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BlackBerry Priv wins plaudits, but price tag questioned

November 6, 2015 creative annual, black, friday, from-the-google, general-meeting, google-play, help-it-rebuild, offices, phone, pictured-at-its, san, space, their-offices, unveils-their

By Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd launched its first Android-based device on Friday, with the future of the company's hardware business riding on a slick smartphone called Priv that boasts an impressive array of features and a hefty price tag. The company is betting the Priv's large curved screen, full array of Android apps from the Google Play store and blend of productivity and security features will help it rebuild its share of the smartphone market, which has slid to under one percent. With hacking and data theft issues becoming a bigger concern these days, BlackBerry expects keen interest in its pre-loaded DTEK feature that alerts users every time any app attempts to access data, or turn on the phone's microphone or camera

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BlackBerry posts weaker-than-expected results, pledges revenue gain

September 25, 2015September 29, 2015 admin apple, black, blackberry, general-meeting, higher-revenue, offices, revenue-growth, their-offices, waterloo

Smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd reported weaker-than-expected quarterly results on Friday but forecast higher revenue and said it might replace its operating system with Google Inc's Android platform.

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Yelp needs help, and buyout may be the answer

July 29, 2015 creative billion-times, bloomington, boost-its, consumer-review, facebook, francisco-based, now-valued, officer-sheryl, offices, police, social, suburban, their-offices

Yelp, owner of consumer review website Yelp.com, reported a second-quarter loss on Tuesday and forecast revenue for the current quarter that was far below expectations. As of Tuesday's close, Yelp – now valued at about $1.8 billion – had already lost 39 percent of its value this year. Unless Yelp can come up with a strategy to boost its financial performance, the San Francisco-based company should consider selling itself, several analysts said.

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BlackBerry to buy messaging alerts firm AtHoc to expand software base

July 22, 2015 publisher central, general-meeting, miles, street, their-annual, their-offices, video-sharing, waterloo, yellow

By Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd said on Wednesday it is buying privately-held AtHoc, a provider of secure, networked crisis communications, as it moves to broaden its software offering and generate revenue from its BBM messaging service. San Mateo, California-based AtHoc's services are used by a number of top clients including the U.S