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RIM Showcases New Apps and Dev Unit At BlackBerry World 2012
Above is a photo of RIM’s official dev unit for the BlackBerry 10 platform. The dev unit is a 4.2-inch and 1280 x 768 display. The phone has 16GB internal storage and 1GB of RAM. New RIM CEO Thorsten Heins was the host of the event. People representing 150 countries were in the audience.
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What Will RIM Do Now?
The new CEO of Research In Motion may have taken a bite more of what he can chew. There are a limited number of options he has as the leader of RIM. He can try to turn the company around by doing something drastic or try to find a buyer that can do a better job than him. The problem with RIM right now is that their business is in decline.
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Thorsten Heins Gets Promoted To President and CEO Of RIM
Over the last 20 years, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have been co-CEOs and co-chairmen at Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM). Now the company has promoted Thorsten Heins from the COO position to the President and CEO of RIM. The management shuffle happened in the midst of pressure from investors, but the company said it was not a reaction to the stock price. RIM’s investors have been disappointed with weakening sales at the company due to increased competition from Google and Apple.
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Research In Motion Cuts 2,000 Jobs, Shuffles Upper Management
Research In Motion announced today that the company is making some big changes in their organization, including layoffs and shuffling upper management positions. Approximately 2,000 RIM employees from North America and a few other countries will be cut from the company. Street Insider reports that management changes include making Thorston Heins COO of products and sales, Patrick Spence becoming managing director of global sales and regional marketing, Jim Rowan stepping up as COO of operations, and more.
Categories Jim Rowan, Patrick Spence, Research In Motion, Thorsten Heins
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