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As an advocate for the power of basic science to improve and transform the world, [4] he co-founded Quantum Valley Investments in March 2013 with childhood friend and BlackBerry co-founder Douglas Fregin to provide financial and intellectual capital for the further development and commercialization of breakthroughs in quantum information ...
In response to strategic changes at BlackBerry, Fregin and Lazaridis established Quantum Valley Investments, a venture fund, in March 2013. [ 12 ] They also considered acquiring BlackBerry and engaged Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Centerview Partners LLC to review their options.
BlackBerry implemented some of the features of BlackBerry 10 within Android, such as BlackBerry Hub, BlackBerry Virtual Keyboard, BlackBerry Calendar, and BlackBerry Contacts. [ 142 ] On July 26, 2016, a mid-range model with only an on-screen keyboard was introduced, the slim BlackBerry DTEK50 , powered by the then-latest version of Android (6. ...
Twitter announces a new suite of anti-harassment tools and promises faster response times for abuse complaints. [86] 2015: January 20: Acquisition: Twitter acquires India-based mobile marketing startup ZipDial. [87] [88] 2015: January 21: Product: Twitter officially launches its "While You Were Away" feature. [89] 2015: January 27: Product
BlackBerry co-founder and Vice Chairman of the Board Mike Lazaridis will resign from the board on May 1, 2013, the company announced today in its fourth-quarter and year-end fiscal report.
Twitter acquired Crashlytics, a crash reporting tool for developers, on January 28, 2013, for over US$100 million, its largest acquisition at the time. [124] Twitter committed to continue supporting and expanding the service. [125] In October 2014, Twitter announced Fabric, a suite of mobile developer tools built around Crashlytics. [126]
The BlackBerry sell-off wasn't the only one we've seen recently, as Google's executive chairman just sold off a huge amount of his shares of Google. As one of the most dominant Internet companies ...
Among Obvious Corporation's projects was Twitter, a popular, free social networking and micro-blogging service. Twitter was spun out as a new company in April 2007, with Williams as co-founder, board member, and investor. [17] In October 2008, Williams became CEO of Twitter, succeeding Jack Dorsey, who became chairman of the board. [18]