Several major corporations have been announcing layoffs in recent weeks, despite their fattening coffers. What accounts for all the pink slips? Consumers don't like them, nor do investors -- at least, not the farsighted ones. Here are the real reasons behind these puzzling, and troubling, terminations.
Investors have abandoned Research In Motion, which may finally make it a good investment again. Twenty months ago, the smartphone company's shares traded at $85. The stock now changes hands at around $49. But there are good reasons to expect that it won't stay that low for long.
Smartphone sales are expected rise 49% this year to 450 million units, according to a new survey from electronics research firm IDC.
Research In Motion's plans to make its BlackBerry Messenger service available as an app on Androids and iPhones will get its signature software in front of a wider audience. But will RIM's initiative win new customers, or cannibalize its already failing smartphone market share?
Google's smartphone platform, Android, has overtaken that of Research in Motion's BlackBerry as the most popular in the U.S., according to a ComScore report released Monday. It also may be gaining on Apple.
Apple leapfrogged Hewlett-Packard to become the largest U.S. seller of portable personal computers last quarter because of the popularity of its iPad tablet computer that it debuted last year, according NPD Group's DisplaySearch.
Apple more than doubled its revenue from its mobile-device applications last year, though its global share of that market slipped slightly as applications for Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Google's Android mobile-computing platform chipped away at Apple's leadership, according to a report released Tuesday.
Kodak has accused Apple and Research in Motion of infringing on one of its digital-imaging patents with the iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones. But the International Trade Commission in Washington has ruled against Kodak in a preliminary decision.
It's tablets, tablets everywhere at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which ends Sunday. Manufacturers such as Motorola Mobility, Toshiba and Dell have taken to hot pursuit of Apple, which sold more than 13 million iPads last year.
Apple has raised its target for first-quarter shipments of its iPhone by as much as 10%, anonymous component suppliers told DigiTimes. The news signals strong holiday sales for the phone and bodes well for the company's upcoming quarterly earnings.
Research in Motion's fiscal third-quarter profit rose 45%, beating analysts' expectations as BlackBerry smartphone shipments jumped. Is the BlackBerry outselling the iPhone?
Apple's iPhone 4 is the most reliable smartphone around, according to SquareTrade. In a report released Wednesday, the warranty provider says the iPhone 4 is about three times less likely to malfunction in the first year of ownership than BlackBerry devices.
Apple's iPhone operating system software stumbled in the third quarter, losing year-over-year quarterly market share for the first time, as Google's Android mobile operating system pulled further ahead, according to a Gartner Research report released Wednesday.
Employees who are tried of carrying both a company issued BlackBerry and a personal smart phone are pushing their employers to allow their personal devices onto corporate networks. Unfortunately for Research In Motion, employers seem to be listening.
Research In Motion CEO Jim Balsillie blasted Apple for "distortion" on Tuesday after CEO Steve Jobs said iPad sales had surpassed the BlackBerry. The comparison isn't, well, apples to apples because the quarters ended at different times, he says.
Google's Android mobile operating system is now more popular than Apple's iPhone or RIM's Blackberry among recent smartphone buyers, according to new data from market research firm Nielsen. The sales figures are further evidence of the astonishing rise of Android devices.
Over six months after Apple introduced the iPad, rival mobile companies are racing to introduce tablet computers of their own. On Monday, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion unveiled its new offering, the PlayBook -- an odd name given that it's aimed squarely at the company's bread-and-butter corporate clientele.
Motorola is snapping up location-based software maker Aloqa as part of its strategy to differentiate its smartphones with the help of software. Aloqa's technology pushes information to smartphone users about events or special offers from merchants near their locations.
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Nokia's Symbian platform and Google's Android system will be racing at a dead heat in 2014, according to a Gartner report. The research firm forecasts that those systems will each have double the users of Apple's iOS operating system by then.
Google's Android mobile operating system continues to make major inroads in the cell phone market, and will shoot from a mere 3.9% global market share in 2009 to an estimated 17.7% this year, ahead of RIMM and Apple, according to a new report from research firm Gartner.
Americans' thirst for applications for hand-held devices will overcome any resistance they have to mobile advertisements, creating a profit opportunity for both applications publishers and operating-system owners.
Not too long ago, Research In Motion, Nokia and Motorola each enjoyed the sort of market-dominating mojo that Apple and Google boast today. But all three have slipped badly and their shares have tanked. The question now, is whether these companies can regain lost ground and if their fallen stocks are now good values for investors.
Nokia unveiled its type-and-touch X3 Tuesday, a device designed to appeal to consumers looking for an inexpensive smartphone. An alternative is Research In Motion's BlackBerry Torch, which just had its price slashed by 50%.
Smartphone shipments and phones based on the Android operating system posted double-digit second-quarter gains despite a still-weak economy, according to a report released today.
