When it comes to mobile security, common perception is that RIM’s Blackberry devices have the market locked up. But in this age of personal iPhones and Androids migrating to corporate networks, does it really matter? We also inhabit an era of disclosing everything you do online, including sharing your live location, publicly announcing shopping preferences, …

Being stuck without Wi-Fi or 3G access in a remote location can be pretty troublesome when trying to access map information on a smartphone. Luckily, if you’re an Android user, you can download cached versions of Google Maps around a location you’ll be travelling through. Once you have the latest version of Google Maps and an active data connection, access …

Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In #207: Inside RIM’s reboot 34:15 At BlackBerry-maker RIM, it’s out with the old and in with the new–at least as CEOs go. Last night’s news of Thorsten Heins’ ascent at our favorite Canadian smartphone company got us thinking long and hard about what the new leadership means for RIM, especially since Heins isn’t exactly …

It seems the Android momentum can’t be stopped. This guy is everywhere now. Google Google’s Android will become the preeminent platform for developers over the next 12 months, edging ahead of Apple’s iOS, according to a study by research firm Ovum. Nearly all developers, however, will support both platforms. Ovum’s call comes as Android continues to suck up market share, …

Research In Motion’s new CEO, Thorsten Heins, has his work cut out for him, and time is of the essence in this fast-paced market. RIM’s new CEO, Thorsten Heins Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET The company’s stock price has plunged more than 75 percent in the past year as investors have lost confidence in the company. And competitors Apple and Google …

Apple may have spent $100 million in its legal assault against HTC over what it believes is ripped-off technology used in Android mobile devices. That’s according to Dan Lyons, who posted on his blog today about the rumored $100 million price tag for legal expenses for Apple’s first set of claims against the company. A representative for Apple wasn’t immediately …

After long years of troubled management for BlackBerry-maker RIM, the company’s two co-founder CEOs stepped aside to see what some fresh blood could do to revive the ailing smartphone brand. Yet for those outside the company, Thorsten Heins (pronounced TORE-sten) is a veritable man of mystery. That’s about to change, and rapidly, as the new executive gets pushed into the …

Mere weeks after announcing that Android 3.2 is being deployed to the 7-inch Flyer tablet, HTC could be readying a 4.0 update. According to HTC-Hub, the hardware maker expects to roll out the Ice Cream Sandwich update during the first quarter of the year. If the rumor proves to be true, this may be one of the fastest back-to-back updates …

If you’re looking for a remote control, most people will tell you to get a Logitech Harmony. But there are a number of high-quality alternatives. For the past two years, the Acoustic Research ARRX18G ($200) has been one of these. Unfortunately, it’s just been discontinued, but if you’re looking for a good remote at rock bottom prices–around $60–take a look …

Research In Motion’s co-chief executives have resigned their positions as part of a management shuffle, the company announced this evening. Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who will also relinquish their positions as co-chairmen, are stepping aside to allow Thorsten Heins, currently one of the company’s chief operating officers, to become chief executive, effective immediately. “There comes a time in the …

commentary This may not have been the change people were looking for at Research In Motion. RIM announced late tonight that its two CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, are both out of the company. Taking over is Chief Operating Officer Thorsten Heins, a five-year RIM executive said to have been their heir apparent. My initial impression on Lazaridis and …

Subscribers to Quickflix’s streaming services will soon gain access to content from American pay-TV network HBO. Subscribers to Quickflix’s internet movie and TV-streaming service can shortly enjoy the thrill of the network’s series, mini-series, documentaries, films, and stand-up comedy hurtling down the internet to their TVs, PS3s and PCs. Titles available from the outset include Entourage, Sex and the City, …

HP’s TouchPad tablet will be available to buy this June, according to the company’s CEO Leo Apotheker. He was speaking at an event to unveil HP’s wider strategy around tablets, webOS and cloud services in the US. “The TouchPad will come out in June and from that date onwards there will be wave after wave of technology coming out to …

Look alive, bargain-hunters: HP is to make one last batch of HP TouchPad tablets. The discontinued webOS tablet sparked a buying frenzy when the price was slashed by 70 per cent, so HP is launching one final production run. HP revealed the news in a blog post this week, although it has since clarified the extra units will only be …

Since Apple launched the iPad in 2010, the world has gone tablet crazy, swallowing 65 million of them in 2011 — and we’re set to double the dose in 2012. There’s something utterly irresistible about the combination of a great big colourful touchscreen, a powerful processor, easy connectivity and thousands upon thousands of bite-size apps. Computing no longer means booting …