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RIM's New CEO Preps 'Significant' Plans for BlackBerry Maker

Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins is pictured during an interview with Thomson Reuters in New York, January 27, 2012.
Research In Motion Ltd.'s Thorsten Heins plans to waste no time in his new job. The BlackBerry maker's CEO said he will present the board with his plans for company's future in just a matter of weeks. The German-born executive, who took over last weekend, said his plans for RIM would be significant.

RIM CEO eyes significant plans for BlackBerry

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Research in Motion's Thorsten Heins plans to waste no time in his new job. The BlackBerry maker's chief executive said he will present the board with his plan for company's future in just a matter of weeks.
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Apple iPad 2 vs Acer Iconia Tab A500: What You Need to Know

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Eyes on Samsung smartphone sales, spending plans

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YouTube Celebrates 4 Billion Video Views Daily by Launching Special Fun Site

YouTube, the world's most popular online video-sharing site, is showing inexorable growth. Google announced that people watch 4 billion videos on YouTube per day. And every minute, 60 hours of videos are getting uploaded. To celebrate this achievement, YouTube has launched a special comic-cartoony site (http://www.onehourpersecond.com/) to show what one hour per second means in various situation.
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AT&T posts massive quarterly loss

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Nokia profits dive, new phones yet to take off

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