BlackBerry is making it easier for Android applications to run on its latest smartphones. A recent upgrade to its developer tools has reduced the amount of work required to get an Android app working ...

Last year, BlackBerry took a dramatic turn by launching its first Android phone, the Priv. A bold move indeed, but it’s unclear where the company’s commitment ...

Unlike JNCOs and beanie babies, it seems smartphone maker BlackBerry may have longevity. The embattled Canadian company surprised pundits on Friday when reports emerged that Walmart had exhausted ...

I expect the announcement of a modern mid-priced Android smartphone that will command respectable sales and be designed and manufactured outside the company. Such an announcement could mark a new ...

The BlackBerry-TCL deal came to an end earlier this year, and we thought this might mark the end of BlackBerry Android phones. However, security startup OnwardMobility has now inked an agreement with ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. The once-respected ...

It was nearly all over on August 31. BlackBerry owners had known it was coming for six months. TCL, which had been making Android phones under the BlackBerry name since 2017, was out, “no longer ...

The good news keeps on coming for Google’s Android, which overtook Research in Motion’s BlackBerry to become the top-selling smartphone platform in the United States, according to The NPD Group.

TCL licensed the BlackBerry brand after the Canadian company stopped making its own phones. In other words, TCL kept BlackBerry alive. Today, TCL said it allowed its license to lapse and will no ...

CEO John Chen runs into a little trouble taking us on a tour of BlackBerry's Priv Android phone. Is that a bad omen? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

In business, there’s nothing so valuable as having the right product at the right time. Just ask Zoom, the hot cloud-based video conferencing platform experiencing explosive growth thanks to its ...

The move is part of the company's evolution into a software business, which includes working with every major operating system. Roger Cheng Former Executive Editor / Head of News Roger Cheng ...