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BlackBerry 10′s six business traveler features may just sway you
DigitalWhether or not BlackBerry is going to make it in the long run, the software the company unveiled today is extremely impressive, especially if you’re a business user. It’s clear that BlackBerry (the company formerly known as Research in Motion) is doubling down on its core audience in rich countries: enterprise customers in law, finance, insurance, [...]
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BlackBerry gets amnesty from U.S. Immigration
DigitalIn a surprising about-face, US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced that it will test-drive Research in Motion’s new BlackBerry 10 operating system in January, having earlier said that it planned to drop RIM’s platform in favor of iOS. The pilot program, which will include both RIM’s new BlackBerry 10 handsets and the BlackBerry [...]
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NTSB drops Blackberry and switches to iPhone 5 contract
DigitalResearch In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry is being dropped by a U.S. government agency that cited the device’s failures. The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates plane accidents, disclosed its plan to switch to Apple Inc.’s iPhone 5 in a document posted last week to a federal website. The BlackBerrys have been “failing both at inopportune [...]
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Qantas ditches staff Blackberrys in favor of iPhones
DigitalAustralia’s flagship carrier Qantas will replace its entire fleet of BlackBerrys with Apple iPhones, a move that presents more headaches for struggling RIM. Qantas has a total of 1,300 BlackBerrys in a variety of models. Dropping BlackBerry could save the airline millions of dollars a year. Airline crew will be among the first staff to [...]
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BlackBerry’s recently announced camera lets you time travel
DigitalMegan Garber – Megan Garber is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She was formerly an assistant editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab, where she wrote about innovations in the media. By Megan Garber BlackBerry’s new camera is trying to change, once again, …
