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Mobile Lowdown 5-23-11: Foxconn; iPhone 5 Curve; Rooted Android; Paramount

By Ingrid Lunden May. 23, 2011, 3:23pm Comments Off

Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: more details on the Foxconn factory explosion; reports of a curvaceous future for the i… Read More »

BlackBerry Fund Consolidates; Plans Silicon Valley Office And New Fund

By Tricia Duryee Oct. 28, 2010, 9:01am Comments Off

The BlackBerry Partners Fund today is restructuring the way it operates in order to focus exclusively on mobile investments. In addition, it… Read More »

Blackberry, Qualcomm Among Backers For Viewdle’s $10 Million Round

By David Kaplan Oct. 5, 2010, 6:15pm Comments Off

Viewdle, a tech firm that markets facial recognition software to consumer products companies, has raised $10 million in second round funding… Read More »

Payfone Raises $11 Million From BlackBerry Fund, Ex-Apple Exec

By Tricia Duryee Aug. 3, 2010, 4:21am 1 Comment

Payfone is going public today with its plans for developing a mobile alternative to Visa and MasterCard, fueled by an infusion of $11 millio… Read More »

BlackBerry Partners Fund Invests About $3 Million In Outlook Plug-in Xobni

By Tricia Duryee Mar. 25, 2009, 8:47pm 1 Comment

The BlackBerry Partners Fund, which is an independent investment fund dedicated to investing in software that supports devices made by Resea… Read More »

Mobile Analytics Company Neuralitic Systems Raises $3 Million From Blackberry Fund

By Tricia Duryee Jan. 22, 2009, 11:13pm Comments Off

This is not the cool, new consumer-facing mobile application that you were expecting, perhaps, but the BlackBerry Partner’s Fund has investe… Read More »

BlackBerry Partners Fund Makes First Three Investments In Buzzd, Digby And WorldMate

By Matt Kapko Oct. 29, 2008, 10:37pm Comments Off

The $150 million BlackBerry Partners Fund has announced its first three investments totaling $16.7 million. They are: buzzd, a social networ… Read More »