Contrary to popular opinion, BlackBerry users have actually avidly embraced smartphone apps. That was the key message during today's DevCon Europe event hosted by Research in Motion. Alec Saunders, head of RIM's developer relations, has been the ...

IDG News Service - Research in Motion is trying to woo developers by giving a free BlackBerry Playbook tablet to coders who port their Android application for its BlackBerry Tablet OS. The promotion, announced on Twitter by Alec Saunders, RIM's ...

Next-generation software for BlackBerry's smartphones is "ready to compete", Research In Motion's new chief executive, Thorsten Heins, told more than 2,000 technical developers on Tuesday, expressing confidence in RIM's long-term future. The Canadian ...

RIM has started a new ad campaign aimed at highlighting the simplicity and workhorse-like nature of its smartphones, focusing on the streamlined strengths of its platform. One of the features that gets renewed emphasis is RIM’s BlackBerry ...

Yet another company has fallen foul of the Twitter hashtag. This time it’s RIM with its BeBold campaign. But were the marketing team naive  — or preparing our focus for the BlackBerry 10? Last week RIM hit the news again. It launched a ...

RIM is holding its annual developers conference in Amsterdam this week – aptly titled Devcon Europe – and it marks the first time new CEO Thorston Heins has been given the stage to talk about the company's future. In a rather optimistic keynote, Heins ...

We are already starting to see the fruits of RIM’s recent acquisitions such as ScoreLoop social gaming being added to the PlayBook NDK and The Astonishing Tribe’s UI elements and upcoming Cascades framework. There are two acquisitions that ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The first basket spun around the rim at least four times and dropped in, and the one that pushed him past his former teammate and nemesis was just a smooth Kobe Bryant jumper, the kind that he launches with so much grace and control even as ...

RIM's new CEO Thorsten Heins has continued his interviewing with hints the company might not be as closed to the possibility of BlackBerry Messenger on other mobile platforms as once thought. He told CrackBerry that he was still committed to the ...

The Interior Design Show has honored RIM’s Senior Vice President of Design, Todd Wood by selecting Todd as one of 20 renowned designers from around the world to create a new version of the iconic “Julian” chair by Magis as part of the ...