Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs scales back Toronto smart city project prompted by local privacy critics, who argue it exploits people's data from the physical world
Faced with an array of opponents for its sensor-laden city of tomorrow in Toronto, a Google sibling has dramatically dialed back plans. Tweets: @rafael_a_calvo , @mikethebbop , @bhaggart , @sallan_fou...
Interview with RIM cofounder Jim Balsillie about his advocacy against the rise of surveillance capitalism in Canada and the Sidewalk Toronto smart city project
The entrepreneur who made billions putting BlackBerrys into pockets is now sounding the alarm about Big Tech's creep toward surveillance capitalism Tweets: @hkanji and @jasonmoyse Tweets: Hussein Kanj...
iPhone launch, failed Storm, and loss of Verizon contract were devastating for BlackBerry says former co-CEO Jim Balsillie
Ex-BlackBerry Co-CEO talks publicly for the first time — TORONTO (AP) — Former BlackBerry co-chief executive Jim Balsillie said Tuesday that Apple's introduction …
Ex-BlackBerry co-CEO Jim Balsillie dumps entire stake
A year ago, Balsillie owned 26.8 million shares of BlackBerry stock. Now he's down to zero. — Jim Balsillie, the former co-CEO of BlackBerry, sold off his entire stake in the company, according to ...
RIM to pay Lazaridis, Balsillie combined $12-million after exit
Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, who built Research In Motion Ltd. into a global smartphone giant before presiding over the company's long slide, will receive a payout of around $12-million after hav...
Exclusive: Former RIM boss sought strategy shift before he quit
(Reuters) - Former Research In Motion co-chief executive Jim Balsillie sought to reinvent the BlackBerry smartphone maker with a radical shift in strategy before he stepped down, two sources with know...
RIM CEOs to Give Up Top Posts in Shuffle
WATERLOO, Ontario—After 20 years together at the helm of Research In Motion Ltd., Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, the company's co-chief executives, said they planned to turn over the top job early ...
Proliferation of Choices Hurts BlackBerry Sales, Analysts Say
OTTAWA — Research in Motion's chief executives, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, frightened its investors Thursday when they said the company would not have new BlackBerry phones until late in 2012.
RIM CEO Considers Operator Compensation to Restore Trust
Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) will this week consider offering compensation to network operators following one of its worst BlackBerry service disruptions, co- Chief Executive Officer Jim Balsillie sa...
BlackBerry PlayBook price slashing begins: $249 and up for Rogers workers
Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie revealed on the company's second-quarter earnings call that RIM would soon be dropping prices on its BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. While the new price points ha...