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Microsoft Reportedly May Acquire BlackBerry

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the circle-of-business dept.

New submitter techtsp writes: Microsoft is just one one of many companies reportedly looking to get a bigger piece of the enterprise mobile market by buying BlackBerry. Reports claim that Chinese firms including Huawei, Lenovo and Xiaomi are also interested in picking up BlackBerry following the company's recent return to profitability. This report comes on the heels of BlackBerry announcing it is cutting jobs across its global business units in an attempt to consolidate its software, hardware and applications business.

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  1. Article is likely fake by billDCat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From the author's bio: "He is having immense interest in psychology, human behavior and mind hacks."

    Given that as well as the bad grammar, I'm pretty sure this is made up to get a reaction.

  2. And Chinese want by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    the encription tech.

    Trust me, either way Blackberry will lose a large amount of customers almost overnight.