BlackBerry Messenger at fault in Tuesday outage

Release Date ‎Dec 23, 2009‎ in CNET News

 
   
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RIM confirms BlackBerry e-mail problems--again

ZDNet Asia - Michelle Meyers - ‎Dec 24, 2009‎
For the second time in less than a week, BlackBerry smartphone users across the country and beyond are reporting problems ...

BlackBerry users hit with blackout

The Gazette (Montreal) - ‎Dec 24, 2009‎
NEW YORK - Thousands of BlackBerry users across North and South America were left in the dark Thursday as the company reported a widespread email outage. ...

BlackBerry outages bad news in fierce market: analyst

CTV.ca - ‎Dec 24, 2009‎
Analysts say the outages that have plagued BlackBerry users couldn't have come at a worse time for Research in Motion. A technology analyst at AR ...

BlackBerry Outage Sparks User Revolt

InformationWeek - Paul McDougall - ‎Dec 24, 2009‎
The second outage in as many weeks for Research In Motion's BlackBerry e-mail service has prompted a mini-revolt among users. ...

RIM blames outage on software flaw

Toronto Star - Lesley Ciarula Taylor - ‎Dec 24, 2009‎
A flaw in two recently released versions of a BlackBerry instant messaging system appears to be behind the second service failure in a week, ...

BlackBerry users left feeling quite blue

Toronto Sun - Jenny Yuen - ‎Dec 24, 2009‎
Angry BlackBerry users continued to Twitter their frustrations after a widespread outage overnight Tuesday, causing e-mail delays ...

Second BlackBerry e-mail outage in a week rankles users

Los Angeles Times - W.J. Hennigan - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
Complaints about Tuesday's nine-hour disruption probably won't result in mass defections but customers don't forget, one analyst cautions. ...

BlackBerry Maker Feels Strain

Wall Street Journal - Roger Cheng, Phred Dvorak - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
The second BlackBerry outage in a week shows how Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the popular smart phone, ...

BlackBerry e-mail breakdown triggers concern

San Francisco Chronicle - Ryan Kim - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
Research in Motion Ltd. tried Wednesday to allay fears about its BlackBerry service, which suffered two e-mail outages in the past week. ...

RIM blames BlackBerry service outage on app updates

Computerworld - Al Sacco - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
CIO - BlackBerry smartphone users in North America yesterday experienced one of the longest and most significant BlackBerry outages in recent ...

Blackberry Outage

ABC News - Rod Jussim, Tina Trinh - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
The company that makes Blackberry is trying to restore Email service. Blackberry users across North America ...

BlackBerry bug to blame, users urged to download new software after massive outage

Vancouver Sun - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
A woman sends text messages on her Blackberry phone. BlackBerry users across North America breathed a collective sigh of relief Wednesday as their emails ...

BlackBerry users beset by second outage in a week

The Associated Press - Rob Gillies - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
TORONTO â€" When Corey Marshall's Blackberry mysteriously stopped sending and receiving messages, he realized all too clearly just how much he depends on the ...

BlackBerry outage caused by software update

CTV.ca - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
The Waterloo, Ont.-based company Research in Motion appears to have restored service to its popular BlackBerry smart phones Wednesday morning, ...

Outages show customers still rely on BlackBerry

MarketWatch - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Many Research In Motion Ltd. customers in North and South America have vocalized their outrage in recent days ...

BlackBerry outage hits America for second time in week

Register - Austin Modine - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has not commented on the extent of the service interruption, ...

BlackBerry Messenger at fault in Tuesday outage

CNET News - Tom Krazit - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
Research In Motion has pushed out new software to correct a problem that left some BlackBerry users high and dry Tuesday. ...

BlackBerry struggles with second outage in less than a week

San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
Research in Motion is trying to allay fears about its BlackBerry service, which suffered two e-mail outages in the last week. The latest one occurred last ...

BlackBerry Users See the Fail Whale Twice in Week

Wired News - Priya Ganapati - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
The cult of the BlackBerry phone is based on the device's ability to bring e-mails to users faster than they can click through them. ...

Outage: BlackBerry Users May Be Upset, But Have Few Options

PC World - David Coursey - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
A second e-mail outage, even in the same week, will not be a confidence-buster for most BlackBerry users, even if it does fray the nerves. ...

BlackBerrys Experience Another Outage

Fox Business - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
FBN's Shibani Joshi on the outages facing Research in Motion's BlackBerry service.

BlackBerry users beset by second outage in a week

The Associated Press - Rob Gillies - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
TORONTO â€" The second outage of BlackBerry service in less than a week frustrated people who depend on the messaging device and comes at a bad time for its ...

Research In Motion Share Price Little Changed After Outage

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Steven Russolillo - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
Research In Motion's BlackBerry outage was reportedly caused by a BlackBerry Messenger flaw. But what's unsettling is that flaw ...

Blackberry Outage: RIM Should Compensate Users

PC World - Jared Newman - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
For the second time in a week, a Blackberry outage has left North American users without access to e-mail on their handsets. Bloomberg reports that two ...

Update could be causing BlackBerry issues: RIM

CTV.ca - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
The BlackBerry email service appears to still be having problems this morning after a widespread outage erupted overnight. Research in Motion (TSX:RIM), ...

RIM Hit By Second Outage in a Week

Barron's (blog) - Eric Savitz - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
Research in Motion (RIM) shares are holding up well despite a second service outage in one week for North American and South American users ...

Blackberry Mum Over Outages

Huffington Post (blog) - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
Research in Motion (RIM), the company which makes the Blackberry line of addictive phones, had nothing to say anywhere on its web site as many users ...

Research In Motion Outage May Be Linked to BlackBerry Messenger

Bloomberg - JoAnne Norton - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd. said a service disruption yesterday may have been caused by two new versions of its ...

Blackberry's 8-hour e-mail outage is over

USA Today - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
An outage that left BlackBerry users without e-mail or Internet access across North and South America for almost eight hours is over, the Toronto Star ...

RIM Pins Outage on BlackBerry Messenger Update

PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
A flaw in two recently released versions of BlackBerry Messenger appears to be the cause of Tuesday night's BlackBerry e-mail outage, ...

 

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