Ina Fried
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The move appears to be aimed at drawing attention to the company’s own ad-blocking technology.
Wiring up ballparks and arenas has become big business for AT&T and other carriers, but keeping up with demand remains a huge challenge.
The disappearance of two-year contracts and carrier subsidies means most consumers will be paying full price for the new iPhone.
The company has also poached top DARPA official Gill Pratt to lead its efforts.
With the deal, BlackBerry is doubling down on its core business of helping large companies manage their workers’ phones and tablets.
The move comes as the San Diego-based company looks to cut $1.4 billion in costs and exit non-core businesses.
The company hopes to settle the long-running apps-versus-mobile-Web debate by creating something that is the best of both worlds.
Smartphone apps tend to see half their use in the first five or six months -- and even that is skewed by the few enduring hits. Many are opened just once.
The Chinese tech giant, big in phones globally, has struggled for years to get a foothold in the U.S.
The company will start taking preorders for the cloud-first smartphone on Tuesday, but it won’t start shipping until early next year.