Blackberry crashes across Europe

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BlackBerry users cut off from services

Sky News Australia - 11 Oct, 2011
Video for this article is not available as your browser either does not support JavaScript and/or Flash Player 9+ or they are currently disabled in your browser settings. BlackBerry users were infuriated after they were cut off from email, ...

BlackBerry service still sluggish in UK

Forbes - 11 Oct, 2011
AP , 10.11.11, 08:41 AM EDT LONDON -- BlackBerry users in Britain have experienced problems with their smartphones for a second day after an unexplained glitch cut off Internet and messaging services for large numbers of users across Europe, ...

BlackBerry Service Still Sluggish in UK

ABC News - 11 Oct, 2011
BlackBerry users in Britain have experienced problems with their smartphones for a second day after an unexplained glitch cut off Internet and messaging services for large numbers of users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. ...

BlackBerry services collapse again

Telegraph.co.uk - Christopher Williams - 11 Oct, 2011
BlackBerry users have been cut off from online services again today, after RIM, the Canadian firm behind the smartphone brand, said it had fixed the problems that caused a 12 hour outage on Monday. The UAE loves its social media. ...

Another blackout for BlackBerry users

News24 - Lauren Hess - 11 Oct, 2011
Cape Town - It appeared that BlackBerry services had gone down again on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after a major fault at RIM cut off millions of users across the world. Comments were streaming in on Twitter from frustrated users asking what was going ...

Activist Fund Gains Support in Call for RIM to Explore Options

Wall Street Journal - Judy Mckinnon - 11 Oct, 2011
Canadian activist investor Jaguar Financial Corp. said early Tuesday it has garnered more institutional shareholder support in its call for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to consider a range of strategic alternatives. ...

BlackBerry service down again in Europe, Middle East, Africa: Twice in two days

ZDNet (blog) - Zack Whittaker - 11 Oct, 2011
Summary: Research in Motion is suffering from another service outage, twice in two days, as users take to Twitter to vent their frustrations. With Research in Motion issuing a statement that BlackBerry ...

RIM restores service after mystery glitch hits BlackBerry users

Toronto Star - 11 Oct, 2011
RIM said that email services have been restored on many of its smartphones, after an unexplained glitch cut off Internet and messaging services for large numbers of users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. As Research In Motion restored email ...

RIM's BlackBerry services hit by fresh problems

ZDNet UK (blog) - David Meyer - 11 Oct, 2011
RIM's BlackBerry Internet Services are back down again for many users in the Europe, Middle East and Africa, just hours after the end of an outage that lasted the best part of a day. The first recent spell of ...

Blackberry Blackout

Independent Online - Avery Carpenter - 11 Oct, 2011
AP BLACKBERRY users have been left fuming after their internet service crashed yesterday morning, with outages affecting subscribers in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Communications and social networking tools, including the internet, email, ...

RIM Shareholder Says More Investors Support Its Push for Sale

BusinessWeek - Ville Heiskanen - 11 Oct, 2011
Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd. shareholder Jaguar Financial Corp. said more investors support its campaign to urge the BlackBerry maker to sell itself, seek a merger partner or divide into separate companies. ...

Jaguar says 8 pct of RIM shareholders seek CEO change

Reuters - Pav Jordan - 11 Oct, 2011
TORONTO, Oct 11 (Reuters) - An activist shareholder in Research In Motion says holders of at least 8 percent of the BlackBerry maker's stock back its calls for a sale of the company or at least a radical corporate reshuffle. ...

More shareholders join Jaguar calls for RIM shakeup

Reuters India - Pav Jordan, Alastair Sharp - 11 Oct, 2011
A person poses while using a Blackberry Bold 2 smartphone made by Research in Motion (RIM), July 13, 2010. TORONTO (Reuters) - An activist shareholder in Research In Motion said owners of at least 8 percent of the BlackBerry maker's stock supported ...

Research in Motion executive confident in PlayBook

BusinessWeek - 11 Oct, 2011
An executive for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion says the company is "absolutely confident" in its Playbook tablet despite disappointing sales so far. Patrick Spence told The Associated Press on Monday that the company could have been clearer about ...

More shareholders join Jaguar calls for RIM shakeup

Reuters Canada - Pav Jordan, Alastair Sharp - 11 Oct, 2011
TORONTO (Reuters) - An activist shareholder in Research In Motion (RIM.TO: Quote) said owners of at least 8 percent of the BlackBerry maker's stock supported calls for a sale of the company or at least a radical corporate reshuffling. ...

More shareholders join Jaguar calls for RIM shakeup

Reuters - Pav Jordan, Alastair Sharp - 11 Oct, 2011
A new Blackberry tablet, the PlayBook tablet computer, is displayed at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 16, 2011. TORONTO (Reuters) - An activist shareholder in Research In Motion (RIM.TO) said owners of at least 8 percent of the ...

New BlackBerry phones launched in Taiwan

eTaiwan News - 11 Oct, 2011
Taipei, Oct. 11 (CNA) Canada's Research In Motion (RIM) launched two new BlackBerry smartphones in Taiwan Tuesday. The Bold 9900 and the Torch 9860, running on RIM's latest BlackBerry 7 OS, will go on sale on Oct. 12 through the country's No. ...

More shareholders join Jaguar calls for RIM shakeup

Reuters - 11 Oct, 2011
TORONTO Oct 11 (Reuters) - An activist shareholder in Research In Motion said owners of at least 8 percent of the BlackBerry maker's stock supported calls for a sale of the company or at least a radical corporate reshuffling. Jaguar Financial Corp said ...

BlackBerry services return with no outage explanation

ZDNet UK (blog) - David Meyer - 11 Oct, 2011
A serious data service outage that hit RIM's BlackBerry systems across Europe, the Middle East and Africa has been resolved, although the company is yet to explain the downtime. The outage, which affected the use ...

Morning Tech Wrap: RIM, Apple, Facebook

Forbes - 11 Oct, 2011
I've covered European business and technology news for Forbes since 2006, and as London bureau chief since 2008. I'm using this blog to explore some of the disruptive technology and ideas coming out of this region. Before all this I tracked the highs ...

Blackberry services working again

BBC News - 11 Oct, 2011
After a 20 hour blackout, Blackberry services across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been restored. Blackberry maker RIM issued a statement at 0550 BST which said all services were now "operating normally". Millions of Blackberry users were ...

RIM readies BlackBerry Tag sharing feature

ZDNet UK - Natasha Lomas - 11 Oct, 2011
RIM co-chief executive Jim Balsillie has demonstrated a contactless content-sharing system running on NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphones. NFC (near-field communication), is a short-range wireless ...

BlackBerry apologises for blackout

Independent Online - Sibusiso Nkomo - 11 Oct, 2011
AP BlackBerry's messaging system was hit by a blackout in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. BLACKBERRY manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) has apologised after its instant messaging service and the internet were cut to users in Europe, ...

RIM confident about PlayBook, launches Blackberry Tag

Hindustan Times - 11 Oct, 2011
AP Research in Motion Ltd. is "absolutely confident" in its PlayBook tablet despite disappointing sales and aims to appeal to customers already hooked on its BlackBerry smartphones, a company executive said Monday. Patrick Spence, RIM's managing ...

RIM restores Blackberry services

Inquirer - Dave Neal - 11 Oct, 2011
CANADIAN INTERNET PORTAL Research in Motion (RIM) has restored services for its Blackberry users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa after a major outage on Monday. Earlier we reported that a fault at a RIM data centre in Slough cut off ...

BlackBerry users back online after outage

Register - Bill Ray - 11 Oct, 2011
RIM has been issuing a flurry of apologies for yesterday's network outage, which knocked out connections in Europe, the Middle East and India, and assures us that everything should be tickety boo by now. ...

RIM takeover talk

TheChronicleHerald.ca - LuAnn LaSalle - 11 Oct, 2011
MONTREAL â€" Takeover speculation that routinely swirls around Research In Motion Ltd. could reflect moves by US hedge funds to target the BlackBerry maker and cash in on its struggles. Shares in the Canadian technology icon have ...

BlackBerry outage leaves users cut off for hours in dozens of countries

Daily Mail - Rob Waugh, John Geoghegan - 11 Oct, 2011
Blackberry users across the UK were unable to use their devices properly yesterday due to a service blackout. Millions of customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa could not send instant messages or access the ...

BlackBerry downtime aftermath â€" Users warned not to forward BBM spam

FM.co.za - 11 Oct, 2011
RIM, maker of BlackBerry, has warned BlackBerry users not to forward the spam message doing the rounds on BBM after Monday's internet service blackout, labelling it as a “hoax”. BlackBerry service users have been warned not to forward a hoax message ...

BlackBerry users cut off from services

Sky News Australia - 11 Oct, 2011
BlackBerry users were infuriated after they were cut off from email, instant messaging and basic internet services last night. The outages, caused by a fault at Research in Motion (RIM) lasted for several hours affecting millions of users in Europe, ...

 

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