RIM Offers Free Apps in Apology

Release Date 18 Oct, 2011 in New York Times

 
   
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RIM offers free apps after outage

London Free Press - ‎18 seconds ago‎
By Kate Holton and Tarmo Virki, REUTERS RIM said it will offer free premium apps worth more than $100, in a bid to appease its customers following BlackBerry service disruption last week. (ANDRE FORGET/QMI Agency Files) LONDON/HELSINKI - Research In ...

RIM CEO Considers Operator Compensation to Restore Trust

San Francisco Chronicle - Jonathan Browning - 18 Oct, 2011
AP Source: Big East raises exit fee to $10 million 10.17.11 Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Research in Motion Ltd. will this week consider offering compensation to network operators following one of its worst BlackBerry service disruptions, co- Chief Executive ...

RIM Offers Free Apps in Apology

New York Times - Ian Austen - 18 Oct, 2011
BlackBerry users will soon be able to find out at no cost if there are $100 worth of apps that interest them. By way of apology for a service collapse that left millions of BlackBerry users around the world without service for up to three ...

Investors unexcited by BlackBerry's free apps offer

IBNLive.com - 18 Oct, 2011
Toronto: An offer of free games, translation software or other apps to compensate BlackBerry users for last week's prolonged outage left Research In Motion investors cool on Monday, and the shares fell 6 per cent. RIM declined to say if it would need ...

BlackBerry maker offers free apps

The Seattle Times - Rob Gillies - 18 Oct, 2011
Trying to make amends for massive outages last week, Research In Motion on Monday promised BlackBerry users free premium apps and a month of technical support. By ROB GILLIES The Associated Press I use the Blackberry for business. ...

BlackBerry offers to award 'patient' users with $100 worth free apps

Indian Express - 18 Oct, 2011
In a fruity attempt to reconcile with BlackBerry users across the world who suffered service outages last week, Reliance In Motion is giving away users free access to applications worth $100 for a month. The makers of BlackBerry said customers would be ...

Summary Box: BlackBerry maker offers free apps

Boston Globe - 18 Oct, 2011
By AP THE GIVEAWAY: BlackBerry's maker is offering more than $100 worth of free software to customers. It's also offering a month of free technical support to corporate customers. THE REASON: Research in Motion Ltd. is trying to soothe tens of millions ...

Balsillie forecasts RIM rebound

Globe and Mail - 18 Oct, 2011
After a year of stumbles, Jim Balsillie is predicting a turnaround for Research In Motion Ltd. RIM-T The BlackBerry maker's co-chief executive officer, under siege from investors and customers after of a series of public missteps, says the company will ...

RIM Offers Free Apps After Outage

Wall Street Journal - Chip Cummins - 18 Oct, 2011
TORONTOâ€"Research in Motion Ltd. ramped up damage control in the wake of last week's globe-spanning BlackBerry outages, offering free applications to subscribers and promising to wow apps developers this week with details about its ...

RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie: “We've leapfrogged everyone”

Financial Post - Ramin Talaie - 18 Oct, 2011
On Monday, RIM's co-chief executive Jim Balsillie joined FP Tech Desk editor Matt Hartley and technology reporter Jameson Berkow for an interview about the $100 application offer, RIM's upcoming BlackBerry Developer Conference and the future of ...

RIM's next act

Financial Post - Matt Hartley, Jameson Berkow - 18 Oct, 2011
TORONTO â€" When the world finally sees what Research In Motion Ltd. has in store for the future of the BlackBerry, Jim Balsillie believes it will be impossible for an increasingly skeptical technology sector not to be ...

BlackBerry in charm offensive

Times LIVE - Andile Ndlovu - 18 Oct, 2011
After a disastrous few days of server crashes and poor communication, BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion has launched a charm offensive to save face with its customers. The Canadian company announced yesterday that it was offering its millions ...

Making up: free apps for furious BlackBerry users

CBS News - Peter Svensson - 18 Oct, 2011
(AP) TORONTO â€" The maker of the struggling BlackBerry tried to soothe tens of millions of frustrated customers Monday, offering more than $100 worth of free software to each one and giving some a month of technical support as compensation for last ...

Summary Box: BlackBerry maker offers free apps

Seattle Post Intelligencer - 18 Oct, 2011
AP, FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2010 file photo, a Research In Motion Blackberry is displayed at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Trying to make amends for massive outages last week, Research In Motion announced Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, a free premium apps ...

Summary Box: BlackBerry maker offers free apps

Atlanta Journal Constitution - 18 Oct, 2011
AP THE GIVEAWAY: BlackBerry's maker is offering more than $100 worth of free software to customers. It's also offering a month of free technical support to corporate customers. FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2010 file photo, a Research In Motion Blackberry is ...

Business Highlights

Washington Post - 18 Oct, 2011
By AP, Trying to make amends for massive outages last week, Research In Motion on Monday promised BlackBerry users free premium apps and a month of technical support. But the apology is unlikely to placate miffed customers who are considering whether ...

Much at stake at RIM developer conference

Toronto Star - Michael Lewis - 18 Oct, 2011
As it attempts to rebound from its prolonged and widespread BlackBerry outage last week by offering free apps to its customers, Research In Motion Ltd. could be pinning its hopes on the Colt. The Waterloo company is developing a new platform for its ...

RIM Suffers 'Awful' Timing for Snag as IPhone Debut Lures Users

San Francisco Chronicle - 18 Oct, 2011
AP Source: Big East raises exit fee to $10 million 10.17.11 Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd., struggling to recover from one of its worst BlackBerry service disruptions, may see more defections as the snag gives users another reason to ...

Free apps for disgruntled BlackBerry users

Sydney Morning Herald - Kate Holton, Tarmo Virki - 18 Oct, 2011
Canada's Research In Motion will offer free premium apps worth more than $US100 to appease BlackBerry customers frustrated by service disruption last week which ran for days and affected millions. Research In Motion said the complete selection of ...

Carl Icahn Is Not RIM's Magic Unicorn

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Shira Ovide - 18 Oct, 2011
“The rumors get out, and I can only say we don't dignify them,” Icahn said. “I can only say right now that is certainly not on our radar screen.” This should finally end speculation that the activist investor was going to ride on his ...

RIM offers 12 free apps after three-day BlackBerry outage

Los Angeles Times - 18 Oct, 2011
Research In Motion offered up a handful of free apps on Monday in an effort to make up for three days' worth of BlackBerry email and messaging outages that left many without email access last week. RIM said the bundle of 12 selected apps had a value of ...

Making up: Free apps for furious BlackBerry users

USA Today - Rob Gillies - 18 Oct, 2011
TORONTO â€" The BlackBerry has left a bitter taste in the mouths of its users.Trying to make amends for massive outages last week, Research In Motion on Monday promised BlackBerry users free premium apps and a month of technical ...

RIM rallies developers to BlackBerry

News24 - 18 Oct, 2011
San Francisco - Research In Motion (RIM) kicks off a major software developers conference on Tuesday as the BlackBerry maker tries to burnish its tarnished image and stop losing ground to rivals. Training sessions for "app" creators were being held on ...

RIM CEO Considers Operator Compensation to Restore Trust

San Francisco Chronicle - Jonathan Browning - 18 Oct, 2011
Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Research in Motion Ltd. will this week consider offering compensation to network operators following one of its worst BlackBerry service disruptions, co- Chief Executive Officer Jim Balsillie said today. ...

BlackBerry's fight to survive the Darwinian world of tech

Financial Times - Jason Pontin - 18 Oct, 2011
I am an executive, but I do not use a BlackBerry. Oh, I know such people: I see you in airports, blowsy but serious in rumpled suits, bent frowning over the little screens of your preferred smartphone, thumbs flying over its little keys ...

BlackBerry offers free apps after mass outage

New Zealand Herald - 18 Oct, 2011
BlackBerry services buzzed back to life across the world on Thursday, October 13, after a three-day outage. Photo / AP The Blackberry has left a bitter taste in the mouths of its users. Trying to make amends for massive outages last week, ...

<p>Blackberry Apps Giveaway</p>

Slate Magazine (blog) - 18 Oct, 2011
By Slate V Staff Research In Motion, the makers of Blackberry devices, is offering customers $100 worth of free apps after a global service outage last week that left users in the digital dark. Offered as an expression of appreciation for their ...

BlackBerry shows it's users "some love" with free apps

NDTV.com - Sameer Mitha - 18 Oct, 2011
PTI, October 17, 2011, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion will offer free mobile applications worth over USD 100 as well as technical support to every enterprise customer, as a token of appreciation for subscribers' "patience" during its service ...

RIM Says Sorry, But Can't Assess Full Impact

MarketWatch - 18 Oct, 2011
RIM co-chief Jim Balsillie said Monday it was still too early to assess the financial impact of last week's BlackBerry outage, even as the company offered an apology for the disruptions. He also said the BlackBerry 7 is selling "very, very, very well. ...

RIM: Wells Awaits QNX, Strategy Updates At DevCon

Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 18 Oct, 2011
Wells Fargo's Jennifer Fritzsche this afternoon reiterates a Market Perform rating on shares of Research in Motion's (RIMM) in advance of the company's BlackBerry Developer Conference, which kicks off tomorrow and runs through Thursday, ...

 

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