RIM Devises 'SWAT Team' to Uncover Cause of BlackBerry Outage

Release Date 2 Nov, 2011 in San Francisco Chronicle

 
   

RIM stock falls below $20

Globe and Mail - 2 Nov, 2011
Three negative developments came in quick succession this week for Research In Motion Ltd., RIM-T a company that is desperately battling to regain its momentum after a series of damaging missteps over the past year. On Tuesday, RIM's shares dipped ...

RIM's US market share hits new low

Toronto Star - 2 Nov, 2011
Stock in Research In Motion Ltd. closed below $20 for the first time since July 2004 on Tuesday after a report showed the smartphone maker's US market share fell to 9 per cent in the third quarter from more than 24 per cent a year ago. ...

International Medical Corps Honors Humanitarian Partners at Annual Awards ...

MarketWatch (press release) - 2 Nov, 2011
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- International Medical Corps will pay tribute at its 2011 Annual Awards Celebration to a select group of dedicated supporters who have worked tirelessly to help the organization provide humanitarian ...

BlackBerry Recognized by International Medical Corps for Role in Assisting ...

MarketWatch (press release) - 2 Nov, 2011
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Nov 01, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- International Medical Corps is recognizing Research In Motion (RIM) /quotes/zigman/18534/quotes/nls/rimm RIMM -4.46% /quotes/zigman/18555 CA:RIM -2.53% at its 2011 Annual Awards Celebration in ...

RIM Devises 'SWAT Team' to Uncover Cause of BlackBerry Outage

San Francisco Chronicle - 2 Nov, 2011
Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd., trying to rebuild client faith in its BlackBerry smartphone network after a three-day outage last month, formed a "SWAT team" to find the cause of the failure across five continents. ...

Research in Motion: Now With Less US Market Share

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 2 Nov, 2011
AP UK-based research house Canalys says Research in Motion's US market share tumbled to 9% in the third quarter from 24% a year earlier as it calls the company's outlook in America “certainly bleak.” Canalys notes that while RIMM's ...

RIM shares dip below $20 for first time since 2004

Financial Post - 2 Nov, 2011
RIM's stock has fallen 66% for the year, and was down to $19.60 Tuesday afternoon on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Shares listed on the US-based Nasdaq were also down below $20, trading at US$19.28. The BlackBerry maker's stock has been steadily ...

RIM's share of US smartphone market falls to 9%

National Post (registration) - 2 Nov, 2011
Research In Motion Ltd. continues to cede ground to its competitors in the battle for smartphone supremacy in the United States. RIM's share of the United States smartphone market has fallen nearly 60% over the past 12 months, to just 9% in the third ...

RIM's tablet deal: good marketing or desperation?

Toronto Star - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
The next two months will make or break troubled Research in Motion Ltd., and its latest promotion, buy two tablets and get one free, could be an integral part of its strategy, experts say. Waterloo-based BlackBerry maker RIM is offering three PlayBooks ...

Research In Motion Eviscerated By Veritas Analyst

Wall Street Journal - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
TORONTO (Dow Jones) -- In one of the more devastating breakdowns of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion Ltd.'s (RIMM) recent troubles, Veritas Investment Research estimates that the company's stock has a 50% chance of dropping below $10 in 2012. ...

BlackBerry Outage Prompts Class Action Suit

InformationWeek (blog) - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
RIM's problems are entirely of their own making. The global outage never should have happened. In fact, such an outage that targets one platform is impossible with devices that run iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and pretty much anything else. ...

Veritas says RIM could fall to single-digits

Financial Post - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
On Wednesday, blackouts that began Monday in Europe, Africa and the Middle East spread to North America, knocking BlackBerry users in the United States and Canada off-line. Warning that Research In Motion Ltd. is on track to deliver single-digit ...

Buy two Blackberry Playbooks, get one free

Inquirer - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
CANADIAN COMMUNICATIONS OUTFIT Research in Motion (RIM) is really trying to push sales of its Playbook tablet and the latest move from its marketing department is to offer business buyers one free device for every two that they buy. ...

Desperate RIM in 'buy two PlayBooks, get one free' offer

Register - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
RIM has resorted to giving away its little-fondled BlackBerry PlayBook as part of a promo to drive sales to biz customers stateside. In a deal usually reserved for commodity items in supermarkets, ...

RIM Facility Helps India Monitor Messages, Email

PC Magazine - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
Research in Motion has set up a small facility in India to help the government lawfully monitor some of the encrypted data that travels over its servers. Citing “people familiar with the matter,” a Wall Street Journal report said the ...

BlackBerry users sue RIM

Edmonton Journal - ‎Oct 30, 2011‎
Consumers in Canada and the United States have sued Research in Motion for a days-long service outage on BlackBerry devices that rippled across the world earlier this month. The system-wide failure of the ...

Why RIM's giving free BlackBerry and more gadget news

Rediff - 2 Nov, 2011
Here's the latest that has taken the tech world by storm: from Samsung and Nokia's flexible displays to first Windows 8 smartphone to RIM's offer of free BlackBerry Curve 8520 with PlayBook tablet to the first tablet that will come out with Android Ice ...

Patents may not save RIM from a downward slide to acquisition or even bankruptcy

IAM (registration) (blog) - 2 Nov, 2011
Research In Motion came in for a lot of criticism during October after transcontinental network outages left BlackBerry users in both Europe and North America without phone and email services. RIM's lacklustre and faltering response to the network ...

Battle of the Smartphones

Business Review Canada - 2 Nov, 2011
It's becoming an age old question: Which smartphone should I choose? Many Canadians may feel loyal to locally based RIM's BlackBerry. But the question is being raised of their loyalty switch? Although BlackBerry is still the most used phone in Canada, ...

BlackBerry owners flock to iPhone 4S in record numbers

zimGossip - 2 Nov, 2011
BlackBerry owners are trading in their devices in record numbers, highlighting RIM's struggles and Apple's probable success with the iPhone 4S. Gazelle, an online tech product buyer, said the digit of BlackBerry trades is up from its record highs ...

BlackBerry Outage Prompts Class Action Suit

zimGossip - 2 Nov, 2011
Prospects for Research In Shift seem to get worse with each passing day. Earlier this month the mobile phone giant had a glitch that caused most of its users to lose service for up to three days. It was the worst outage in the company's history. ...

RIM Mumbai Assists Indian Gov't Blackberry Surveillance

zimGossip - 2 Nov, 2011
Blackberry makers Research in Shift have responded to a threat by India's government to shut down Blackberry web services in India by establishing a facility in Mumbai to help in lawful surveillance of Blackberry devices, the Wall Street Journal ...

RIM honored by disaster relief group

Waterloo Record - 2 Nov, 2011
WATERLOO " Research In Motion is being honored by International Medical Corps after its aid workers used BlackBerry smartphones to co-ordinate recovery efforts following the earthquake in Haiti and other disasters around the world. ...

Blackberry Blackout - A PR Crisis

Business 2 Community - 2 Nov, 2011
I have a Blackberry. And while most of my colleagues, friends, and family have abandoned their “CrackBerries” for the Apple's iPhone or Motorola's Droid, I have remained loyal. ...

BlackBerry Recognized by International Medical Corps for Role in Assisting ...

WebWire (press release) - 2 Nov, 2011
Waterloo, ON - International Medical Corps is recognizing Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) at its 2011 Annual Awards Celebration in Los Angeles next week for the role of BlackBerry® smartphones in assisting disaster recovery efforts ...

Research In Motion (RIMM) Hits New 52-Week Low at $19.00

Jags Report - 2 Nov, 2011
Shares of Research In Motion (RIMM) hit a new 52-week low on Tuesday. The stock traded as low as $19.00 during mid-day trading and last traded at $19.59. The stock previously closed at $20.20. A number of equities research firms have also recently ...

RIM Launches More Free Apps for Loyalty Giveaway: Bejeweled and Shazam Encore

Blackberry Cool - 2 Nov, 2011
In appreciation for BlackBerry users' loyalty through the recent service outages, RIM has rolled another set of its free premium apps that will continue to be released over the next month and remain free of charge until the end of 2011. ...

Research In Motion: The Losing Streak Continues (RIMM)

Financial News Network Online - 2 Nov, 2011
Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) traded today at a new 52-week low of $19.00. This new low was reached on approximately average trading volume as 18.7 million shares traded hands, while the average 30-day volume is approximately 21.8 million shares. ...

RIM Offers Buy Two, Get One Free for BlackBerry PlayBooks

CIO Today - 2 Nov, 2011
A major downside so to the BlackBerry PlayBook so far is that it has to be paired with a BlackBerry smartphone via a special application to access e-mail, calendar, address book, memo pad, task list, BlackBerry Messenger, ...

Not much silver lining for RIM fans

ITWorld Canada (registration) - 2 Nov, 2011
If it's not service outages, it's shaky product launches or, worse yet, rumours of a buy-out at Waterloo, Ont.-based Research in Motion Ltd. The latest hit came in the release date for the Playbook's new OS 2 After the largest service outage the smart ...

 

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