It’s official. The beleaguered BlackBerry is up for sale. On Monday, the company announced it …

BlackBerry is paving the way for a major change — perhaps even routing itself toward a sale of the company. The beleaguered smartphone maker said Monday that it has formed a special committee to explore “strategic alternatives” for its itself. The company specifically said that it’s trying to “enhance value and increase scale in order to accelerate BlackBerry 10 deployment.” …

Apple will announce the next iPhone on 10 September, anonymous sources have told AllThingsD. The company is expected to announce a budget handset — dubbed the iPhone Light or iPhone 5C — alongside the flagship. It’s said the Californian company is hoping to see off cheaper competition such as the Google Nexus 4. Usually, Apple just drops the price of its older …