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James Laurence Balsillie (born February 3, 1961) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He was the former chair and co- chief executive officer of the Canadian technology company Research In Motion ( BlackBerry ), which at its 2011 peak made US$ 19.9 billion (equivalent to $26.6 billion in 2023) in annual sales.
But it failed and after this failure, Chen decided BlackBerry would stop making phones and sold the manufacturing licenses to other companies. Massive layoffs ensued. The company’s value plummeted, with stock now around $5. And the BlackBerry logo survives only in a handful of devices sold mostly in Asia.
Jan 4, 2022 · Many vintage BlackBerry phones will stop working reliably after Tuesday as the company turns off support for its operating system and associated services. For journalist Bill Wilson, it means the ...
Jan 4, 2022 · BlackBerry phones, once the height of mobile devices, are finally being shut off. The company announced that services for the older devices will be brought to an end on 4 January. At that point ...
BlackBerry was a brand of smartphones and other related mobile services and devices. The line was originally developed and maintained by the Canadian company BlackBerry Limited (formerly known as Research In Motion, or RIM) from 1999 to 2016, after which it was licensed to various companies. [1]
Jan 8, 2022 · Blackberry's fall marks the end of an era as the phones, which had tiny QWERTY physical keyboards, pioneered push email and the BBM instant messaging service. In recent years, the company pivoted ...
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Oct 1, 2023 · BlackBerry hasn't appeared alongside them on shop shelves for years, and any remaining devices were effectively killed off last January when the company behind them ceased support.
