The DeanBeat: Does it make sense for game developers to publish on the doomed BlackBerry?

BlackBerry is in a long decline, but does it make sense to make games for its smartphones?

BlackBerry 10 kicks off with Z10, Q10 smartphones

Research in Motion renamed itself as just BlackBerry, introduced the first BlackBerry 10 phones, and trotted out singer Alicia Keys as its new "global creative director." It was a big press event for the struggling mobile phone maker.

BlackBerry 10: Don’t count RIM out (but don’t expect any surprises)

BlackBerry 10 is late. And I'm not just talking about missing a few release dates.

Android captured almost 70% global smartphone market share in 2012, Apple just under 20%

Apple may be winning the smartphone battle stateside, but Android is winning the global smartphone war being fought all over the world.

2012: When mobile shaped the future of computing

While 2012 didn't have any single products that were as exciting as when we saw the iPad or iPhone for the first time, I have a feeling we’ll look back at this year as a turning point.

FCC: Stop being dumb about mobile security, use this tool

The Federal Communications Commission wants people to get smarter about their phones as we head into the holiday season -- a time for giving gadgets.

Nokia aims to block RIM phone sales, following patent dispute

It's a patent battle between two trouble phone manufacturers.

BlackBerry 10 launch event set for January 30, 2013

After several delays, Research in Motion announced this morning that it will officially launch BlackBerry 10, its next-generation phone platform, next January.

iPhone 5 beats Samsung Galaxy S3 in toxicity tests

Want some lead, mercury, or chlorine with your new iPhone 5 or Galaxy S3? You're in luck: both phones contain those and many other toxic substances.

RIM beats expectations with net loss of $235M; stock up 17% after-hours

Research in Motion beat Wall Street expectations with the results of its fiscal second quarter of 2013 today, and investors have responded by shooting the company's stock up 16 percent in after-hours trading.

RIM tries to attract BlackBerry 10 developers with awful music video

Research in Motion has just released a strange music video serenading BlackBerry developers and encourages them to stick with RIM for its new BlackBerry 10 operating system.

BlackBerry creator pays big to go small: donates $100M to quantum computing and nanotech center

Research in Motion founder Mike Lazaridis, who created the BlackBerry smartphone, has donated $100 million to a new center pursuing radically small computing innovations.

Windows Phone could surpass BlackBerry’s U.S. market share this year

Microsoft's Windows Phone platform will likely overtake Research in Motion's BlackBerry market share in the U.S. by the end of this year.

RIM ‘seriously’ considered Android, still thinks BlackBerry Messenger is the key to success

While many industry watchers have suggested that Research in Motion give up its BlackBerry OS and adopt Android instead, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins divulged exactly why the company avoided that route in a recent interview.

SiriBerry? BlackBerry 10 developer release adds Siri-like voice commands

It’s pretty clear now that you can’t have a modern smartphone operating system without powerful Siri-like voice commands. So it’s not too surprising to see familiar-sounding voice commands in the latest update to RIM’s BlackBerry 10 Developer Alpha release.

As …

RIM faces $147M in damages from Mformation patent suit

Poor Research in Motion just can’t catch a break. The BlackBerry maker has been ordered to pay $147.2 million to Mfomation Technologies over a patent dispute regarding wireless device remote management, Reuters reports.

Yesterday a San Francisco federal court ordered …

RIM investors respond to today’s big meeting by shedding stock

Research in Motion investors didn’t like what they heard today at the struggling company’s annual shareholder meeting, with RIM’s share price down more than 5 percent Tuesday.

The BlackBerry maker’s stock price has been on a steep decline in the …

RIM hires a search firm to find more U.S. tech experience for its board

Canada-based BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has plenty of problems, and among them is a board that isn’t as technically savvy as its competitors. Today at its annual shareholder meeting, RIM chairwoman Barbara Stymiest confirmed that the company is indeed …