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<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>] This years predictions of the American Brands forecast to disappear by 2015</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp; <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/12/brands-disappearing-in-2015_n_5580761.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/12/brands-disappearing-in-2015_n_5580761.html</a></li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] 2014-07-11</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
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<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li>] <a href="http://forums.crackberry.com/general-blackberry-discussion-f2/yahoo-news-reports-blackberry-brand-disappearing-2015-a-944749/" target="_blank">http://forums.crackberry.com/general-blackberry-discussion-f2/yahoo-news-reports-blackberry-brand-disappearing-2015-a-944749/</a></li>
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<div class="hp-right-pane-title">9. Blackberry</div>
<p>BlackBerry is about to run out of its nine lives. As recently as 2008, BlackBerry, then operating as Research In Motion, had 19.5% of the global smartphone market. However, following Apple&rsquo;s introduction of the iPhone in 2007 and Google&rsquo;s release of the Android mobile operating system in 2008, that figure fell to less than 1% by late 2013.<br /><br />Despite the fanfare surrounding the release of two new phones last year, sales of the Z10 and Q10 were abysmal. At the end of last year, BlackBerry outsourced its hardware to Foxconn to focus on its software offerings.<br /><br />The company has positioned its QNX platform as the most secure operating system for mobile communication, and it is now a leading OS in the auto and health care industries. While these are attractive businesses for potential buyers, they are inadequate on their own to make the company viable.<br /><br />Revenue has continued its multiyear slide, confirming the belief that BlackBerry cannot survive on its own. In the most recently reported quarter, revenue dropped to $966 million from $3.1 billion in the same quarter the year before.</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">"Each year, 24/7 Wall St. identifies 10 American brands that we predict will disappear before the end of the next year"<br /> <br /> Pretty sure BlackBerry is Canadian&nbsp;</h1>
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<p>2014 list of brands to go<br /> <br /> JC Penney ...........still there ( and the pop-up said now shipping to Canada!!!!)<br /> Nook ...........still there<br /> MArtha Stweart Living Mag ...........still there<br /> LivingSocial ...............still there<br /> Volvo ............................still there<br /> Olympus Cameras..... still there<br /> WNBA ......................still there<br /> Leap Wireless..........aquired by ATT<br /> Mitisubishi ............ still there<br /> Road and Track ......still there<br /> <br /> that's worse than I expected 90% wrong ( but it's still July)</p>
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<p>Funny, 1 for 10 in 2013 too. 2 for 10 if you include "Research in Motion" which made the list then as well.</p>
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<p>BlackBerry's death is like the end of the world. Everyone predicts dates for it and it still never happens.</p>
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