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Blackberry

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BlackBerry (formerly Research in Motion) is a Canadian designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless devices and solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. The company is best known as the developer of the BlackBerry smart phone.

Blackberry technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data.

Blackberry was founded in 1984. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company has offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Recent Milestones

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  Blackberry added Alicia Keys as Global Creative Director. (1/30/13)
  Posted 4/2/13 at 1:47pm
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  Blackberry added Kristian Tear as Chief Operating Officer. (8/1/12)
  Posted 1/19/13 at 8:07am
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  Blackberry added Steven Zipperstein as Chief Legal Officer. (7/1/12)
  Posted 1/19/13 at 8:07am
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  Blackberry invested in LAGbook. (6/28/12)
  Posted 7/2/12 at 10:17am via lagbook.com
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  Blackberry added Frank Boulben as Chief Marketing Officer. (6/1/12)
  Posted 1/19/13 at 8:07am
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  Blackberry acquired Paratek. (3/9/12)
  Posted 3/12/12 at 8:06pm via bloomberg.com
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  Blackberry added Thorsten Heins as President and CEO. (1/1/12)
  Posted 1/19/13 at 8:07am
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  Blackberry — RIM Announces 1 Billion App World Downloads (10/18/11)
  Posted 10/18/11 at 5:18pm via techcrunch.com
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  Blackberry acquired NewBay. (10/7/11)
  Posted 10/10/11 at 3:39am via forbes.com
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  Blackberry acquired Scoreloop. (6/7/11)
  Posted 6/7/11 at 7:22pm via paidcontent.org
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  Blackberry added Volker Hirsch as Director, Business Development. (6/1/11)
  Posted 9/5/11 at 3:07pm
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  Blackberry added Markus C. Mueller as Senior Director. (6/1/11)
  Posted 7/20/12 at 8:23am
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  Blackberry added Aaron Ardiri as Technical Director. (5/31/11)
  Posted 6/21/11 at 12:18am
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  Blackberry acquired Ubitexx. (5/2/11)
  Posted 5/2/11 at 6:29pm via techcrunch.com
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  Blackberry added CJ Lee as Visual Designer, Student. (5/1/11)
  Posted 8/21/12 at 1:52pm
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  Blackberry acquired Tungle.me. (4/27/11)
  Posted 4/27/11 at 5:38am via techcrunch.com

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Products

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BlackBerry Bold

BlackBerry PlayBook

BlackBerry Style

BlackBerry Torch

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Sources

1. RIM Acquires Paratek to Gain Mobile-Phone Radio Technology (bloomberg.com) [edit]
2. Research In Motion Buys NewBay For Reported $100M (forbes.com) [edit]
3. RIM Buys Scoreloop To Grow In House Social Gaming Expertise (paidcontent.org) [edit]
4. RIM Acquires Smartphone Security Software Developer Ubitexx (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. RIM Acquires Social Calendaring Application Tungle.Me (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. RIM Buys Developer Of HTML5 Mobile App Testing Platform TinyHippos (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Research In Motion Acquires Professional Contact Manager Gist (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. RIM welcomes TAT! (blogs.blackberry.com) [edit]
9. Research In Motion Buys Mobile Storefront Platform Cellmania (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. HARMAN Announces Successful Conclusion of $200M Sale of QNX Software Unit (freshnews.com) [edit]
11. RIM Acquires BlackBerry-App Maker Viigo (paidcontent.org) [edit]
12. RIM acquires Web browser developer Torch (businessinsider.com) [edit]
13. Capital Report Index [edit]
14. Research In Motion Completes Acquisition of Certicom (press.rim.com) [edit]
15. Research In Motion Ltd acquires Alt-N-Technologies Ltd (alacrastore.com) [edit]
16. RIM to Acquire Chalk Media Corp. (press.rim.com) [edit]
17. RIM buys Epoch Integration (blackberrycool.com) [edit]
18. RIM purchases SlipStream (blackberrycool.com) [edit]
19. RIM Acquires Ascendent Systems (press.rim.com) [edit]
20. LAGbook - The Business Plan (lagbook.com) [edit]
21. IGLOO to Deliver Web 2.0 Collaborative Platforms (mediacastermagazine.com) [edit]
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500,000 BlackBerry Storms Sold In First Month? Not Bad (RIMM) (alleyinsider.com) [edit]
Research In Motion Invests in Second BlackBerry Fund (finsmes.com) [edit]
RIM Announces 1 Billion App World Downloads (techcrunch.com) [edit]

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