(Reuters) – Canada’s BlackBerry on Friday raised its bets on the fast-growing areas of autonomous cars and artificial intelligence (AI) with the $1.4 billion purchase of California-based cybersecurity company Cylance. The company’s shares rose as Read more…
(Reuters) – BlackBerry on Tuesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, arguing that they copied technology and features from BlackBerry Messenger. Litigation over patent infringement is part of Read more…
(Reuters) – BlackBerry and Chinese internet search firm Baidu on Wednesday signed a deal to jointly develop self-driving vehicle technology, sending BlackBerry’s Toronto-listed shares up 13% to a four-year high. The deal follows similar agreements Read more…
HELSINKI/TORONTO (Reuters) – An arbitration court ordered smartphone pioneer BlackBerry to pay $137 million to Nokia to settle a payment dispute and the Canadian company said it would pursue a separate patent infringement case against Read more…
(Reuters) – Auto suppliers Delphi Automotive and BlackBerry will partner on a software operating system for self-driving cars, the companies said on Wednesday. Delphi already has developed a turnkey self-driving system called CSLP that it Read more…
Blackberry has launched QNX Hypervisor 2.0, a new software system for connected and autonomous cars that emphasizes safety and security by enabling developers to partition and isolate safety-critical environments from non-critical environments. The real-time Type Read more…
TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry is working with at least two automakers to develop a security service that would remotely scan vehicles for computer viruses and tell drivers to pull over if they were in critical Read more…
TORONTO (Reuters) – Although BlackBerry has extricated itself from the smartphone handsets that weighed on its recent fortunes, the Canadian firm faces a tough slog to convince skeptics it can return to its glory days Read more…
OTTAWA (Reuters) – BlackBerry subsidiary BlackBerry QNX plans to invest C$100 million ($75 million) in a new autonomous vehicle testing hub over several years, the company’s chief executive said on Monday, as the fallen smartphone Read more…
TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry launched its third Android-based phone on Tuesday, the last device whose success will be the company’s financial responsibility, opting to price its top-end device well below Apple’s iPhone 7. The Canadian Read more…
WATERLOO, Ontario (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd’s decision to outsource the development of its smartphones helps it avoid the risks of a competitive market and focus on its more lucrative businesses of software and managing rival Read more…
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