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Mobile phone maker BlackBerry, struggling to remain relevant, is reportedly considering a privatisation. Such a move will solve only some of its problems.

Apple's 'slow but steady' iPhone approach is eroding its market share, with Android now gaining almost 80% of the worldwide market.

Optus is taking an unusual route to improve its network, recruiting customers to give feedback about reception and speed.

BlackBerry chief Thorsten Heins has called for patience as his beleaguered company faced shareholder questions about its future today.

Brave or what? An HP executive has revealed that the company has a smartphone under development.

A new version of LogMeIn Rescue alerts technicians to possible problem areas and automates the delivery of fixes.

The popular wisdom is that BlackBerry’s new models have turned the company around. The share market doesn’t think so.

New software from BlackBerry brings iOS and Android devices the same enterprise mobile management controls that are available on the company's current handsets.

Over half of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies are testing or already using BlackBerry's new line of devices, the company revealed in an interview today.

BlackBerry Z10 smartphone owners in Australia can now download the latest operating system update, BlackBerry 10.1.

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has shocked the smartphone world, announcing instant messaging system BBM would be coming to iPhone and Android users, for free.

IP telephony and unified communications systems vendor ShoreTel has released a dock for iOS devices that, in conjunction with ShoreTel's softphone app, turns the mobile device into a desktop speakerphone.

There is a headline doing the media rounds that essentially says BlackBerry Z10 users viewing or listening habits will be shared with other BlackBerry Messenger Users who are part of their network. Of course sensational headlines like “BlackBerry broadcasts porn” garners readers - here is the lowdown from a current BB10 user.

IP surveillance camera supplier Grandstream has announced that a range of apps providing mobile access to video streams now supports its cameras.

Running up a bar tab is convenient, but after a night on the turps there's a risk of leaving your card behind, or of having it 'borrowed' or skimmed. Now there's an alternative.

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins is in Australia to promote BlackBerry 10. But the strategy is much more than the new Z10 handset, he says.

If there was any doubt left about Apple’s iPhones being greatly inferior to phones from Samsung, today’s announcement of the Galaxy S4 well and truly removes it.

As reported in iTWire in January, Chinese PC maker Lenovo is in discussions to buy BlackBerry. The rumours were denied by both companies at the time, but as rumours do, they persist. Thay are being fuelled by Lenovo, so something is going on.

Developers have committed to porting a variety of well-known consumer apps and games to BlackBerry 10.

Other vendors found it impossible to provide a truly global content store thanks to the machinations of rightsholders, and Research In Motion has run into the same roadblocks. While BlackBerry World for BlackBerry 10 will open up in Australia with a catalogue of DRM-free music from major and independent labels, we'll have to do without movies and TV shows.