BlackBerry 10 OS updated with new lock screen feature, FM radio

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 14:01

The latest version 10.2.1 also includes offline reading mode in the web browser, better management of the BlackBerry hub for notifications, and support for group messages over email or SMS.

BlackBerry to divest majority of its Canadian real estate

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 09:49

BlackBerry Ltd said on Tuesday it intends to divest the majority of its real estate holdings in Canada, as it seeks to bolster its balance sheet and turn around its fortunes.

BlackBerry sues Ryan Seacrest's company over iPhone keyboard

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 10:42

BlackBerry Ltd said on Friday it had filed a lawsuit against a company co-founded by "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest that offers a physical keyboard that can be attached to some of Apple Inc's touchscreen iPhone 5 models.

Co-founder Mike Lazaridis cuts stake in BlackBerry

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 12:30

BlackBerry Ltd co-founder Mike Lazaridis cut his stake in the company to 4.99 percent from 8 percent, and said that a group, which included Lazaridis, walked away from exploring a bid for the troubled smartphone maker.

BlackBerry deal bolsters Foxconn's makeover gambit

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 09:58

Foxconn`s BlackBerry Ltd deal marks the Taiwanese firm`s biggest step up the value chain - a chance to not just assemble smartphones, but help design them, too.

BlackBerry steps back on handset business, shares jump

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 02:47

BlackBerry Ltd said on Friday it was entering a handset production deal that lowers the risk it will have to take more massive writedowns on unsold smartphones, and its shares surged even though it posted dismal quarterly results.

BlackBerry’s CEO hires two more of his former colleagues

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 08:07

BlackBerry Ltd said on Wednesday it hired two more senior executives who previously worked with its new chief executive officer, bolstering a newly assembled team charged with putting the stumbling smartphone maker back in stride.

BlackBerry sales drop to nearly zero in US, China

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 21:58

BlackBerry sales have reportedly dropped to nearly zero in countries like the United States, China, Spain and Japan, with UK remaining its best-selling area.

BlackBerry offers bumper package to new CEO

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 09:00

BlackBerry Ltd will pay its new interim CEO a base salary of $1 million, a bonus of up to twice that amount as well as stock awards potentially worth some $85 million.

New BlackBerry boss John Chen out to prove skeptics wrong

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 14:02

John Chen, the man charged with breathing life into struggling BlackBerry Ltd , says he has no intention of killing the money-losing BlackBerry handset as he looks to turn around the smartphone maker.

BlackBerry says it has no plans to shut handset unit

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 00:10

BlackBerry Ltd has no plans to shut down its loss-making handset business, incoming interim Chief Executive John Chen said on Monday, adding that the smartphone maker has sufficient resources to stage a turnaround.