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Blackberry CEO wants to bring the Blackberry experience to the iPhone. Just say no!

December 22, 2013 by David Johnson

Blackberry's quarterly conference call took place on Friday. I will try to avoid adjectives such as train wreck, or disasterous. But it is difficult to report on it without at least using the word, predictable. On paper, they lost $4.4B. That's more money than they have. Accounting is a funny business. My undestanding of it is that much of that is a non-writedown writedown of unsold inventory, literally, worth nothing. Every phone they build is a liability to the company. Now, they would like to bring that worthless experience to iOS and Android. You can here John Chen: Blackberry CEO, say it in his own words

 

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December 22, 2013 /David Johnson
Blackberry, John Chen, security, productivity, iPhone, iOS, Android, iMessage, NSA, BBM, Blackberry keyboard
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My thoughts on the NSA, privacy, and human dignity in the modern age

December 17, 2013 by David Johnson

In case you've been wondering, of course I've been following the NSA story since the first Snowden leaks. I have simply chosen not to make a career of it as some blogs have done. For wall to wall coverage on everything related to the NSA, let me suggest theverge.com. It is my intention to keep this piece concise, with only a handful of points for you to consider.

 

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December 17, 2013 /David Johnson
NSA, Snowden leaks, spying, Apple, Google, Microsoft, communications technology, iPhone, AT&T, Charter, iMessage, end to end encryption, privacy
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