New York/Toronto: BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is close to rolling out its own music streaming service that will work across its mobile devices, according to four people familiar with the plans. The new service is likely part of an attempt by RIM to improve its BlackBerry Messenger service as it competes with the mobile media platform strengths of rival Apple Inc and Google Inc's Android. RIM is in late-stage...
12:14 PM, Aug 19, 2011
London: With social media brutally accelerating the news cycle and allowing rumours from riots to bank failures to spread at lightning speed, politicians, businesses and governments must adapt fast. On Thursday, British Prime Minister David Cameron threatened to temporarily block platforms such as Blackberry messaging used to coordinate looting and unrest -- but the experience of the "Arab Spring" suggest that approach might be doomed to failure. For some of...
12:46 PM, Aug 12, 2011
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Twitter saved lives in the tragic moments after the Mumbai blasts last month and Facebook gave a platform to the Egypt-Libya uprisings. Blackberry Messengers seems ...
06:51 PM, Aug 11, 2011
London: Mobile technology such as BlackBerry Messenger and social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook played a key role in organising and coordinating riots across London, according to the police. The riots over the last two days began in Tottenham and have since spread to areas such as Walthamstow, Oxford Circus, Islington and Enfield. The unrest has already been called 'Britain's first 21st century riot'. Groups of people who...
01:28 PM, Aug 09, 2011
Toronto: Research In Motion wants software developers to use its popular instant messaging tool within their applications to enable friends to play games, share and discuss news, and decide where they will eat dinner. Describing BlackBerry Messenger - widely known as BBM - as one of the world's largest mobile social networks, RIM on Thursday took the covers off an update that it hopes will prod more developers to write...
12:27 PM, Jul 28, 2011
Toronto: Research In Motion (RIM) founder Mike Lazaridis ordered a BBC reporter to stop the interview after he was asked questions about his problems with India and Middle East countries which are seeking access to BlackBerry enterprise emails in view of national security issues."That's just not fair," Mike Lazaridis shot back at BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones when he posed this question to the RIM co-CEO at a recent interview....
10:07 AM, Apr 14, 2011
New Delhi/Karachi: India rejected on Research In Motion's (RIM) offer to allow it only partial access to its BlackBerry data services, while Pakistan reversed its earlier decision to restrict the popular smartphone's services. It was not immediately clear what the Indian government, which says it is driven by security concerns, would now do after the Canadian smartphone maker failed to fulfill demands to monitor encrypted corporate email by a January...
11:49 AM, Feb 01, 2011
New Delhi: BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion said on Thursday it had given a solution to India ahead of a January 31 target date for access to consumer services including BlackBerry Messenger, but reiterated that no changes can be made to the security system for corporate emails. India had last year threatened to shut off corporate email and instant messenger services on BlackBerry unless it gains access to them, in a...
01:06 PM, Jan 13, 2011
Bangalore: BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) wants 18-24 months to address security concerns raised by Indian agencies who have been demanding access to its corporate email services, two newspapers reported on Friday. The Economic Times and Mint cited minutes of a meeting between the company, the government and security officials held on December 29 as their source. RIM had denied on Thursday it was planning to provide access to data...
09:52 AM, Jan 07, 2011
New Delhi: BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion said on Thursday the network data analysis system (NDAS) was a tool to gain lawful access only to its consumer services including BlackBerry Messenger, and does not enable access to highly secure corporate emails on its devices. RIM, in a statement, reiterated that there would be no change to its security model for corporate emails, clarifying after the Economic Times newspaper earlier reported RIM...
01:48 PM, Dec 30, 2010
Toronto: After software giant Microsoft which is embroiled in a legal battle over Word patent, now BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) too is entangled in a patent battle. The Canadian wireless giant has dragged a fast-growing app developer called Kik Interactive Ltd to court for infringing on its wildly popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) which has more 30 million users. Interestingly, both RIM and Kirk Interactive Ltd. are based at...
11:40 AM, Dec 02, 2010
