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Ina Fried in Mobile on December 18, 2013 at 9:10 am PT
Struggling phone maker BlackBerry said on Wednesday that its BBM instant messaging software will soon come preloaded on a phone from Korea’s LG Electronics. BlackBerry, which recently made BBM freely available for iOS and Android, said that the software will also come preinstalled on the LG G Pro Lite phone in various markets around the world.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 18, 2012 at 12:42 pm PT
Did longtime head of North American sales get fired for saying Sun “baaaalllllooooooows”?
Liz Gannes in Social on April 30, 2012 at 2:37 pm PT
Meet brothers Ralph and Georges Harik, who run the Imo messaging service and are trying to extend it into a non-creepy serendipitous discussion platform.
Kara Swisher in News on March 8, 2012 at 7:02 pm PT
Another day, another,
well, you know …
Ina Fried in Mobile on October 18, 2011 at 4:40 pm PT
The Korean electronics giant announces its answer to Apple’s iMessage and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Messenger.
Ina Fried in Mobile on August 29, 2011 at 6:03 pm PT
The first version Samsung’s IM service will support Android and Bada; by year’s end it should work on all major devices.
Ina Fried in Mobile on August 29, 2011 at 6:37 am PT
Following Apple and Research In Motion, Samsung says that it, too, will offer a dedicated messaging service available for Samsung device owners to easily message one another.
Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on May 18, 2011 at 6:05 pm PT
Walt answers a reader’s question on the pros and cons of a Mac for a small-business owner.
Kara Swisher in News on January 16, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT
Groupon is in talks with Chinese Internet giant Tencent to form a partnership to accelerate its effort in the critical Asian arena, said several sources with knowledge of the situation.
Terms of the deal are unclear, but sources said that it is likely to involve some sort of co-branded joint venture effort between the two–a key strategic move for Groupon, given the hard-to-penetrate-if-you’re-not-Chinese Chinese market.