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BlackBerry Launches Audio and Acoustics Software Platform for Automakers

January 08, 2024
BlackBerry Launches Audio and Acoustics Software Platform
BlackBerry Will Separate Cybersecurity and IoT Units
Business // December 11, 2023

BlackBerry has a new CEO, and has altered its plans for its Internet-of-Things (IoT) business. The software company announced Monday (Dec. 11) it had dropped plans to “pursue a subsidiary initial public offering” of its IoT unit. Instead, BlackBerry will work toward separating its IoT and cybersecurity units...

Connected Cars Promise US Drivers Convenience, Payments Efficiency This Holiday
Connected Economy // July 04, 2023

According to estimates from the American Automobile Association (AAA), a record number of Americans — 43.2 million people — are expected to be traveling by car this July Fourth weekend. And as connected and autonomous vehicles gain in popularity, the greater is the chance that...

CerebrumX and BlackBerry Partner to Scale Connected Vehicle Data Offerings
Partnerships // April 07, 2023

CerebrumX has received a strategic investment from BlackBerry to scale its offering of products based on connected vehicle data. The firm’s artificial intelligence (AI)-based Augmented Deep Learning Platform (ADLP) captures connected vehicle data about vehicle and driver performance, delivers it to automakers and helps them...

Gen Z Gives Up Smartphones for Dumb Ones
Technology // April 01, 2023

Here’s a quick way to age yourself — remember your first qwerty keyboard phone? Whether it was a Nokia, a Motorola Razr, now known as a “dumb phone,” or a more upscale Blackberry or Sidekick, aka a “feature phone,” these devices were at one time...

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Connected Cars Promise US Drivers Convenience, Payments Efficiency This Holiday

July 04, 2023
According to estimates from the American Automobile Association (AAA), a record number of Americans — 43.2 million people — are expected to be traveling by car this July Fourth weekend. And as connected and autonomous vehicles gain in popularity, the greater is the chance that more of these connected cars will hit the road this […]

CE 100 Index Slips 2.3% as Tesla Shares Continue Skid

December 27, 2022
The 18% slide in Tesla shares this past week was symptomatic of some of the headwinds facing the Connected Economy stocks this past year. Disruptive technology, yes. But there are...

How Cars Came To Drive BlackBerry’s Future

January 17, 2018
“It is hard for most people to really imagine the staggering amounts of data that need to be sorted, parsed and secured to make connected cars – and eventually autonomous...

Quick Reads
BlackBerry Launches Audio and Acoustics Software Platform for Automakers

January 08, 2024
BlackBerry launched an audio and acoustics software platform that allows automakers to deliver new in-vehicle sound experiences and unlock new revenue opportunities. The new QNX Sound platform lets automakers consolidate telephony, safety alerting, noise reduction, sound enhancement, media playback and other audio and acoustic functions “within the main software stack of the software-defined vehicle architecture,” […]

BlackBerry Will Separate Cybersecurity and IoT Units

December 11, 2023
BlackBerry has a new CEO, and has altered its plans for its Internet-of-Things (IoT) business. The software company announced Monday (Dec. 11) it had dropped plans to “pursue a subsidiary initial public offering”...

CerebrumX and BlackBerry Partner to Scale Connected Vehicle Data Offerings

April 07, 2023
CerebrumX has received a strategic investment from BlackBerry to scale its offering of products based on connected vehicle data. The firm’s artificial intelligence (AI)-based Augmented Deep Learning Platform (ADLP) captures...

Blackberry Showcases Connected Vehicle Platform With Embedded Digital Wallet

January 06, 2023
Blackberry showcased an embedded vehicle wallet at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The company debuted its in-vehicle software platform Blackberry IVY at CES on Thursday (Jan. 05).  The technology, co-developed with...