I am continuing this month with my BlackBerry story.
Yes, BlackBerry today is a leading security company. Yes, its technology is still used by major organisations across the world. But the handset — the very thing that defined its identity — is nowhere to be found. The PlayBook tablet never conquered the market. So what really went wrong?
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