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RIM's Nonsensical Year

As 2011 winds to a close and 2012 begins, we do a little bit of Fast Company drumbeating. We predict a lot of stuff around here. Sometimes we're wrong. But we also nailed a few things this year. Let's talk about shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and ... RIM's big failures...READ»

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Zynga's $1 Billion IPO, RIM Execs Take $1 Paycheck, Skype Cofounder Backs Free Wireless Venture

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RIM's Only Road Back: Building An iPhone Killer

Speculation over RIM’s demise hits the press daily, and I’m sure many news outlets already have drafted its obituary. But there's still time for RIM to save itself and recapture its former glory. How? It's time to get up off the floor, stop wasting time with me-too products and finally build a product that’s better than the iPhone.READ»

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Facebook Settles FTC Privacy Complaints, Battlefield 3 Banned In Iran, Buyers Circle Yahoo

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Yelp's $100M IPO, Defense Dept.'s Superweapon, Samsung Ban-Dodging Galaxy Tab 10.1n

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RIM's Vision Of The Future Might Rely On Someone Else's Goggles

Dear RIM, If You Can't Imagine A Innovative Future Vision Of Your Own, Don't Make A Futuristic Promo Clip.READ»

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iPhone 3GS A Boon For AT&T, RIM's "BBX" May Be Taken, NYT Publishes Insights From New Steve Jobs Bio

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RIM Needs To Stop Researching And Get Its BBM, A** In Motion

Research In Motion's developer conference kicks off today, just as one recent count has its smartphone market share down to 19.7%. Can the company ever recover?READ»

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iPhone 4S Sales Top 4 Million, RIM To Offer Free Apps For Outage, Wireless Users To Get Overage Alerts

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All Apologies: Netflix Vs. RIM In A Mea Culpa Matchup

Recently Netflix's Reed Hastings and RIM's Mike Lazaridis have had to do something unusual for big-name CEOs--apologize to customers for major letdowns. We judged the mea culpas of the two business leaders, to guess which one has a better chance at winning back their customers' love. READ»

The Most Secure Android Phone, Ever

Germans have found a way to create super-secure virtual "work phones" on Android devices. This could become a new, competitive threat to the already beleaguered Research In Motion.READ»

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NY Times Confirms iPhone 5, U.K. Riot Committee Grills Twitter, Facebook, RIM Stocks Slide, TripIt Debuts Windows Mobile App

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Twitter Debuts Web Analytics, Google's EU Mobile Win, Microsoft Woos Devs For Windows 8, Authors' Guild Blocks Google Book Scans

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Tim Cook: Apple Won't Change, China Mobile Is Huge, Google's Gundotra Toasts Jobs, RIM Reveals BlackBerry Music

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Google+ Fatigue, German Court Says Facebook Like Illegal, U.K. Govt. Meets Social Nets Over Riots, Google Vs. iPhone

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Lessons In Corporate Strategy From BlackBerry's Flawed PlayBook

RIM's PlayBook is, by many counts, superior to the iPad. It is thinner, lighter, has a better camera, and it runs Flash. Yet I--one of BlackBerry's most loyal fans--threw in the towel and returned my PlayBook. The reasons I did so help explain why a company whose revenue grew by $5 billion, or 33%, last year endured a stock decline of 60%. READ»