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Research In Motion

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Research In Motion (RIM) is a Canadian designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless devices and solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. The company is best known as the developer of the BlackBerry smart phone.

RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data.

RIM was founded in 1984. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company has offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

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  Research In Motion added Tyler Lessard as Vice President, Global Alliances and Developer Relations. (6/1/01)
  Posted 11/3/11 at 10:40am
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  Research In Motion added Volker Hirsch as Director, Business Development. (6/1/11)
  Posted 9/5/11 at 3:07pm
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  Research In Motion added Shirish Nadkarni as Vice President. (8/1/02)
  Posted 8/3/11 at 6:41pm
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  Research In Motion added Aaron Ardiri as Technical Director. (5/31/11)
  Posted 6/21/11 at 12:18am
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  Research In Motion added Jim Balsillie as Co-CEO.
  Posted 5/11/08 at 7:24pm
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  Research In Motion added Mike Lazaridis as Founder & Co-CEO.
  Posted 5/11/08 at 7:24pm
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  Research In Motion invested in IGLOO Software. (5/1/08)
  Posted 3/9/09 at 12:57pm via mediacastermagazine.com
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  Went public with stock symbol NASDAQ:RIMM. (1/1/98)
  Posted 5/11/08 at 7:38pm
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  Research In Motion acquired NewBay. (10/7/11)
  Posted 10/10/11 at 3:39am via forbes.com
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  Research In Motion acquired Scoreloop. (6/7/11)
  Posted 6/7/11 at 7:22pm via paidcontent.org
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  Research In Motion acquired Ubitexx. (5/2/11)
  Posted 5/2/11 at 6:29pm via techcrunch.com
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  Research In Motion acquired Tungle.me. (4/27/11)
  Posted 4/27/11 at 5:38am via techcrunch.com
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  Research In Motion acquired TinyHippos. (3/26/11)
  Posted 3/27/11 at 5:54pm via techcrunch.com
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  Research In Motion acquired Gist. (2/14/11)
  Posted 2/14/11 at 11:58am via techcrunch.com
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  Research In Motion acquired Certicom. (3/24/09)
  Posted 12/22/10 at 11:09pm via rim.com
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  Research In Motion acquired Alt-N Technologies. (2/13/09)
  Posted 12/22/10 at 10:09pm via alacrastore.com

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Products

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BlackBerry Bold

BlackBerry PlayBook

BlackBerry Style

BlackBerry Torch

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1. Research In Motion Buys NewBay For Reported $100M (forbes.com) [edit]
2. RIM Buys Scoreloop To Grow In House Social Gaming Expertise (paidcontent.org) [edit]
3. RIM Acquires Smartphone Security Software Developer Ubitexx (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. RIM Acquires Social Calendaring Application Tungle.Me (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. RIM Buys Developer Of HTML5 Mobile App Testing Platform TinyHippos (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Research In Motion Acquires Professional Contact Manager Gist (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. RIM welcomes TAT! (blogs.blackberry.com) [edit]
8. Research In Motion Buys Mobile Storefront Platform Cellmania (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. HARMAN Announces Successful Conclusion of $200M Sale of QNX Software Unit (freshnews.com) [edit]
10. RIM Acquires BlackBerry-App Maker Viigo (paidcontent.org) [edit]
11. RIM acquires Web browser developer Torch (businessinsider.com) [edit]
12. Capital Report Index [edit]
13. Research In Motion Completes Acquisition of Certicom (press.rim.com) [edit]
14. Research In Motion Ltd acquires Alt-N-Technologies Ltd (alacrastore.com) [edit]
15. RIM to Acquire Chalk Media Corp. (press.rim.com) [edit]
16. RIM buys Epoch Integration (blackberrycool.com) [edit]
17. RIM purchases SlipStream (blackberrycool.com) [edit]
18. RIM Acquires Ascendent Systems (press.rim.com) [edit]
19. IGLOO to Deliver Web 2.0 Collaborative Platforms (mediacastermagazine.com) [edit]
20. Citation Needed [add]
21. 500,000 BlackBerry Storms Sold In First Month? Not Bad (RIMM) (alleyinsider.com) [edit]
22. Research In Motion Invests in Second BlackBerry Fund (finsmes.com) [edit]
23. RIM Announces 1 Billion App World Downloads (techcrunch.com) [edit]

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