Blackberry Blackout a Second Break for the Windows Camp

Release Date 13 Oct, 2011 in Forbes

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	BlackBerry chief apologies for outage Telegraph.co.uk - Christopher Williams, Emma Barnett - 13 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry-maker RIM's chief executive, Mike Lazaridis, has apologised to customers for the outage over the last three days via a YouTube clip. Mike Lazaridis has apologised for Blackberry outage via a YouTube clip. Photo: Bloomberg By Christopher ...
Research in Motion: Five Great Things About the BlackBerry Outage Wall Street Journal (blog) - Mark Gongloff - 13 Oct, 2011 AP This is a real drag and, as Rolfe Winkler writes today, the latest in a series of good reasons to dump the stock, which is down another 2.5% or so before the bell. But it's not all bad! There are at least five good things I can ...
Blame game looms over BlackBerry email delays Economic Times - 13 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry maker Research In Motion faced the prospect of a compensation bill from network providers on Thursday as it wrestled for a fourth day to get the world's dominant mobile email service working properly. RIM said services were starting to ...
Cell C to compensate BlackBerry users News24 - 13 Oct, 2011 Johannesburg - SA's third mobile operator, Cell C said on Thursday that it would compensate its BlackBerry users for the service disruption caused by a core switch failure within parent company Research In Motion's (RIM) infrastructure. ...
	RIM has 'restored full services' for BlackBerry users CTV.ca - 13 Oct, 2011 RIM Founder and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis apologizes to BlackBerry users as seen in this image taken from video posted on the Research in Motion site, Thursday morning, Oct. 13, 2011. Research in Motion's BlackBerry logo is seen on a box in Ottawa. ...
	Full BlackBerry Service Restored, Research in Motion Claims Fox News - 13 Oct, 2011 AP Photo/Oliver Lang BlackBerry users were hit with service disruptions to their smartphones for a second day on Tuesday Oct. 11, 2011 after an unexplained glitch cut off Internet and messaging services for large numbers of users across Europe, ...
RIM says working to prevent more BlackBerry outages Moneycontrol.com - Alastair Sharp, Frank McGurty - 13 Oct, 2011 TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion said on Thursday it was working aggressively to prevent any recurrence of the service disruptions that have affected millions of BlackBerry users around the world this week. The Waterloo-based company said full ...
BlackBerry service has been restored worldwide: RIM Economic Times - 13 Oct, 2011 OTTAWA: BlackBerry service has been restored worldwide after several days of outages, the head of the company that makes the smartphones said Thursday. "All of the services are back up globally," Research in Motion (RIM) founder and president Mike ...
RIM has 'restored full services' for BlackBerry users CTV.ca - 13 Oct, 2011 RIM founder and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis issues an apology, through a video message he posted on YouTube, to BlackBerry users, saying although they let many down, they are working on fixing the issue. Technology expert says Research in Motion's apology ...
RIM: BlackBerry Service 'Has Been Fully Restored' TIME - Doug Aamoth - 13 Oct, 2011 Research in Motion co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie held a phone-in press conference to announce that BlackBerry services have been "fully restored" around the world. "On Monday we had a hardware failure," ...
	BlackBerry problems - 'no end in sight' as customers' fury turns to ... Daily Mail - Sean Poulter, Rob Waugh - 13 Oct, 2011 The founder and co-CEO of Research in Motion said that said that he could not yet give an estimated time of full recovery to BlackBerry's service. Mike Lazaridis made a rare public appearance in a video message today. ...
RIM's secretive BlackBerry network Hindustan Times - 13 Oct, 2011 Research in Motion is blaming technical problems in its highly secretive communications network for a three-day disruption in service to millions of BlackBerry users around the globe. The company runs a highly secure network and data centers that are ...
BlackBerry service has been restored worldwide, says RIM Hindustan Times - 13 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry service has been restored worldwide after several days of outages, the head of the company that makes the smartphones said on Thursday. Lazaridis earlier used a video message to apologise to the millions of BlackBerry users worldwide who ...
	Is the BlackBerry outage a blessing or a curse? CBC.ca - 13 Oct, 2011 By Community Team BlackBerry users have been experiencing service outages since Oct. 10. ( Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)Research In Motion co-CEO Mike Lazaridis issued an apology Thursday to BlackBerry users affected by a massive service outage that has ...
Research In Motion: BlackBerry Services Almost Fully Restored In India Fox Business - Jai Krishna, Kenan Machado - 13 Oct, 2011 By R. Jai Krishna & Kenan Machado and Dhanya Ann Thoppil NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) said Thursday its BlackBerry services in India have almost been fully restored, while they have significantly improved in Europe, ...
RIM Says BlackBerry Service Restored on Fourth Day Following Disruptions Bloomberg - Hugo Miller - 13 Oct, 2011 Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) fully restored data service to its BlackBerry smartphones globally on the fourth day after disruptions began, according to co-Chief Executive Officer Jim Balsillie. ...
RIM says BlackBerry service restored after worst blackout ever National Post (registration) - 13 Oct, 2011 Research In Motion (RIM) President and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, left, attends the firm's annual general meeting of shareholders with Co-CEO Jim Balsillie in Waterloo July 12, 2011. Research In Motion Ltd. officials are saying BlackBerry service has been ...
Blackberry Blackout a Second Break for the Windows Camp Forbes - 13 Oct, 2011 Apple's iPhone 4S launch turned out to be an evolutionary step, not an earth-shattering new product many were expecting. Just days later RIM was hit by a data service glitch that has spread to five continents and still isn't fully resolved. ...
	RIM says BlackBerry service restored CBC.ca - 13 Oct, 2011 Beginning of Story Content Research In Motion co-CEO Mike Lazaridis says global BlackBerry service is fully restored, four days after the smartphone devices started to lose internet, email and instant messenging capabilities. ...
RIM hasn't talked with carriers about compensation Reuters - 13 Oct, 2011 TORONTO Oct 13 (Reuters) - Research In Motion said on Thursday it has not discussed compensation with the global carriers affected by a three-day BlackBerry service outage. Founder Mike Lazaridis said during a conference call that RIM was sorry for ...
BlackBerry Says Service Restored Wall Street Journal - Guarav Raghuvanshi, Judy Mckinnon - 13 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry users saw further disruptions in service, the third consecutive day of problems that have now spread from Europe into Asia and North America. Spencer Ante has details on The News Hub. Research In Motion Ltd. said it has fully restored ...
BlackBerry user problems continue WalesOnline - 13 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry users have been told there is still no end in sight to the disruption to services they have suffered this week. Research in Motion (RIM) - the firm behind the smartphones - has attracted widespread anger after millions of people were left ...
BlackBerry maker says service fully restored Forbes - Peter Svensson - 13 Oct, 2011 NEW YORK -- Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry phones, says service has been fully restored after a three-day outage. Mike Lazaridis, the co-CEO of the company, told reporters Thursday morning ...
	BlackBerry maker says service fully restored Atlanta Journal Constitution - Peter Svensson - 13 Oct, 2011 AP NEW YORK �" Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry phones, says service has been fully restored after a three-day outage. Research in Motion's (RIM) United Kingdom managing director, Stephen Bates, speaks to media outside ...
RIM Struggles to Overcome BlackBerry Outages New York Times - Jenna Wortham - 13 Oct, 2011 Research in Motion said Thursday that it is still trying to restore full service for BlackBerry customers across five continents who are facing disruptions. The company, which not only makes the phone but also operates the worldwide ...
Research in Motion Apologizes, Stock Still Falls Wall Street Journal (blog) - Mark Gongloff - 13 Oct, 2011 The Research in Motion Apology-palooza conference call is happening right now, but it doesn't seem to be helping the stock. At least BlackBerry service has been restored, according to Mike Lazaridis, and RIM is working hard to make ...
BlackBerry says services have improved The Australian - 13 Oct, 2011 From: AP A BlackBerry user displays a text message sent notifying him of the suspension of services in the UAE. Picture: AP Source: AP BlackBerry services buzzed back to life across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India, after a three-day outage ...
	BlackBerry Outage: RIM Apologizes, Says Service Returning ABC News - Ned Potter - 13 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry is sorry. Very, very sorry. It says the service outage that spread to five continents is coming under control, with email service slowly returning to normal. But it couldn't say when the outage would be over. ...
BlackBerry users irate about outages CNN (blog) - 13 Oct, 2011 A popular tweet making the rounds online today again focuses on Apple's dominance over the BlackBerry brand. "I apologize for the service outages this week," said Mike Lazaridis, who is also the founder and co-CEO of Research in Motion, in a videotaped ...
RIM: BlackBerry Service 'Approaching Normal' After Outage PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 13 Oct, 2011 Research in Motion co-founder Mike Lazaridis today apologized for the ongoing BlackBerry outage and said that while the company is "approaching" normal service levels, it could not provide an exact time for when everyone might be ...