BlackBerry phones under virus attack
Posted by admin on Mar 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Research In Motion’s BlackBerry operating system is world-renowned as being virtually impossible to exploit, but a new study has exposed a virus that specifically targets SMSes sent using the high-end smartphones’ Messenger service.
According to security solutions firm Trend Micro, a ‘trojan’ virus, dubbed Zeus — which appears to perform a desirable function for the user prior to run or install,...
Soon, your smartphone could reveal your every move
Posted by admin on Feb 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Your smartphone could soon give out your location no matter where you where, when you are.
Mobile phones are quickly becoming the up-close-and-personal marketing medium. And the possibility of knowing a person’s location at any given time through the websites they surf or mobile applications they have visited on their smartphone’s browser is opening a new world of possibilities for marketers.
Read More →
RIM says no access to corporate email in India
Posted by admin on Jan 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Thursday said there was no possibility of providing India access to corporate emails on BlackBerry devices.
India has demanded access to all BlackBerry services as part of efforts to fight militancy and security threats over the Internet and through telephone communications.
Read More →
BlackBerry-maker gives India solution for message, Internet
Posted by admin on Jan 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
BlackBerry on Thursday said it has provided a solution for legally intercepting messenger and internet and email services, but denied such access on BlackBerry Enterprise Server, saying the company has “no ability to provide its customers’ encryption key.”
“The company has now delivered a solution that enables India’s wireless carriers to address their lawful access requirements for...
UK launch could hinder Blackberry tablet success
Posted by admin on Jan 06, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Research in Motion (RIM)’s delay in launching its tablet device, Blackberry Playbook, in the UK until later this year could damage its success in the tablet market, an analyst has warned.
Tablets are set to be the biggest IT device of 2011, with some business adoption expeced to take off.
Read More →
BlackBerry to provide India access to messenger services
Posted by admin on Dec 04, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian company that makes BlackBerry mobile devices, Saturday said it is working to provide the Indian government lawful access to BlackBerry Messenger Services (BBM).
“RIM confirms that it is fully cooperating with the government of India and is enabling carriers in India to be able to provide the same degree of lawful access to consumer data services, including BlackBerry Messenger...
RIM sues app maker over BlackBerry Messenger patent
Posted by admin on Dec 02, 2010 | 1 Comment
After software giant Microsoft which is embroiled in a legal battle over Word patent, now BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) too is entangled in a patent battle.
The Canadian wireless giant has dragged a fast-growing app developer called Kik Interactive Ltd to court here for infringing on its wildly popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) which has more 30...
Keeping BlackBerry in your pocket could be harmful
Posted by admin on Nov 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Keeping that smartphone in your pocket could have harmful health effects, says BlackBerry.
The user guide to the BlackBerry Torch advises using its “approved holster with an integrated belt clip or maintain a distance” of 25mm between the “BlackBerry device and your body while the BlackBerry device is transmitting,” reports News.com.au.
Read More →
Final solution for interception of BBM data by Jan, 2011: RIM
Posted by admin on Nov 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Admitting that the controversy over security has impacted its business in India, BlackBerry- maker Research in Motion on Tuesday said it will provide a final solution for lawful interception of BlackBerry Messenger services by January next year.
The project is likely to be completed by the end of January, 2011. With regard to Blackberry’s Enterprise mail service, however, it has asserted that the company...
BlackBerry sales to hit 100 mn units in 2 yrs
Posted by admin on Nov 09, 2010 | Leave a Comment
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion expects sales of the smartphones to grow by two-thirds in two years, if it continues to perform “moderately,” its co-chief executive said on Wednesday.
“We’re close to 60 million BlackBerry subscribers now and if we continue to perform moderately, we’ll be 100 million (subscribers) in couple of years…two years,” RIM Co-Chief...
