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Facebook and Snap file motions to have BlackBerry patent lawsuit dismissed

Facebook and Snap both filed motions last week to have the patents behind BlackBerry's patent infringement suit invalidated and thrown out. Both companies motions seek to have their respective cases dismissed on the grounds the four patents cited by BlackBerry in its complaints were invalid for use in court.

BlackBerry US

·7 years ago

BlackBerry to hold BlackBerry Security Summit 2018 in London and New York

BlackBerry will hold the 2018 Annual BlackBerry Security Summit event in London and New York to address the current situation and trends in secure enterprise mobility.

US BlackBerry UK

·7 years ago

Verizon Certifies Sequans LTE-M/NB-IoT Monarch SiP

Sequans Communications has announced that Verizon has certified its Monarch SiP all-in-one, LTE-M/NB-IoT connectivity solution. Monarch SiP (system-in-package) integrates Sequans’ Monarch LTE baseband platform with an RF front-end module in the world’s smallest form factor.

US Connected

·7 years ago

Zia Consulting Joins BlackBerry Secure World Tour 2018

Zia Consulting announced today that it will participate in and sponsor three stops of the BlackBerry Secure World Tour 2018, the premier industry event for business leaders to gain insights into the hyperconnected world of people, enterprises, assets, and infrastructure.

BlackBerry US

·7 years ago

T-Mobile and Sprint announce plans to merge their operations

T-Mobile US and Sprint today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction at a fixed exchange ratio of 0.10256 T-Mobile shares for each Sprint share or the equivalent of 9.75 Sprint shares for each T-Mobile US share.

News US

·7 years ago

Sprint to Offer iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition

Sprint today announced it will offer iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition, the new generation of iPhone in a stunning red finish. Both phones sport a beautiful glass enclosure, now in red, with a matching aluminum band and a sleek black front.

Devices and OS US Apple

·7 years ago

BlackBerry files patent infringement lawsuit against Snap Inc

BlackBerry has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Snap Inc. SImilar to the companies lawsuit against Facebook last month, BlackBerry says that Snap has infringed on intellectual property, including innovations on real-time activity location for maps, message notification techniques and methods for integrating advertising on mobile devices.

BlackBerry US

·7 years ago

US Justice Department asks Supreme Court to dismiss Microsoft email case

Due to the fact that US Congress has now made clear that a U.S. search warrant covers emails stored overseas, the US Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to moot a case involving a data demand issued to Microsoft for a drug-trafficking suspect’s emails held in Ireland.

US Microsoft

·7 years ago

US appeals court sides with Oracle in Google multibillion-dollar copyright infringement claims

A US federal appeals court ruled Google violated copyright laws by using Oracle's software when developing its Android mobile platform. Judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Google's unauthorized use of 37 packages of Oracle's open-source Java application programming interface, or API, was unfair as a matter of law.

US Google Android

·7 years ago

BlackBerry to face amended lawsuit over Misleading BlackBerry 10 prospects

Back in March of 2015, BlackBerry won the dismissal of a U.S. lawsuit accusing it of fraudulently inflating its stock price by painting a misleadingly upbeat picture of the prospects for its BlackBerry 10 smartphones. However, after the plaintiffs submitted an amended lawsuit, over statements related to blackberry 10, a US Judge has rejected BlackBerry's request to dismiss the amended lawsuit.

BlackBerry US

·7 years ago

US and EU urge probes of Facebook data practices

UK privacy regulators are seeking a warrant to search the offices of the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, following reports that the company may have improperly gained access to data on 50 million Facebook users.

News US UK

·7 years ago

Trump kills off Broadcom’s attempted takeover of Qualcomm with national security order

Donald Trump has blocked Broadcom's $142bn (£102m) takeover of US rival Qualcomm, killing the biggest technology deal ever under the assertion that it would be a threat to U.S. national security. In an order issued on Monday evening, the US president said there was "credible evidence" that led him to believe that, in buying Qualcomm, Broadcom "might take action that that threatens to impair the national security of the United States".

News US

·7 years ago

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