Ex-BlackBerry CEO talks about Apple
FORMER BlackBerry boss admits the company's rush to copy Apple's iphone was devastating.
FORMER BlackBerry co-chief executive Jim Balsillie says that Apple's introduction of the iPhone and BlackBerry's rushed attempt to match it was devastating for the once iconic company.
BALSILLIE said in his first public remarks since leaving the company in 2012 that he knew BlackBerry couldn't compete after the iPhone's introduction in 2007 and after BlackBerry's buggy touchscreen device called the Storm had a "100 per cent return rate".
Aussie mum suspected murdered overseas
Australian Federal Police officers travelled to Bangladesh amid a probe into the suspected murder of a young Queensland mother.
‘Monster’: Minister lashes Russia’s Putin
A senior minister has lashed Vladimir Putin, calling the Russian President an “immoral monster” as Labor mulls deploying peacekeepers to Ukraine.
Deadly disease detected in two major cities
Health officials have issued warnings after the same highly infectious disease was detected in two major cities, with exposure sites including hospitals, shopping centres and airports.