Rapid John
PositionMedia Relations Manager
Joined20 November 2013
Articles2,980
Rapid John has a quarter of a century in programming for Government and Corporate bodies and is proficient in most major programming languages.
BlackBerry AtHoc

BlackBerry providing dedicated EU instances of BlackBerry AtHoc

BlackBerry is now providing dedicated EU instances of its BlackBerry AtHoc service, enabling customers to comply with EU data protection regulations and prepare for the upcoming Public Warning directives by localising personal data in additional data centres located in the Netherlands and France, as well as the existing one in the UK.
BlackBerryUK
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SliceTech and BlackBerry

Sliced Tech to host BlackBerry SecuSUITE in Australia

Sliced Tech has partnered with BlackBerry in Australia to host its secure communications portfolio, SecuSuite for Government. The partnership allows BlackBerry to offer a locally-hosted managed service to Australian government agencies and address data sovereignty concerns.
BlackBerry
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Apple Event Sep 15

Apple holding virtual event on September 15

Apple will be holding a virtual event, focusing on Apple Watch and iPad announcements, from Apple Park on September 15. Apple usually organises a slick event every fall from its Cupertino, California-based headquarters or another location in Silicon Valley but this event will be only online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apple
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Prem-Watsa

Prem Watsa ups his stake in BlackBerry by 117.99%

BlackBerry completed its debt refinancing Tuesday, which left Fairfax Financial holding 90% of new 1.75% BlackBerry convertible debt. On the same day, Billionaire investor Prem Watsa, leader of Fairfax Financial Holdings, upped his stake in BlackBerry by 117.99%.
FinancialBlackBerry
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BlackBerry NYSE

BlackBerry Completes Debt Refinancing

BlackBerry has completed the redemption of all of its 3.75% unsecured convertible debentures (TSX: BB.DB.V) (the "3.75% Debentures") on September 1, 2020. None of the 3.75% Debentures were converted into common shares of BlackBerry prior to redemption.
FinancialCanadaBlackBerry
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Connected

Vodafone UK suffering another outage

Vodafone UK is currently experiencing an outage across the United Kingdom today, leaving thousands of customers unable to access 4G internet or make calls. Particular hotspots appear to include London and the south of England, as well as Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow.
Vodafone UKConnectedUK
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Virgin Media

Virgin Media launching Broadband plan for Universal Credit claimants

Virgin Media is to launch a broadband-only plan, called “Virgin Media Essential Broadband”, which will be available to those receiving Universal Credit and will come with a speed of 15 Mbps and a fixed price of £15 per month, with no fixed-term contract length and no price changes while benefit payments are being received.
ConnectedUK
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