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.

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.

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.

Many mobile retailers sold ZERO BlackBerrys last month, says analyst

Sales are low and inventory is lower for a struggling RIM. With some stores selling exactly zero units, is the end finally in sight

Why Samsung paying Apple a billion in patent tolls is awesome for the mobile industry (and you)

Samsung's billion-dollar fine, which could go as high as $3 billion, is a great, excellent, and wonderful thing for the entire smartphone industry. And it's an awesome thing for you and me, smartphone users.

Yeah, really (although I agree, it probably sucks for Samsung).

Massive new Yahoo perk from Marissa Mayer: no more BlackBerrys

Marissa Mayer is all about the bennies in her first few weeks at Yahoo. From free food to new cooler, collaborative workspaces to ... no more BlackBerries?

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.

‘I’ll never let go, BlackBerry!’ RIM usage sinks 25% in a year

Hey, you. Enterprise middle-manager guy with the PDA-looking BlackBerry cluttering up your pocket. It's time to let go.

Worldwide cellphone sales fell 2.9% as users wait for iPhone 5, says Gartner

Consumer anticipation for the iPhone 5 is so high that it helped to slow global sales of mobile phones in the second quarter, according to the latest research from Gartner.

RIM gets $147.2M Mformation patent case overturned, can buy itself a hot meal

Financially troubled RIM probably doesn't have two pennies to rub together, so the company must be thrilled that it just saved itself $147.2 million.

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.

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 …