Research in Motion News

The Justice Department Monday approved Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the biggest acquisition in Google's history, and its transition to a company that builds both hardware and software, like its fierce rivals Apple and Microsoft.

Research In Motion, the owner of BlackBerry devices, is planning a major expansion in one of the world's most populated countries: India.

More bad PR for Research In Motion : Responding to widespread criticism of the appointment of Thorsten Heins as CEO, director Roger Martin suggests Heins was the best option since the only alternatives were to "hand [RIM] over to children, or morons from the outside who will destroy the company." Wall Street begs to differ .

When will the madness end? When will Research in Motion finally, unabashedly own up to its own mistakes -- without equivocation, without displacing blame? Over the last few years -- as Apple introduced the iPhone, as Google unleashed one flagship Android device after another, and even as Nokia and Microsoft took a chance on an unlikely partnership ... (more)

New Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins has a small window of opportunity to resuscitate the long-stumbling smartphone maker.

Reports of the death of the Blackberry and its producer, Research in Motion may be premature, but it's hard to argue that the vultures seem to be circling.

Although Apple A isn't the world's largest phone manufacturer, the company still tops the chart for the industry's biggest money-makers. According toA Asymco analyst Horace Dediu, Apple claimed 75% of profits across the mobile phone industry in the fourth quarter last year even though the company only has a 9% market share worldwide.

RIM extends Microsoft Exchange Online to BlackBerry smartphones Enables wireless synchronisation with Microsoft Exchange Online email, calendar and organiser data from a BlackBerry smartphone Research In Motion has released BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365, a new service for business and government organisations that ... (more)

On Monday, Google hired Simon Prakash, who worked at Apple for over eight years and was most recently the senior director of product integrity.

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS , the Fool's free investing community, electronics manufacturing services specialist Celestica - Chart at the lower bound of an expanding range - Q4/11 better than expected - Better product diversification now Negative: - Biggest customer still is RIMM, ... (more)

I return from my biz dev melds to find Hoofy large and in charge, riding the NASDAQ higher on the heels of speculation that Apple will release the iPad3 in March and drop the price point on the iPad2 to $299. Given Apple's out-sized weighting in the NDX, that put a match under what was heretofore an anticlimactic session.

As hard as the past year has been on Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis, it has in no way diminished their boundless generosity or their incredible community spirit.

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As high-profile government and corporate clients ditch their BlackBerrys for other smartphones like iPhone or Android, Research In Motion faces one of the gravest challenges in its history, experts say.

Following a monthly look into the handset industry, Canaccord Genuity technology analyst Michael Walkley released a note to investors for the following companies: Apple : We have increased our C2012 iPhone estimates from 140M to 148M units, as we believe Apple will continue its strong iPhone momentum and capture market share during C2012.

Many designers seem to stay away from conceptual BlackBerry devices, but at the moment BlackBerry needs all the help it can get to reinvent its brand and line of smartphones.

Research In Motion Ltd. was dealt another setback as the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it would supply employees with iPhones, the latest organization to drop the BlackBerry.

New Delhi: Investigative agencies are closing in onto your virtual space with interception solutions for hitherto inaccessible BlackBerry Messenger , Nokia Pushmail, Skype, Yahoo, Gmail and others.

The fifth meeting of judicial commission on Thursday adjourned the hearing until today with the directions to the attorney general of Pakistan for writing a letter to the Canadian High Commission and Research in Motion seeking BlackBerry record and submits its courier slips in commission.

CANADIAN PHONE MAKER Research in Motion is doing all it can to get developers on board and make a comeback with a new CEO after possibly its toughest year yet.