BlackBerry Messenger and other BlackBerry services such as email and Internet are slowly returning, according to maker RIM. But irate BlackBerry users are demanding the company to compensate them for the three days they spent offline. On a page set up to keep users informed about repairing the thoroughly broken Web services, RIM said, “All services across Europe, the Middle …

My iOS 5 upgrade went pretty smoothly, though it took the better part of two hours and left me scratching my head about a lot of things. (One of them is iCloud, but thankfully Apple now has a brief guide to iCloud setup and operation.) Indeed, while I’m overjoyed with Reminders and loving Safari’s new Reading List, I’m really perturbed by some …

Research In Motion’s BlackBerry service, which had been out since Monday in some parts of the world, has been fully restored, executives at the company said Thursday morning. Co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie informed investors and reporters on a conference call that the service to all BlackBerry customers in all regions of the world had been restored as of …