CEO John Chen Reveals His Turnaround Strategy in Forbes Interview
BlackBerry’s new CEO, John Chen, has not been shy with the media. His latest interview is with Forbes in their latest March 3rd issue. He goes on to explain a bit more about his turnaround strategy for BlackBerry and how he believes BlackBerry can survive as a small player just like Porsche and Lamborghini do…
John Chen: “This Doesn’t Mean We Are Turning Our Back on the Consumer – Far From It…”
BlackBerry’s CEO sat down with Fast Company for an interview that they published over the weekend. It does not offer anything groundbreaking but it does provide some great insight into John Chen’s plan for 2014. One quote in particular stuck out to me. Quite a few people have pointed out that BlackBerry is focusing on…
Alec Saunders Talks About Improved & Open Android Runtime in BlackBerry 10.2.1
I had a chance to talk through the latest Android Runtime changes for developers yesterday with BlackBerry’s head of developer relations, Alec Saunders. Alec was very excited for the SDK that launched late yesterday and the many changes it brings along with the heavily improved Android Runtime. When I asked him to summarize the purpose…
10 Minutes with Captain Blaq, Jerome Carty
One of the busiest people at BlackBerry Live had to be Jerome Carty, creator of such amazing apps like Blaq and Trapeez. On the final day of Live, Jerome had some time to sit down with Susan and I for a short interview. Check it out! What was your inspiration to start developing for the…
Watch Piers Morgan’s Interview with Thorsten Heins From Last Night
If you missed BlackBerry’s CEO Thorsten Heins being interviewed on Piers Morgan LIve last night you are in luck. Nerdberry has made a recording of the interview for our viewing pleasure. There is nothing spectacular revealed in the interview but still its worth watching:
RIM Execs Vivek Bhardwaj & Jeff Holleran Talk BlackBerry 10
Our meeting with Jeff Holleran, senior director enterprise product management, and Vivek Bhardwaj, head of software portfolio, @RIM’s Manhattan offices this week started off all business and somehow wrapped up talking about mullets… I cannot divulge exactly what was said about mullets and BlackBerry 10 but I can tell you that it is a big…
Thorsten Heins Sits Down For Another Two Interviews
Thorsten Heins is continuing his media meet and greets now that they have set the launch date for BlackBerry 10. The latest two video interviews are from The Verge and Engadget. I did see one or two more from RIM execs but they really did not show anything new. Check out the interviews below…
RIM’s CEO Thorsten Heins Shares More of his BlackBerry 10 Plan in Latest Interview
I always enjoy reading interviews with Thorsten Heins especially now with the ramp up to BlackBerry 10. There is so much we know or is rumored that Heins hints to in these interviews or masterfully skirts issues that used to trip up RIM’s previous CEO’s and founders. The latest interview I found was on CNET…