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.

Cash-strapped Nokia and RIM make good with patent-licensing deal

Going broke, Nokia and RIM would rather settle their patent differences than spend millions of dollars fighting over them.

RIM’s latest earnings show why BlackBerry 10 can’t get here soon enough

With revenue down nearly 50 percent this quarter, RIM's BlackBerry 10 launch matters more than ever.

RIM’s L-Series BlackBerry 10 phone gets thoroughly exposed in new video

RIM may not intend to officially announce its L-Series BlackBerry 10 phone until January, but some enterprising bloggers have already gotten their hands on it.

Finally: Apple and Google said to bid $500M for Kodak imaging patents

Apple and Google have joined forces to offer more than $500 million for some of the 1,100 digital imaging patents from Eastman Kodak, according to Bloomberg, citing “two people with knowledge of the situation.”

If the report is accurate, the …

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.

As Android hits 75% market share, can anyone tell me why this is not Mac vs PC all over again?

The latest IDC numbers are out, and Android is by far the undisputed heavyweight champion of the smartphone world. If Android was Mike Tyson, iOS would be Peewee Herman, and everything else is dust on the floor.

Facebook has no plans to release Instagram for BlackBerry 10 (exclusive)

Scratch Instagram from the list of brand name applications making their way over to RIM's BlackBerry 10 platform.

Hustle and flow: Why RIM believes BlackBerry 10 can beat the competition

BlackBerry 10 is late. Late for its originally scheduled release date, and even later to a mobile revolution that some say has already been won by Google and Apple. But the word "late" doesn't seem to be in RIM's lexicon.

RIM gives out 6K BlackBerry 10 dev prototypes to seed App World

BlackBerry 10, the hyped mobile operating system that could resurrect the Research in Motion brand, is still months away from reaching consumers. Thousands of developers, however, were given early access to the platform to build BlackBerry 10-ready applications.

RIM’s latest BlackBerry 10 pitch: Movies, native apps, and developer bribery

To get developers and consumers interested in BlackBerry 10, RIM is turning to bosting its App World catalog and bribing potential developers.