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• Judge deems Kodak digital camera patent invalid

  A judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that a Kodak patent asserted in a complaint against Apple and Research In Motion is invalid, Kodak said on Monday.

• SAP rolls out new mobile apps, boosts HTML5, iOS, Android support

  SAP on Monday unveiled a series of mobile applications covering areas such as expense management and e-learning, as well as improved support for iOS and Android devices. The announcements came at the start of the vendor's Sapphire conference in Orlando.

• Is your BYOD policy out-of-date?

  As consumerization continues to spread throughout the enterprise, IT decision makers must remain on their toes, tracking and anticipating end user behavior and deploying technology to protect against productivity losses and data breaches, one researcher says.

• Study: iOS surpasses Android in enterprise usage

  Consumerisation trends in the enterprise shifted dramatically in the first quarter of 2012, with mobile devices running Apple's iOS operating system showing more activity in the workplace than those running Google's Android, as well as end users migrating from Facebook and toward Twitter.

• In Pictures: A closer look at RIM's BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha smartphone

  RIM has unveiled the first smartphone running its next-generation BlackBerry 10 software. The device is meant only for developers, however, and won't ever be released to the public. CIO.com's Al Sacco shares a number of images of the new BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha handheld.

• In Pictures: 11 not entirely useless factoids about BlackBerry maker RIM

  Trivial pursuits swirling around BlackBerry World 2012

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  Android breaks crucial 50 per cent of smartphones in use: comScore

  Android may be lagging behind in the enterprise market, but in the consumer market it's still going full speed ahead.

• RIM faces trouble despite BlackBerry 10

  The last couple of years have obviously not been kind to Research in Motion, which is why the company has been hoping to generate some much-needed positive buzz by unveiling portions of its upcoming BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system this week.

• Wake Up campaign the work of RIM

  Struggling Canadian BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has admitted it is behind a Wake Up media campaign in Australia.

• BYOD policy bites vacationing CEO

  Mimecast CEO, Peter Bauer, recently found himself at the intersection of consumerization and IT management, falling victim to personal data loss as the result of the internal management policy he himself helped establish.

• Blackberry facing years to turn around

  The newest board member of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion says a turnaround could take three to five years.

• Are BYOD workers more productive?

  Bring-your-own-device, or BYOD, is a movement blurring the line between work and personal life. After all, BYOD is all about employees using personal smartphones and tablets for business purposes. So does this mean people check Facebook when they should be working or read job-related emails on weekends?

• RIM launches in India low-cost phone for emerging markets

  Research In Motion will start selling in India from Thursday a low-cost smartphone with the BlackBerry 7 OS that will soon be offered in other emerging markets.

• RIM dooms itself with IT-centric strategy

  In a world driven by consumerization one company stands alone against the wave of employees who are bringing their iPhones and Android phones to work. That company is RIM , who just announced plans to abandon their consumer efforts and focus on the enterprise. We know this will work because it worked so swimmingly for Microsoft. I think we can officially start preparing to say, "RIP, RIM."

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  RIM to return to business focus; new BlackBerry strategy promised

  Research in Motion's future is getting iffier each quarter as it signs on fewer new customers and has had to discount large numbers of BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablets to clear inventory. The company revealed today that its revenue dropped 25 per cent in the last fiscal quarter versus a year earlier, a decrease of $5.6 billion, with the decline in revenues accelerating after it launched its BlackBerry 7 smartphones in fall 2011 and had to deeply discount the poorly selling PlayBook tablet in the same period.