Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:00:16 +0100 ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi is once again pushing back the opening of local branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim art museums, after a fresh review of the projects, the government's tourism arm said on Wednesday. The Louvre Abu Dhabi, a spin-off of the famous Paris museum, will now open in 2015 while Abu Dhabi's branch of New York's Guggenheim, will open in 2017, Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) said in a statement. The Zayed National Museum will open in 2016, the statement said. All the three museums were originally scheduled to open between 2013 and 2014. ... (Source: Reuters)
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:30:17 +0100 Research In Motion shares are down 10% this morning to the lowest level since early 2004 after the deeply troubled smartphone company yesterday issued extremely weak guidance for its fiscal fourth quarter ended February, and disclosed that it won't be shipping phones based on its new BlackBerry 10 operating system [...] (Source: Forbes)
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:10:09 +0100 TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion posted a sharp drop in profit on Thursday, offered a dismal outlook for BlackBerry shipments around Christmas and delayed the likely arrival of a make-or-break overhaul of its smartphones, sending its shares tumbling. RIM's shares shed more than 7 percent after the company said it did not expect to release a line of BlackBerrys equipped with the new QNX operating system until late next year, long after its initial promise of a first-quarter delivery. ... (Source: Reuters)
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:20:14 +0100 The U.S. International Trade Commission has announced it will deliver its ruling on Apple’s complaint against smartphone maker HTC on December 19th. The delay marks the second time the agency has postponed its ruling this month: the decision was supposed to have been handed down on December 6, and was then postponed to December 14. Now, it appears the industry will have to wait until next Monday to learn whether Apple or HTC wins an early shot in the companies’ potentially “thermonuclear” battle over Android. (Source: Digital Trends)
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:00:17 +0100 (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion was investigating reports some users experienced delays, but said on Wednesday it was not fighting an outage similar to the one that took down its service for four days last month. (Source: Reuters)