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The thrill and heartache of BlackBerry: employee perspectives

December 9, 2013 by Neville Hobson 

Whether Canadian mobile technology company BlackBerry has a viable future or not is still a big unknown. The company fell from grace during this year as sales of its smartphones plummeted in the face of competition from Apple and Android devices, plus a collapse in confidence in the company,  in the brand and in its leadership, and a knock-on effect on its lucrative software and services business. The cost was catastrophic. Calling BlackBerry "a company in crisis" would be an … [Read more...] about The thrill and heartache of BlackBerry: employee perspectives

Filed Under: Business, Communication, Hardware, Investor Relations, Leadership, Mobile, Public Relations, Reputation, Software, Technology, Workplace Tagged With: Blackberry

The changes that did for BlackBerry

September 29, 2013 by Neville Hobson 

Summarizing the tale of the rise and fall of mobile device and services maker BlackBerry as "changing too little and changing far too late" is probably as good as any way of succinctly capturing the sense of the huge fall from grace of Canada's biggest technology company, originally known as Research in Motion or RIM. And a huge fall it is, from almost owning the mobile devices market a few years ago to becoming a bit player in the past year or so as the company's leadership tried in vain to … [Read more...] about The changes that did for BlackBerry

Filed Under: Business, Communication, Investor Relations, Marketing, Mobile, Public Relations, Reputation, Technology Tagged With: Blackberry

RIP Blackberry

July 20, 2012 by Neville Hobson 

A great analysis in The New York Times magazine of RIM and brand destruction. This share price chart says it all. Story: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/07/how-the-blackberry-died.html Google+: View post on Google+ Post imported by Google+Blog. Created By Daniel Treadwell. … [Read more...] about RIP Blackberry

Filed Under: Business, Investor Relations, Marketing, Mobile, Public Relations, Reputation, Technology Tagged With: Blackberry, [From Google+]

My Blackberry is (still) not working

October 13, 2011 by Neville Hobson 

I first posted this video satire about the Blackberry (and Apple) smartphone by comedians Harry Enfield and Ronnie Corbett last December. In light of the continuing serious downtime issues with RIM's Blackberry network, affecting users worldwide, it seems exceptionally apt to take another look. (If you don't see the video embedded above, watch it at YouTube.) On a serious note, though, this ongoing outage presents Blackberry maker RIM with an alarming loss of reputation, never mind considering … [Read more...] about My Blackberry is (still) not working

Filed Under: Business, Entertainment, Humour, Mobile, Public Relations, Reputation, Technology Tagged With: Blackberry

It’s all about the apps, Part 3

May 12, 2009 by Neville Hobson 

I wrote last month that iPhone is all about the apps. It’s not really about the device itself, cool though it is – it’s much more about what you can do with it. I discovered a new one yesterday – Thomson Reuters News Pro, a free app that gives you access to a wealth of real-time news, information and other content including pictures, video, global financial data, corporate information, and interactive financial charting. I’ve used it a handful of times since installing it yesterday, … [Read more...] about It’s all about the apps, Part 3

Filed Under: Business, Communication, Gadgets, Mobile, Software, Web Tagged With: Blackberry, iPhone

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