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Blackberry accuses Twitter of illegally using message technology in lawsuit
Blackberry will see Twitter in court.
On Wednesday, former mobile phone giant BlackBerry filed a lawsuit against Twitter accusing the social media company of patent infringement. BlackBerry claims that Twitter is illegally using mobile messaging technology that the company created.
In its lawsuit, BlackBerry refers to Twitter as “a relative latecomer to the mobile messaging world.” The company claims that Twitter “created mobile messaging applications that co-opt BlackBerry’s innovations, using a number of the innovative user interface and functionality enhancing features that made BlackBerry’s products such a critical and commercial success in the first place.” Read more…
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BlackBerry, the former smartphone maker, is suing Twitter for alleged patent infringement. If this sounds familiar, it may be because BlackBerry filed a patent infringement suit against Facebook last year. In its complaint, BlackBerry alleges Twitter has infringed and continues to infringe on six of its patents, which cover things like push notifications, silencing notifications […]
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BlackBerry was best known for keyboard-totting smartphones, but their demise in recent years has seen the Canadia firm pivot towards enterprise services and in particular cybersecurity. That strategy takes a big step further forward today after BlackBerry announced the acquisition of AI-based cybersecurity company Cylance for a cool $1.4 billion. Business Insider reported that a […]
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Quantum computing represents tremendous promise to completely alter technology as we’ve known it, allowing operations that weren’t previously possible with traditional computing. The downside of these powerful machines is that they could be strong enough to break conventional cryptography schemes. Today, BlackBerry announced a new quantum-resistant code signing service to help battle that possibility. The […]
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As decent as the BlackBerry Key 2 is, it’s really not worth spending $650 on when there are better phones like the OnePlus 6 that cost less.
TCL Communications, the company behind the BlackBerry Key series, has heard the cries of the people and has a…
HTC is gone
Gather around, campers, and hear a tale as old as time. Remember the HTC Dream? The Evo 4G? The Google Nexus One? What about the Touch Diamond? All amazing devices. The HTC of 2018 is not the HTC that made these industry-leading devices. That company is gone. It seems HTC is getting ready to lay […]
View More HTC is goneHere’s the sequel to the surprisingly nice BlackBerry KeyOne
TCL just dropped the sequel to the KeyOne, the company’s surprisingly good keyboard-sporting BlackBerry handset. We reviewed it roughly this time last year, and it was almost enough to restore our faith in the possibilities of BlackBerry as a brand. Almost. Of course, that had much more to do with TCL’s ability to create solid […]
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BlackBerry teases new Key 2 phone that’ll likely have a QWERTY keyboard
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Alright, try not to giggle too hard: A new BlackBerry is coming.
In a post on Twitter, BlackBerry announced that its next smartphone, the “Key 2,” will be unveiled on June 7 at 10 a.m. ET in New York.
BlackBerry shared the tweet in the most millennial (are they courting hip young kids again?!) way possible: with emoji.
🔑2⃣ 👀 pic.twitter.com/t4ZF9yGfhH
— BlackBerry Mobile (@BBMobile) May 11, 2018
Beyond the “An Icon Reborn” message and the name of the device, the post doesn’t reveal any other details.
However, putting on our detective hats, we can piece together a few things. First, the Key is almost definitely a successor to last year’s KeyOne. Read more…
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