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BlackBerry maker Research In Motion could see its share of the smartphone market eroded by competing devices like Apple's iPhone, analysts warned on Friday as RIM's stock plunged more than 16 percent in the wake of a disappointing profit and outlook report.

The Dow and S&P 500 stock indexes were little changed on Friday after a mixed bag of economic data, while the Nasdaq fell, hurt by disappointing results from BlackBerry maker Research in Motion.

A top executive at France's biggest telecommunications company, which is dealing with a spate of suicides, warned that the barrage of emails from smartphones and personal computers was stressing out employees.

A top executive at France's biggest telecommunications company, which is dealing with a spate of suicides, warned that the barrage of emails from smartphones and personal computers was stressing out employees.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said on Thursday its profit dropped and gave an outlook that fell short of analyst forecasts heading into the holiday shopping season, sending its shares down almost 10 percent.

Companies need to find a way to tackle the stress put on employees caused by nonstop emails in the BlackBerry age, according to a top executive at France Telecom, which is dealing with a spate of employee suicides.

Stocks fell on Thursday as signs of weakness in housing and investors' worries that authorities might be curbing stimulus efforts too soon sparked caution.

Research In Motion is expected to forecast strong gains for its current quarter on Thursday as it gets set to update its BlackBerry smartphones for consumers and business users.

Ever since it launched the Pre, smartphone maker Palm Inc has been quite the belle of the ball, if deal chatter is any indication.

It could be a rough holiday season for shareholders of Palm Inc as they wait to see if new smartphones can compete with the likes of Apple's iPhone, Motorola's new Cliq and the Blackberry.

Canada is not likely to block Nortel Networks' planned $1.13 billion sale of wireless assets to Sweden's Ericsson, the Globe and Mail reported on its website.

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Facebook has begun tests on a new service tailored for mobiles and narrowband internet connections.

Microsoft Corp and Nokia announced an alliance on Wednesday to bring advanced business software to smartphones in a bid to counter the dominance of Research in Motion Ltd's Blackberry device.

Job-seeking in this 21st century recession may just have gone viral and mobile.

The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Tuesday more than 1 million of its Ovi email accounts had been opened since the service started in December last year.

HTC , the world's No.4 smartphone maker, plunged by its daily 7 percent maximum limit on Monday after it unexpectedly slashed its revenue forecast for this year.

The chances that Canada's Research in Motion will enter a formal bid for the wireless assets of bankrupt Nortel Networks are slim as a bidding war develops for technology coveted by the world's leading telecom-equipment makers.

The chances that Canada's Research in Motion will enter a formal bid for the wireless assets of bankrupt Nortel Networks are slim as a bidding war develops for technology coveted by the world's leading telecom-equipment makers.

MoGo Talk is the world's first ultra-thin integrated Bluetooth headset and was unveiled on Wednesday for BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry Javelin.

Research In Motion looks like an odd suitor for Nortel Networks' mobile network equipment unit but the deal could help the BlackBerry smartphone maker plug gaps in its technology patent portfolio.