BLACKBERRY

As earnings plunge, BlackBerry said it will cut 4,500 jobs, or 40 percent of its worldwide workforce, by 2015.

The formerly influential smartphone maker has fallen out of favor in recent years, as consumers flock to Android and Apple’s iPhone systems.

BlackBerry has an official release date for BBM on Android and iPhone, but the app will be missing many features found on its devices.

BlackBerry will cut up to 40 percent of its workforce by the year's end, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

Samsung Mobile's South African Twitter account confirmed a tweet yesterday that said the Korean handset maker's Galaxy devices will have a three-month exclusive on BBM for Android, but BlackBerry has denied the claim.

BlackBerry is expected to release BlackBerry Messenger, or BBM, for the competing mobile operating systems Android and iOS in the next few days, and the company has sent out invitations for a Sept. 18 event. Could it be for a new handset or has the BBM for Android and iPhone release date arrived at last?

BlackBerry said it submitted an iPhone version of BBM, or BlackBerry Messenger, to Apple for review in late August, previously stating that a BBM client would be released sometime this summer for iPhone and Android devices.

Internal documents obtained by Der Spiegel reveal the capability of the NSA to access data from iOS, Android and Blackberry devices.

A BBM for Android beta tester released a YouTube video showing off the latest beta version of the BlackBerry cross-platform messaging client for Android.

BlackBerry will release a BBM, or BlackBerry Messenger, version for Android and iOS at an undisclosed date this summer. A report says it is also considering spinning off the platform into a new, independent division and will also include a desktop client.

Blackberry's search for a rescue may lead right to one of its own shareholders.

BlackBerry (BBRY) has a Z10 follow-up in the works, the BlackBerry Z30. A video purports to show the Z30 hands-on, codenamed Aristo and originally thought to be the BlackBerry A10. A release date is expected by winter of 2013.

BlackBerry announced on Monday the formation of a special committee that could seek a buyer for the struggling smartphone maker.

J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP), BlackBerry Limited (Nasdaq: BBRY), Tesco PLC (TECO) and Tumblr Inc. are companies to watch Friday.

BlackBerry declined to comment on the ongoing talks taking place among top BlackBerry leadership.

BlackBerry Messenger will see support on Samsung Galaxy devices. The BBM for Android client will see a release date before fall.

BlackBerry is workinng on a touchscreen follow-up to the Z10, rumored to be a phablet called the Z30 or A10 Aristo.

BBM for Android and iPhone is coming before summer's end, according to a BlackBerry spokesman.

A post in a BlackBerry fan forum may show specifications for the rumored BlackBerry A10.

Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, posted a surprise loss Friday, and its stock plunged.

A fake app called “blackberry messenger bbm” was downloaded more than 100,000 times before it was pulled from Google Play.