Blackberry 10

From now until the end of time (or at least the end of this century), the media will compare tech company CEOs to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs. Thorsten Heins, the head honcho at Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), is one of many leaders to receive this comparison. Bloomberg's Hugo...

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is only days away from revealing the full release details for BlackBerry 10, the company's long-awaited mobile operating system. The firm has been somewhat of a golden child on Wall Street, rising nearly 50 percent in January 2013 alone. Over the last six months...

Less than six years ago, Wireless Giant and Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) had an idea. Together they would build an empire of BlackBerry retail outlets. Similar to the Apple Store (NASDAQ: AAPL) concept, BlackBerry stores would focus exclusively on selling products produced by Research In...

When the first BlackBerry retail outlet opened in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) had hoped to create the start of an empire. Six years later, that empire has been abolished, dethroned and cast aside by two unexpected competitors: Android and iOS. To be fair,...

Investors love to fulfill their own prophecies. In 2011, they believed in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), bought into the company's story and turned it into one of the most successful stocks of the year. In 2012, they expressed doubt and abandoned the stock even as new Apple products continued to break sales...

In yesterday's earnings preview for Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), Benzinga speculated that there would be more losses and fewer surprises for the BlackBerry maker. However, it was unclear just how low RIM would go. As of this writing, RIM's shares have declined more than 16 percent. This is a...

BlackBerry 10 is roughly one month away from release. Before then, Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) must reveal how it has performed in a quarter where its most recent products include a 4G PlayBook and smartphones that have been out for a year. Despite the lack of fresh releases, RIM has nearly...

With an estimated 1.3 million Android activations per day, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is believed to have a "generational lead" over its competitors -- except Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research, sent a note to investors outlining...

A new study by DigiTimes Research found that shipments of the Windows Phone platform -- both WP7 and WP8 -- will increase by 150 percent next year. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) partners are expected to ship 52.5 million units in 2013. This will enable the Windows maker to gain 6.1 percent of the...

The popular LG-developed smartphone has sold out again, leaving some buyers out of luck as they attempt to complete their holiday shopping. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) currently lists the 8GB Nexus 4 as being sold out. The company left a familiar message for eager customers: "We are out of inventory....

Here is a quick look at some of the top-performing Nasdaq stocks in the past month. These companies all have a market cap of more than $500 million and their share prices are more than 40 percent higher than 30 days ago. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) shares jumped more than 32...

Shares of Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) jumped 11 percent this morning after the company announced that it had updated its developer program for BlackBerry 10, the company's long-awaited OS. The BlackBerry maker also announced that it had a limited number of test devices to provide to...

Following months of depressing developments, Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) has something to brag about. Shares were up more than eight percent after the company announced that it had delivered BlackBerry 10 handsets to more than 50 carriers worldwide. The company said that this is a key step...

According to informationweek.com, comments made by Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) CEO Thorsten Heins on Tuesday in San Jose suggest that the company will debut BlackBerry 10 in January. An article by Eric Zeman states that "Heins said that the first batch of BB10 devices will head to wireless...

At a time when every company is rumored to be developing a smartphone, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has announced that his company has no plans to enter the hardware market. According to The Telegraph, Zuckerberg shared his views on producing a branded smartphone...