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(Reuters) — BlackBerry on Tuesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, arguing that they copied technology and features from BlackBerry Messenger. Litigation over patent infringement is part of BlackBerry Chief Executive John Chen’s strategy for making money for the company, which has lost market share in the smartphone […]
Enlarge / The BlackBerry KeyOne, a 2017 phone that was manufactured under license by a Chinese company, TCL. (credit: Ron Amadeo) BlackBerry, the once-great smartphone maker that exited the hardware business in 2016, is suing Facebook for patent infringement. BlackBerry owns a portfolio of broad software patents that cover some of the most basic features […]
BlackBerry announced a new service called Jarvis today that’s aimed at helping automakers test the code they’re loading into cars for security flaws. Jarvis uses a technique known as static analysis to seek out bugs in the pre-built application binaries users feed it. That should provide automakers with the information needed to find those bugs […]
(credit: Andrew Cunningham) Superfans and holdouts using some older smartphone operating systems will have to bid adieu to WhatsApp messenger soon—or at least the most updated versions of the app. According to an FAQ page, the Facebook-owned messaging app won’t support Blackberry OS, Blackberry 10, or Windows Phone 8.0 and older after December 31, 2017. That […]
WhatsApp is bidding farewell to older mobile operating systems as the year draws to a close. Specifically, it’s ending support for BlackBerry OS (including BlackBerry 10) and Windows Phone 8.0 and older on December 31st. Although the Facebook-owned messaging app will continue to work on these platforms, users won’t be able to create new accounts […]
WhatsApp has detailed its plans for older mobile operating systems, with less than a week before the end of the year. The Facebook-owned app will end support for BlackBerry OS (including BlackBerry 10) and Windows Phone 8.0 (and older) on December 31, 2017. The end of support doesn’t mean WhatsApp will no longer function on […]
Back in the old days, when BlackBerry was the premier smartphone maker, you could count on its devices to feature two things: a physical keyboard and long battery life. Things have changed a lot since then, but part of that legacy lives on in the new BlackBerry Motion. It might lack that classic keyboard, but […]
The next time you whip out BBM, you’ll be able to order an Uber from within the app — which would be handy if anyone still used BBM. Well, it’s evidently still a thing, at least in parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, anyway. Elsewhere, Blackberry’s baby has long been forgotten. Now, more […]
Today, BlackBerry accepted an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) decision that the company pay Nokia $ 137 million due to a contract dispute. The latter allegedly accused the smartphone maker of failing to make payments on patent license contracts and brought the matter to the ICC’s arbitration panel. While BlackBerry bowed to the ICC’s ruling, […]
BlackBerry’s evolution away from a world-renowned consumer hardware company into a software, services, and licensing company took a notable step forward today: the Canadian company has settled a long-standing legal spat with budget smartphone company BLU Products, or “BLU” as its most commonly known. Last summer, BlackBerry kickstarted legal action again two companies for purported […]
