Research in Motion

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...

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is giving developers 36 hours to port their existing apps to BlackBerry 10. Those who do could be paid $100 for their efforts. The company has set aside a total of $500,000 for developers who deliver the goods, which could lead to an influx of 5,000 new apps. "...

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...

Some smaller tech companies saw unusual movement in their stocks on Friday. But not just in Bazaarvoice (NASDAQ: BV), FARO Technologies (NASDAQ: FARO), Hurco Companies (NASDAQ: HURC) and Unwired Planet (NASDAQ: UPIP), which are discussed below. Also included are radio frequency (RF)...

With only a couple weeks to go before BlackBerry 10 arrives, Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is doing everything it can to ensure that consumers are excited for its arrival. Unfortunately, a BlackBerry outage should not have been one of them. According to Reuters, BlackBerry users have been...

Brian Wallace, the VP of Strategic Marketing at Samsung's smartphone unit in America, is leaving the South Korean manufacturer for a gig with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). The executive, who received credit for the company's popular anti-iPhone campaign, will join Google's Motorola unit. According to...

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...

In a surprising settlement one year ago, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) ended its lengthy patent dispute with Nokia (NYSE: NOK). While the exact settlement terms were not disclosed, Nokia said that it would receive a one-time payment plus a lifetime of royalties from various Apple products. Considering the...

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...

The middle of the week will bring a cluster of quarterly reports ahead of the Christmas break. Foremost among them are results from economic bellwether FedEx (NYSE: FDX), which is expected to post lower earnings, Nike (NYSE: NKE), whose EPS are forecast to be the same as a year ago, and Oracle (...

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...

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...

November 23 may have been known as "Black Friday." But it was a very bright and boisterous day for Nokia (NYSE: NOK). According to Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research, Nokia sold out of its flagship phone -- the Lumia 920 -- last Friday. "[The Lumia...