Research In Motion Ltd (BBRY) News: Balsillie’s New Appearance, Twitter Updates, Secure Work Space for Apple Inc. (AAPL) & More

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Twitter for BlackBerry app updated to include image tweaks, tweet details (TheNextWeb)
Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) has updated its Twitter app today bringing new image tweaks and in-line tweet details to all versions of the mobile platform still commonly being used. The app is available to download now from BlackBerry World and will work on Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) smartphones running BlackBerry OS 5.0 all the way up to BlackBerry 10, the company said. The new version (Twitter 4.2) brings tweaks to images, such as including photo card support, new retweet and favorited tweet indicators and additional timeline details such as who has replied to your tweets, their location and if an article summary is available.

Why BlackBerry is launching BBM for Android and iOS (Thedroidguy)
Why is Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) seeding BBM to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android? It is part of their strategy to take down Windows Phone. BlackBerry was placed on death watch in the middle of 2012. Rapidly slowing sales was the reason. In the last quarter of 2012, Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) sold just over 7.3 million handsets, representing 3.5% of the smartphones sold in that quarter. This was a steep fall from better days when Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) would ship almost one in every five smartphones built (Source: Gartner). BlackBerry’s survival hinged on the release of the new Blackberry 10 operating system. With some very difficult decisions made by Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) CEO Torsten Heins, BlackBerry pulled through long enough to release BlackBerry 10 and three handsets, the Z10, Q10 and Q5, giving it a viable platform to continue.



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