Research in Motion

BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY), formerly known as Research In Motion, was once the undisputed king of the cell phone market. But that was a full decade ago and now BlackBerry's market share of the smartphone market rounded to one decimal point is 0.0 percent. As noted by Statista, BlackBerry...

The bull market run turned six years old on Monday, and it seems appropriate to take a look back and see how far it has come since the S&P 500 hit a Financial Crisis low of 676.53 on March 9, 2009. The S&P itself has more than tripled in value, up about 207 percent in those six years....

Advanced analytics provider RapidMiner has received $5 million in a Series A round led by Earlybird Venture Capital and Open Ocean Capital. Formerly known as Rapid-I, the company made the decision to officially change its title to RapidMiner after releasing a successful product with the same name...

'The Case Against' is a recurring analysis of why a company, person or other business venture is not a good long-term investment. All opinions are the author’s and are not a recommendation to buy or sell any stocks, bonds or other financial instruments. It seems almost unimaginable that at one...

BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) might be up for sale. The company is reportedly looking for a large, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)-type company to take the helm through a massive buyout. If all goes as planned, the deal would be similar to the one Motorola scored when Google acquired its electronics...

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), which is set to debut the BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) name and ticker next Monday, is having a rough week. The stock is down again today, hovering between a three and four percent decline after dropping more than eight percent this morning. Jan Dawson, Ovum's Chief...

It was supposed to be the mobile OS that would change everything, but the only thing that has changed is Research In Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) share price. The stock is down another six percent Thursday, signaling a potential end to RIM's golden child status on Wall Street. The company will...

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," says Shakespeare’s Juliet, affirming her contention that names are less important than substance. A number of firms have changed their names – some of them quite well known. Before it was Xerox (NYSE: XRX), it was Haloid. Would sales have...

Over the past few months, media attention has shifted from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM). The assumption was that RIM could make a comeback and turn BlackBerry 10 into the next great mobile OS. With RIM shares now trading down well over 5 percent on Wednesday, it seems...

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), which is in the process of changing its name to match the BlackBerry devices it produces, surprised the world this morning when it revealed a top-secret feature for BlackBerry 10. While consumers had been hoping to see new apps or a superior OS, they quickly...

Not yet, at least. According to a statement issued to The Next Web, Lenovo is downplaying reports that it is looking at BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) as a possible acquisition target. "In general, we do not comment on M&A rumors or speculation," the statement read. "We...

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...

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have declined more than 21 percent over the last six months. The company's losses have been so severe that they have diminished Apple's one-year gains to less than one percent. Based on this alone, it may appear that Apple is suffering. The firm's quarterly results...

Eight years ago, IBM (NYSE: IBM) sold its personal computer business to Lenovo. In the years since, Lenovo has become the world's second-largest PC manufacturer behind Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ). For a brief time, Lenovo actually took the lead. Now Lenovo hopes to imitate that success with its...