BlackBerry CEO steps down as company secures $1 billion funding from investors Chen, BlackBerry’s new interim leader, comes with strong credentials. He most recently played an instrumental role in turning around the fortunes of Sybase, a company that was once in a similarly distressed state to BlackBerry’s current plight. His experience in the mobile enterprise business…
Apple hires Angela Ahrendts as new retail chief “She cares deeply about people and embraces our view that our most important resource and our soul is our people. She believes in enriching the lives of others and she is wicked smart. Angela has shown herself to be an extraordinary leader throughout her career and has…
Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail published an article yesterday entitled “How BlackBerry blew it: The Inside Story“. This is quite an extensive inside look at the demise of this former tech giant. 9 pages in total. It tells a story of how divided focus among executives is extremely hurtful to a company. The best…
BlackBerry to go private? Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. a Canadian insurance firm, signed a letter of intent with the BlackBerry board under which it could pay $9 a share in cash for the 90% of BlackBerry shares it doesn’t already own. The hastily arranged deal came over the weekend, according to people familiar with the effort, after BlackBerry…
Apple’s iPhone 5s and 5c expected to hit a record 6-million In New York, customers queued up around the block to get into Apple’s flagship Fifth Avenue store. The gold-coloured version of the device sold out during the morning at the Regent Street location in London, and U.S. carriers pushed back shipment dates for that…
First of all, I’d just like to say Happy new years to everyone who visits my blog! I hope your 2009 is a prosperous one. As a new year begins, a new chapter opens…I have finally gotten a Blackberry storm w00t! I just love this device to death. However, the choices and alternate paths to…
