BlackBerry Limited | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 02/01/2019

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00:01:23 1 History
00:01:32 1.1 1984–2001: Early years and growth
00:05:27 1.2 2001–2011: Global expansion and competition
00:09:24 1.2.1 Primary competition
00:13:46 1.3 2011–2015: Strategic changes and restructuring
00:15:27 1.3.1 BlackBerry 10
00:18:49 1.3.2 Prem-Watsa/Fairfax Deal
00:20:21 1.3.3 John Chen Joins BlackBerry
00:23:18 1.4 2015–Present: Software Transition
00:24:25 1.4.1 Strategic Acquisitions
00:26:00 1.4.2 Hardware Licensing Partnerships
00:27:43 1.4.3 Cybersecurity Consulting
00:28:30 1.4.4 BlackBerry Secure
00:29:59 2 Financials
00:35:29 3 Organizational changes
00:35:39 3.1 Leadership changes
00:39:12 3.2 Workforce reductions
00:41:08 4 Stock fluctuations
00:43:21 4.1 Rumoured Samsung buyout
00:44:02 5 Mobile OS Transition
00:44:12 5.1 BlackBerry OS (Java)
00:45:36 5.2 BlackBerry Tablet OS (QNX)
00:46:29 5.3 BlackBerry 10 (QNX)
00:47:08 5.4 Android
00:49:20 6 Acquisitions
00:49:41 6.1 Slipstream Data Inc.
00:50:08 6.2 Certicom
00:51:37 6.3 Dash Navigation
00:51:54 6.4 Torch Mobile
00:52:34 6.5 DataViz
00:53:05 6.6 Viigo
00:53:31 6.7 QNX
00:54:10 6.8 The Astonishing Tribe
00:54:42 6.9 JayCut
00:55:04 6.10 Paratek Microwave
00:55:23 6.11 Tungle.me
00:55:47 6.12 Newbay
00:56:13 6.13 Scoreloop
00:56:44 6.14 Gist
00:57:11 6.15 Scroon
00:58:07 6.16 Movirtu
00:58:39 6.17 Secusmart
00:59:16 6.18 WatchDox
00:59:46 6.19 AtHoc
01:00:06 6.20 Good Technology
01:00:39 6.21 Encription
01:00:57 6.22 Cylance
01:01:34 7 Software
01:01:43 7.1 BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager (UEM)
01:02:28 7.2 BlackBerry Dynamics (Formerly Good Dynamics)
01:03:08 7.3 BlackBerry Workspaces (Formerly WatchDox)
01:03:33 7.4 BlackBerry 2FA (Formerly Strong Authentication)
01:03:56 7.5 BBM Enterprise
01:04:40 7.6 BlackBerry AtHoc
01:05:09 7.6.1 SecuSUITE
01:05:24 7.7 BlackBerry QNX
01:05:50 8 Patent litigation
01:06:08 8.1 Glenayre Electronics
01:06:41 8.2 Good Technologies
01:07:09 8.3 Handspring
01:07:40 8.4 NTP
01:09:03 8.5 Xerox
01:09:36 8.6 Visto
01:10:12 8.7 Motorola
01:10:59 8.8 Eatoni
01:11:47 8.9 Mformation
01:12:47 8.10 Qualcomm
01:13:33 8.11 Facebook
01:14:12 9 Controversies
01:14:22 9.1 Stock option scandal settlement
01:16:18 9.2 Environmental record
01:17:52 9.3 Anonymous open letter to management
01:18:24 9.4 Service outages
01:19:15 9.5 Government access to communication
01:19:52 10 See also



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BlackBerry Limited is a Canadian multinational company specialising in enterprise software and the Internet of things. Originally known as Research In Motion (RIM), it is best known to the general public as the former developer of the BlackBerry brand of smartphones, and tablets. It transitioned to an enterprise software and services company under CEO John S. Chen. Its products are used worldwide by various businesses, car makers, and government agencies, and include the AtHoc crisis communications platform, the QNX real-time operating system, and BlackBerry UEM, an endpoint management platform. BlackBerry was founded in 1984 as Research In Motion by Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin. In 1992, Lazaridis hired Jim Balsillie, and Lazaridis and Balsillie served as co-CEOs until January 22, 2012. In November 2013, John S. Chen took over as CEO. His initial strategy was to subcontract manufacturing to Foxconn, and to focus on software technology. Currently, his strategy includes forming licensing partnerships with device manufacturers such as TCL Communication and unifying BlackBerry's software portfolio.