BlackBerry once made phones everybody wanted to own. And then the competition, namely Android and iOS — upped its game, and things quickly went sour. Now, BlackBerry is dead in all but name, with Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL acquiring the BlackBerry brand. In September, BlackBerry announced it would no longer be developing or producing its own handsets. The company essentially shut down its hardware division, focusing instead on software and services. Because, to put it bluntly, no one was buying BlackBerries any more. Now, according to Bloomberg, the Canadian company has sold the rights to “design, manufacture, sell, and provide...
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