to put the company up for sale, following the recent uncertainty over its course. A committee with some members of the current administration, with the aim of studying ways to improve the value and scale of the Blackberry, which can pass through partnerships or sale of the company. Already last year, JP Morgan and RBC Capital Markets were hired as consultants to help set a course, at the time, the president of Blackberry said a sale was not “the main direction” in the equation, something that seems to have changed , however.

shares of Blackberry have been punished this year (-11%), following the trend of handset sales, which have fallen far below expectations. The new Blackberry Z10, for example, have been presented too late, when the new emerging competitors betting iPhone and Android devices with the software were conquering slices important market.

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BlackBerry studying options, including selling the company - Público.pt

Sell the company to partner or partner with other companies. These are the options that are on the table for the BlackBerry, which announced on Monday the formation of a committee to study strategic options.

“We believe now is the right time to explore strategic alternatives,” he said, quoted by the BBC, Timothy Dattels, board member who will chair the new committee. The announcement of the creation of the new committee coincided with the resignation of Prem Watsa of directors of BlackBerry. Watsa is the representative of Fairfax Financial, the company’s largest shareholder.

IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo believes that the news on Monday makes it “clear” that the BlackBerry was looking for a buyer and could not find interested. “I never said publicly that they were looking, now they’re saying it.” Jerome classifies this ad as a “strategic mistake PR”, because it removes both the confidence of the consumer segment customers as to the business segment, a market that is particularly important for the Canadian manufacturer, now that most consumers are focused on the iPhone and the many Android.

The company wants to find ways to increase sales of devices with BlackBerry 10, the latest operating system manufacturer, unveiled in January, after repeated delays, and three models of the brand team, two of them with physical keyboard. The system received positive reviews, but sales have been slow.

BlackBerry, whose phones were known primarily by physical keyboard and the messaging system, is having difficulty adapting to the era of smartphones with touch screen market, which is dominated by Apple and Android. According to analyst firm IDC, in the first quarter of this year, the BlackBerry yielded third place on mobile phones with Windows Phone, a situation that remained in the second quarter, when the Canadian manufacturer of the platform had a market share of 2.9% against 3.7% system from Microsoft, which is used by several manufacturers, but whose sales are mainly Nokia models.

In May, the BlackBerry has created an application to start providing the messaging system for users of iOS and Android.

The company, which abandoned the name Research In Motion, announced the latest release of results $ 84 million of losses (63 million euros) in the three months ended June 1st of 3100 revenues and millions of dollars ( 2300 million).

By late afternoon, the shares rose more than 10% in both the New York Nasdaq, as the Toronto Stock Exchange, since any such sale will involve the purchase of shares.

Article corrected to 19h26: mobile phones with BlackBerry 10 were revealed in late January, not February, as it was written.

BlackBerry wants partnership with Parque Tecnológico de Alagoas - Alagoas 24 Horas

The global vice president of government relations for the BlackBerry, David Paterson, was in Maceio on Tuesday, 06, at a meeting with the Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation of Alagoas (Secti / AL), Eduardo Setton, to discuss new partnerships between multinational technology and the Government of Alagoas, through secti. The meeting was attended Evangelist BlackBerry, Demian Borba, the director of government relations and institutional Brazil and South America, Leticia Lewis, Director of Marketing and Canada, Lynda Chau, and other company representatives.

The meeting aimed to introduce the BlackBerry Parque Tecnológico de Alagoas, which will be built in Jaragua, along with Polo Information Technology, Communication and Services, and the benefits that this project is already bringing to the state, as well as other strategic programs in the area which have placed Alagoas on the national scene in technological innovation. An example of this new moment is the Hand Talk, Alagoas project, chosen by the United Nations as the best social app in the world in 2013, as it allows the simultaneous translation from Portuguese into pounds, the language used by the deaf.

Setton noted that Alagoas live this new moment, which allows BlackBerry develop various partnerships in the State, beyond that already has with UFAL – Federal University of Alagoas. “The BlackBerry has made an important contribution to our state, leading a movement with local entrepreneurs, which has culminated in advances in our industry,” he stressed.

The Secretary reminded the importance of social networks in the growth process of technological innovation in Alagoas allowed because, primarily through Facebook, giving visibility to small and large initiatives and the integration between all sectors directly or indirectly involved with science, technology and innovation. He noted that the Technology Park will provide the necessary support to startups and other companies that are able to capture new projects with state and federal funds, and investment funds, consulting with legal, accounting and project.

this sense, the evangelist BlackBerry, Demian Borba, reported that the multinational has every interest in contributing to entrepreneurs and startups Alagoas have the necessary training and access to these technical projects, allowing fundraising, implementation and accountability, which will ensure more and more resources and investments to Alagoas.

In five years, BlackBerry has lost $ 80 billion in market value - Digital Look

Reuters sources claim that the BlackBerry is preparing to go private. The handset maker, who lives a financial crisis, you should exit the stock exchange to improve its capabilities. According to the news agency, the market value of the manufacturer reached $ 4.8 billion, compared with $ 84 billion in 2008.

chief executive, Thorsten Heins, and the board of the company are more likely to consider the sale of the company, since the closure would allow space for the Canadian resolve their problems with more privacy, said a person connected to the BlackBerry.

sale of the company, however, can be difficult. The damage and loss of subscribers are away potential buyers. This year, the shares have fallen 19% BB. Currently, the company’s shares are worth about $ 9, from $ 130 in the same period of 2008.

Phablet Blackberry Z30 has new leaked photos - Tecmundo

apparatus should be the last release of the year. (Image Source: Playback / ETrade Supply)

After launching in various parts of the world on your Blackberry Z10, the Canadian manufacturer seems to be preparing its latest addition for 2013 to the current operating system that runs on their devices. We’re talking about phablet Z30 (formerly A10), which had new pictures leaked on the internet by ETrade spply.

You can see the housing and an indication that he should have an entry for micro SIM and micro SD, and an HDMI port, almost the same size as the Z10.

It is believed that the settings of the Blackberry Z30 also remain similar to those of his older brother. Still, to be in another class of devices, the battery and the screen size of the device will advantaged. Check the settings expected for the next release of the company:

• 5 inch HD AMOLED screen;
• Battery 2800 mAh;
• Snapdragon S4 Processor 1.7 GHz dual-core;
• 8 MP rear camera, 2 MP front;
• 16 GB internal storage, expandable with memory card;
• Connectivity 4G – LTE;
• NFC;
• Blackberry OS 10.2.

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