Tag: Jim Balsillie
RIM CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie step down
Joint CEO's Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down from their top-level roles at the BlackBerry-owning firm. Founder Lazaridis will now take the role of vice chairman, with Jim Balsillie taking a non-operational role on the board of…
RIM to remove co-CEOs Balsillie and Lazaridis from co-Chairmen of the Board roles?
After a frankly disastrous year at RIM HQ, co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are now expected to leave their positions as co-chairmen of the board at the flailing mobile firm. The longtime CEOs have often come under fire,…
BlackBerry PlayBook email client coming "very, very soon" says CEO Jim Balsillie
The BlackBerry PlayBook has finally launched in the States, to a mostly lukewarm reception. While the hardware is widely praised by the likes of Engadget, the software side of things has been a bit of a let down. The most…
RIM to Apple: "You don't need an app for the Web"
Steve Jobs is sitting smugly in the knowledge that Apple have passed BlackBerry makers RIM in smartphone sales during the last quarter. "I don't see them catching up to us in the near future!" he gloated recently at an Apple…