Jaguar Financial Corp urged on Tuesday Canadian smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) to consider selling the company or do a better job monetizing on its patent portfolio.

A shareholder in Research In Motion (RIM) wants the company to better monetize its patent portfolio and consider an outright sale of the company. Image: louisvolant / Flickr (CC)

In a statement, Jaguar Chief Executive Officer Vic Alboini said that “The status quo is not acceptable, the company cannot sit …

The price of the Research In Motion PlayBook tablet has been discounted by retail chain operator Best But for the Labor Day weekend in the U.S.

Best Buy will be discounting the PlayBook tablet for the U.S. Labor Day weekend. Image: osde8info / Flickr (CC)

According to reports, the biggest discount offered is for the 64GB version of the PlayBook tablet which sees its price cut from a regular $700 to $550.
That’s about a $150 discount on the 64GB PlayBook tablet hinting that that particular …

Canada-based smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) announced Friday the highly-anticipated release of the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 in the U.S. via T-Mobile.
The Bold Touch 9900 sports a 2.8-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with 640 x 480 pixels image resolution, 1.2 GHz QC 8655 processor, 768 MB RAM, physical QWERTY keyboard, 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 720p video recording, and the latest BlackBerry OS 7.0 out of the box.
When it comes to memory, handset offers 8 GB …

Probably considering the demise of the HP TouchPad as precedent, Best Buy has decided to slash up to $150 on BlackBerry PlayBook prices, which experienced poor consumer reception like the former.
RIM’s tablets will now cost $449 for the 16 GB version and $549 for both 32 GB and 64 GB versions – a $150 slice for the latter, but Best Buy has yet to announce the sale’s duration.
According to RIM, only 500,000 units shipped in the quarter of spring so it still is unknown how well the …

Research In Motion’s Mike Kirkup, chief of the company’s developer relations arm, has left the Canadian company.

Research In Motion’s Mike Kirkup, its Senior Director of Global Developer Relations, has resigned. Image: mikekirkup.com

In a Tuesday post on his personal blog at mikekirkup.com, Kirkup said: “After an incredible journey with RIM, I have resigned as Senior Director, Global Developer Relations today.”
He says that as the mobile space is “quickly” redefined by moves of …

After reports came out earlier saying that the U.K. government may propose to ban social media for suspected troublemakers in the country, reports coming out of the U.K. and elsewhere say that the U.K. government will not be banning social media after all.

The U.K. government will not be banning social media after riots, reports say. Image: Jax60 / Flickr (CC)

According to a report from British publication The Guardian, Home Secretary Theresa May told representatives of social media firms …

Sterne Agee upgraded Research In Motion’s stock rating on Friday, saying that the company’s stock price has bottomed out.

Sterne Agee raised Research In Motion’s stock rating from “Neutral” to “Buy” on Friday. Image: Dan_H / Flickr (CC)

The upgrade comes from Sterne Agee analyst John Wu, who upgraded RIM share rating from “Hold” to “Buy” on Friday.
“While we continue to be concerned with the company’s longer-term fundamentals including risk of further margin …

Chiefs of Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry maker RIM will meet the British officials to discuss role of social networking sites in ensuring safety of people during civil unrest, reports AFP.
A few days back, there were stories coming about blocking of social networking sites during riots. Now the focus of the meeting has changed to how these sites can be used by the police to notify law-abiding citizens and catch the offenders.
“We look forward to meeting with the Home Secretary to explain …

Research In Motion (RIM0 has launched a music sharing service in a bid to increase popularity of its BlackBerry Messenger, reports Reuters.
The new feature, which is still unavailable in Apple’s iTunes and is being launched to present BlackBerry as an entertainment tool, allows song sharing among the subscribers. With introduction of this feature, RIM is expecting its BBM Music service to give competition to iTunes and other popular brands.
To use the new facility, users will be charged a …

Facebook, RIM, and Twitter officials will meet UK Home Secretary Theresa May today to hash out the social networks’ part in inciting the destructive English riots that affected Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, and Salford.
Facebook already expressed approval to meet the home secretary and RIM continues to cooperate with police officials in investigations.
Hardly two weeks ago, riots broke out in seven English cities that brought chaos on affected areas, and …