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Blackberry Timeline

2013

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  1. ] this page lists a series of articles in relation to the fortunes of Blackberry(BBRY) the company, a one time leader in the mobile communications field who is currently struggling to find its way in the world now dominated by iphones and android.

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  1. ] a 1 page summary of the what happened in the realm of the blackberry world this year  

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  1. [2013-QTR-01]
    1. ] STRATEGY 
      1. [2013-01-30] BlackBerry Rocks Out Again to Celebrate the Z10 Launch
      2. [2013-03-17] Thorsten Heins Lays Out Survival Plan For BlackBerry, Says iPhone Is Old News, Instagram Negotiations & More | BlackBerry Empire
    2. ] ANALYSIS 
      1. [2013-01-30] wsj talks to cio's about bb 10 prior to bb10 launch - A handful of cio's interviewed indicate the extent to which bb market share has been reduced in the enterprise.
      2. [2013-02-16] BlackBerry Z10 Release Date in US: When Is Each Carrier Getting It and How Much Will It Cost? : Mobile : Latinos Post
      3. [2013-02-dd] BlackBerry’s high unit sales in UK and Canada may be overestimated | Ars Technica
      4. [2013-02-dd] Digits: BlackBerry's Nightmare Is Starting to Emerge - Canada Real Time - WSJ  
      5. [2013-03-01] BlackBerry Z10 sales: 1/2 in Canada, 1/3 in UK from iPhone, Android | BGR
      6. [2013-03-28] BlackBerry: BB10 is stealing customers away from rivals | Mobile - CNET News
      7. [2013-03-dd] - [FY2013-QTR-4] blackberry reports earnings Share Price - PreReport: $ x.xx, Revenue: x.x B (- x.x B)
    3. ] PRODUCT
      1. [2013-01-30] Blackberrry 10.0 O/S - an all new gesture based, multi tasking OS is launched to replace the aging bb 7 os  
      2. [2013-01-30] Z10 - an all new full touch screen device is introduced to the blackberry devices lineup.
  2. [2013-QTR-02]
    1. ] STRATEGY
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    2. ] ANALYSIS
      1. [2013-mm-dd] BlackBerry Partner Makes Largest Ever Single Purchase In Company’s History – One Million BlackBerry 10 Smartphones | BlackBerry Empire
      2. [2013-06-28] [FY2014-QTR-1] Blackberry reports earnings Share Price - PreReport: $ 14.48, Revenue: x.x B (- x.x B) ] results-FY-2014-QTR-1
      3. [2013-07-05] Take Stock – BlackBerry: A Contrarian’s View | The Motley Fool
    3. ] PRODUCT
      1. [2013-04-19] Q10 - new smartphone model featuring a physical qwerty keyboard AND a a 3.1" touch display. 1 of the the only smartphone models available with this feature.
      2. [2013-mm-dd] BB 10.1
  3. [2013-QTR-03]
    1. ] STRATEGY
      1. [2013-08-12] blackberry for sale, not the Z10, the company
      2. [2013-mm-dd] blackberry lays off 40% of its global workforce
      3. [2013-mm-dd] Blackberry has other suitors including ...
      1. [2013-mm-dd] Fairfax strikes $4.7-billion deal to buy BlackBerry | Hacker News
    2. ] ANALYSIS
      1. [2013-mm-dd] BBM launch problems
      2. [2013-mm-dd] http://crackberry.com/citi-slaps-sell-rating-blackberry - forecasts future share price of $4.00
      3. [2013-09-27] - [FY2014-QTR-2] blackberry reports earnings Share Price - PreReport: $ 7.96, Revenue: 1.6 B (- 1.5 B) PPS:
      4. [2013-09-27] BlackBerry Ltd’s Thorsten Heins, Fairfax’s Prem Watsa and the $55-million handshake | Financial Post
      5. [2013-mm-dd] Fairfax can't close deal to buy Blackberry
      6. [2013-09-05] BlackBerry Patents – Another Hi-Tech Treasure Trove? | Chipworks Blog
    3. ] PRODUCT
      1. [2013-mm-dd] BBM for ios + android - the popular messaging client goes cross platform
      2. [2013-mm-dd] Q5 - new smartphone model featuring a physical qwerty keyboard AND a a 3.1" touch display.
      3. [2013-09-30] Blackberry 10.2 - Operating System update is released for distribution.
  4. [2013-QTR-04]
    1. ] STRATEGY
      1. [2013-11-04] Blackberry replaces CEO Thorsten Heins with interim CEO John Chen
      2. [2013-11-25]  The old SUITS were fired (Frank Boulben, Kristian Tear, __ __ VP of Sales)
      3. [2013-12-17]  Some new SUITS were hired (John Sims, former president of SAP AG mobile)
      4. [2013-mm-dd]  Fairfax to raise 1B for Blackberry via convertible debenture offer
      5. [2013-mm-dd]  Fairfax offer to raise 1B for Blackberry via convertible debenture offer, extended. here's why
      6. [2013-mm-dd] BlackBerry's Chen: No rush to Android
      7. [2013-11-27] How to - fix blackberry - by Derek DeCloet globe&mail business, comments In a letter to Chen this reporter basically offers up the simple but 'key' suggestion of gathering some blackberry users in a room and "listening" to them.
      8. [2013-mm-dd] - new Interim CEO John Chen's, wrote an open letter - to enterprise customers letting them know, that we(BBRY) are NOT for sale and that we are here to stay and that we are going back to our roots, enterprise customers.
      9. [2013-mm-dd] The dwindling BB fan club, also wrote letters To BlackBerry's Chen: READ THIS in [Market-Ticker] - a PRODUCT concept by Karl Renninger that conformed with my plans to create a blackberry office 2014, but alas the suits were much too busy too read them ...
      10. [2013-12-31] Letter from John Chen - Here's our new strategy - an outline for the road ahead by the new CEO.
    2. ] ANALYSIS 
      1. [2013-12-06] Why we turned down Justin Beiber as brand ambassador and some of the other great management decisions we made
      2. [2013-12-dd] Q+A IAMA an ex employee and manager, discussing the state of Blackberry today and his experiences working for them in multiple offices and positions.
      3. [2013-12-20] [FY2014-QTR-3] blackberry reports earnings Share Price - PreReport: $ 6.25, Revenue: 1.2 B, (-380 M ) PPS:
      4. [2013-12-31] globe top tech stories of 2013 - #1 how blackberry lost ww Z - blackberrry started 2013 on such a promising note, and may well have ended it that way, too, though only time will tell. The in-between, however, was trying, to say the least. As the year began, chief executive officer Thorsten Heins was preparing to launch the new BlackBerry10 line, including the consumer-oriented Z10. By the time 2013 was winding down, after restructuring, a pullback from the consumer market, heavy losses, layoffs and a failed attempt to sell the company, new CEO John Chen vowed that "we're ready to fight back," with a plan to focus on software and services, and pump up its already hugely popular BBM chat operation. By late December, BlackBerry shares were down by more than 39 per cent from a year earlier.
    3. ] PRODUCT
      1. [2013-mm-dd] Z30 - new smartphone model featuring a 5" display, a large 2800 mah non-removable battery promising 24+ hour usage and top shelf audio performance  
      2. [2013-mm-dd] Blackberry OS 10.2 - the latest operating system version update adds many new features and fixes, including ....

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