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On April 25, T-Mobile’s license to sell BlackBerry smartphones will expire, and according to a recent announcement from BlackBerry CEO John Chen, the company does not plan on renewing that license. Chen explained that while Blackberry has maintained a positive relationship with T-Mobile over the years, he said “our strategies are not complementary and we […]

Hewlett-Packard officials recently showed off many new offerings at the Interop conference in Las Vegas. The company unveiled OpenFlow-enabled 802.11ac wireless access points, a Software-Defined Networking app designed for location awareness and new unified management appliances. HP says it will use new cloud-based and SDN capabilities in an effort to give its mobile users the […]

Companies that are running BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5 or any mobile device management solution that competes with BlackBerry now have an easy way to make the transition to BES10. Blackberry recently made the BlackBerry EZ Pass available, which has been designed to make the switch to BES10 as simple as possible. The company says it’s […]

Japanese news organization Nikkei recently reported that Apple is developing two new iPhones that will have larger displays than previous models. The new phones will feature 4.7- and 5.5-inch displays, and may be available as early as September. This plan is likely in response to phones launched by Samsung, which have significantly larger displays than […]

To show how seriously Blackberry takes security breaches, CEO John Chen recently took to the company’s blog to state that legal action would be taken against anyone inside or outside the company who leaks corporate secrets. This statement came after images of BlackBerry 10.3—the company’s future mobile operating system update—were leaked to the Internet. The […]

In a surprise move, Facebook announced on March 25 that it plans to purchase virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR for about $1.9 billion in cash and common stock. The first product Oculus made was a virtual reality headset for immersive gaming that was funded by a Kickstarter campaign in 2012, which raised $2.4 million. […]

HTC has introduced the One M8 smartphone, which is taller and wider than it’s predecessor, while remaining just as thin. The company lined up the announcement of the new phone with its launch date, making the phone available to order from AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile immediately following its introduction. The phone has many impressive features, […]

Beta users have been testing Google Glass devices since April 2013, but public opinion regarding these new products remains mixed. In an effort to encourage people to see beyond some of the negative press, Google has launched a list of the Top 10 Google Glass Myths. Some of the myths Google addresses include the belief […]

In the digital age, business and IT leaders must think and act differently. The disparate tech items that people once relied on have fallen by the roadside as devices like the iPhone or iPad take their place, offering integrated functionality, writes Samuel Greengard, in an article for Baseline. “We used to rely on a spate […]

Advanced computer science skills can lead to better-fitting jobs and improved employment compensation packages, Shravan Goli, president of career site Dice, writes in a blog posting on Baseline, a sister site of eWEEK. “I’ve always looked at my career as more than as series of steps up a ladder,” Goli said. “I’ve viewed my career […]