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# wall street shuffle

'The French Revolution of finance': Why Reddit users and Wall Street are doing battle over GameStop

Major Wall Street hedge funds have lost billions in recent days.

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Jan 28th 2021, 2:23 PM

# hashtag10

10 iconic hashtags in honour of its 10th birthday

Happy Birthday hashtags.

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Aug 24th 2017, 9:33 AM

# End of an era

Blackberry is killing off its last traditional keyboard phone

The company said the Classic had “long surpassed the average lifespan for a smartphone in today’s market”.

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Jul 6th 2016, 11:42 AM

Blackberry is back, and it's hoping this phone will turn its fortunes around

The Blackberry Passport is aimed towards professionals, and is hoping that going back to the basics will make it a hit.

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Sep 24th 2014, 5:36 PM

# Expenses

Ivor Callely sentenced to five months in prison

The ex-Senator pleaded guilty to making a false expenses claims.

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Jul 28th 2014, 10:55 PM

# voice

BlackBerry users are getting their own Siri-like assistant soon

It has the wildly imaginative name of ‘Blackberry Assistant’.

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Jul 16th 2014, 8:40 PM

# turn up for the books

Blackberry surprises everyone by making a profit

The company was expected to continue making a loss as it changes from hardware to services, but it managed to surprise everyone by reporting a net profit of €16.8 million in the latest quarter.

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Jun 19th 2014, 2:45 PM

# Moving On

Blackberry may stop making phones if they continue losing money

The company’s CEO John Chen said the company plans to not be dependent on handsets for revenue and focus more on investments, acquisitions and partnerships.

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Apr 10th 2014, 11:29 AM

# Messaging

10 messaging apps that are worth downloading

Because there is much more to messaging apps than Whatsapp and Viber.

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Nov 16th 2013, 11:30 AM

# berry good

Struggling BlackBerry sold for $4.7 billion

The move comes three days after BlackBerry announced it was laying off 40 per cent of its workforce.

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Sep 23rd 2013, 7:45 PM

# Surveillance

NSA 'can access most smartphone data'

That is according to the German newspaper Der Spiegel, which says that data included contacts, call lists, SMS traffic and more.

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Sep 9th 2013, 8:38 AM

# Surveillance

UK 'tapped phones and emails' of other countries at G20 summits

The Guardian says diplomats at a finance ministers’ summit in 2009 were tapped – on the day that a British-hosted G8 begins.

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Jun 17th 2013, 8:01 AM

# caught rapid

Rumbled: BlackBerry creative director Alicia Keys caught using iPhone

The R&B singer was previously known as an iPhone addict – and seemed to have relapsed back to her old ways…

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Feb 13th 2013, 10:57 AM

# Week in Web

Weird Wide Web: Vine, emojiart and a gaming grampa

All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.

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Feb 3rd 2013, 10:00 AM

# BlackBerry

Long-overdue Blackberry makeover to be unveiled

Most analysts consider a BlackBerry 10 success to be crucial for the company’s long-term viability.

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Jan 30th 2013, 8:41 AM

# Wales

Police appeal over Blackberry bath attack video

It is understood the victim was punched, kicked and stamped on before her attacker pours bathroom products over her body.

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Jan 9th 2013, 10:55 PM

# mobile merchant

New app allows Chip and PIN processing on your mobile

The app uses a Bluetooth-connected PIN pad to securely process payments through a smartphone.

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Oct 2nd 2012, 4:32 PM

# blazer

Platini wants a Germany-Spain final

The 2008 finalists won their respective groups to progress to the quarter-finals and Platini would like to see the two countries go all the way.

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Jun 20th 2012, 7:53 AM

# Working

More than half of Irish workforce will work away from their desk by 2016

Mobile workers will represent 57 per cent of the total working population by 2016 it is estimated.

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Jun 6th 2012, 4:18 PM

# banking on the go

Bank of Ireland to launch iPhone app tonight

Don’t worry, Android users: an Android app will be launched in the coming weeks.

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May 9th 2012, 9:28 AM

# BlackBerry

'We can't do everything ourselves': Blackberry to focus on corporate customers

Makers Research in Motion have seen their devices struggle against the likes of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android.

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Mar 30th 2012, 8:49 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…

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Mar 30th 2012, 8:41 AM

# Early Doors

The Morning Score: Friday

Thank God it’s Friday morning’s round-up of the sports news stories.

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Jan 27th 2012, 9:07 AM

# BlackBerry

CEOs who founded Blackberry maker RIM to step down

The once iconic company has struggled to compete with innovations such as Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone in recent years.

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Jan 23rd 2012, 11:48 AM

# Premier League

Divine intervention: Bishop of Blackburn asks fans to lay off Steve Kean

Kean has been under intense pressure from Rovers’ fans who have held protests and demanded his sacking for months.

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Dec 25th 2011, 2:30 PM

# Tech Junkies

Got a new smartphone? Here are 10 sports apps you need to download

If you can’t wait to clog up your shiny new toy with app after app after app, here’s a helping hand.

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Dec 25th 2011, 6:12 AM

# DSK

Sarkozy's party denies new claims that Strauss-Kahn was set-up

The denial comes following the emergence of new details in the case which forced the one-time French presidential favourite to resign earlier this year.

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Nov 28th 2011, 11:26 AM

# BlackBerry

BlackBerry aims to placate angry customers after disruptions

The company’s customers will be offered free app downloads after outages left millions without services last week.

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Oct 17th 2011, 5:09 PM

# blackberry crumble

BlackBerry users consider switching brands

The smartphone company experienced a number of outages this week, which frustrated many customers. Now a survey says some have already bought new phones – and others are thinking of moving from BlackBerry.

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Oct 14th 2011, 2:08 PM

# Blackberry Blackout

BlackBerry says 'significant improvement' in service

The company says it is continuing to monitor the situation as services are slowly being restored to full working order following a three-day blackout across the globe.

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Oct 13th 2011, 10:31 AM

# BlackBerry

BlackBerry users hit by second day of international outages

Problems with the smartphone now appear to have spread to four continents, despite earlier claims that they had been fixed.

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Oct 11th 2011, 5:52 PM

# BlackBerry

BlackBerry users hit by international network breakdown

Up to ten million users across Europe and the Middle East were reportedly left without services today.

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Oct 10th 2011, 9:59 PM

# Riots

Social network chiefs meet British government, police over riots

A spokeswoman for the Home Office said there was “no suggestion” that the sites would be closed down.

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Aug 25th 2011, 4:56 PM

# Riots

London police used BlackBerry messages to foil attacks

Police were sent to areas at high risk of rioting and looting after detectives checked through the messages of handsets taken from people allegedly involved in the violence.

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Aug 16th 2011, 3:38 PM

# Riots

MI5 called in to decrypt rioters' BlackBerry Messenger data

The Guardian says the UK’s electronic interception centre has also been asked to try and find those responsible for starting riots.

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Aug 15th 2011, 9:12 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should governments be able to block social network users?

In the wake of this week’s violence in England and David Cameron’s Commons speech yesterday, we’re asking for your views on curtailing social network use.

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Aug 12th 2011, 10:01 AM