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Australia’s largest customer-owned financial institution, CUA, has deployed Good for Enterprise (GFE) to secure its fleet of 400 company-owned and bring-your-own (BYO) smartphones and tablets.

BlackBerry’s CFO, COO and CMO have been shown the door. The new broom is sweeping very clean.

BlackBerry’s CEO Thorsten Heins is out, as BlackBerry finds a billion dollars for life support. Where to now?

A leading global entrepreneur was in the box seat to buy BlackBerry. But the deal is in doubt – banks won’t lend him the money because they’re worried about the company’s survivability.

Former Apple and Pepsi CEO John Sculley may be interested in putting together a buyout of BlackBerry.

BlackBerry says that BBM was downloaded over 10 million times by Android and iPhone users in the first 24 hours it was available. At least one part of the company is doing well.

After a number of hiccups and banana peel slip-ups Blackberry has finally launched a fully-fledged BBM app for iPhone and Android.

Those rumours just won’t go away. There is renewed speculation that BlackBerry will be acquired by Chinese PC company Lenovo.

Blackberry’s co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin are considering buying the company they started 28 years ago.

A consortium led by a private equity group has made a bid for BlackBerry, for just $4.7 billion. It is a floor price in what may yet be a bidding war.

Android users will have to wait a bit longer to message their BlackBerry friends, with release of BBM for Google's OS now delayed.

BlackBerry has released its quarterly financial results, confirming it is simply not selling enough phones. Its shares fell by another 20%, and it confirmed massive job losses.

BlackBerry’s race is run. Reports say it plans to lay off nearly half its workforce by the end of the year as it plans to sell or dismember itself to give some return to its shareholders.

Today is iOS 7 day! Apple iPhone and iPad users around the world are upgrading iTunes and their smartphones and tablets. Amid the revamped flat look, the AirDrop and Control Center, the camera and radio and other features stands something new for enterprise users, something which maybe should have been there from the start but wasn't - but finally is here. This is my favourite new feature of iOS 7 and it's about time.

Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia’s phone business has changed the smartphone game overnight. There is now considerable speculation that it will also buy BlackBerry.

BlackBerry’s sales are down because people are losing confidence in the company. People are losing confidence in the company because sales are down. Not good.

BlackBerry is attempting to separate its BlackBerry Messenger service into a separate business to compete with iMessage and WhatsApp, according to fresh reports.

The Blackberry Q10 is at last on sale in Australia, with discounter Harvey Norman set to be the first to sell the BlackBerry Q10 in all white at $698 in two days time, from 29 August.

BlackBerry may be facing tough issues in the boardroom but its resolve to make nice hardware has not wavered.

BlackBerry has tried to head off speculation it is considering privatisation by establishing a high level committee to consider if the company should be sold – or whatever.