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03-06-2018, 11:17 PM
It's 2018, and BlackBerry just sued Facebook
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BlackBerry (https://mashable.com/category/blackberry/) is suing Facebook for patent infringement.
The Canadian tech company — adored by Kim Kardashian (https://mashable.com/2016/08/03/kim-kardashian-blackberry-bold-sad/) and once the most cherished (https://mashable.com/2009/09/09/blackberry-outage/) texting device available — has accused Facebook of improperly using its "mobile messaging intelligence" in social apps including WhatsApp and Instagram.*
SEE ALSO: How to turn off Facebook's new face recognition features (https://mashable.com/2018/02/28/how-to-turn-off-facebook-face-recognition/)
But why now? According to BlackBerry, the company tried to work with the social network for years. BlackBerry is now seeking damages from Facebook for its lost profits.*
BlackBerry, founded in 1987, pulled in $1.7 billion in revenue in 2017. Facebook, founded in 2004, surpassed $40 billion in revenue last year. In case you haven't been keeping up with BlackBerry as a company, it has bet its future of self-driving and connected car technology (https://mashable.com/2017/09/20/blackberry-delphi-self-driving-car-security/). Last year, it teamed up with Qualcomm on that technology, and it's also working with Chinese tech giant Baidu to develop more. BlackBerry also still creates new phones, like the BlackBerry Motion (https://mashable.com/2017/10/06/blackberry-motion/). Meanwhile, Facebook continues to run the world's largest social networks and has tried to no longer destroy democracy (https://mashable.com/2018/01/22/facebook-social-media-bad-for-democracy/).* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/06/blackberry-sues-facebook-patent-infringement-instagram-whatsapp/)
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BlackBerry (https://mashable.com/category/blackberry/) is suing Facebook for patent infringement.
The Canadian tech company — adored by Kim Kardashian (https://mashable.com/2016/08/03/kim-kardashian-blackberry-bold-sad/) and once the most cherished (https://mashable.com/2009/09/09/blackberry-outage/) texting device available — has accused Facebook of improperly using its "mobile messaging intelligence" in social apps including WhatsApp and Instagram.*
SEE ALSO: How to turn off Facebook's new face recognition features (https://mashable.com/2018/02/28/how-to-turn-off-facebook-face-recognition/)
But why now? According to BlackBerry, the company tried to work with the social network for years. BlackBerry is now seeking damages from Facebook for its lost profits.*
BlackBerry, founded in 1987, pulled in $1.7 billion in revenue in 2017. Facebook, founded in 2004, surpassed $40 billion in revenue last year. In case you haven't been keeping up with BlackBerry as a company, it has bet its future of self-driving and connected car technology (https://mashable.com/2017/09/20/blackberry-delphi-self-driving-car-security/). Last year, it teamed up with Qualcomm on that technology, and it's also working with Chinese tech giant Baidu to develop more. BlackBerry also still creates new phones, like the BlackBerry Motion (https://mashable.com/2017/10/06/blackberry-motion/). Meanwhile, Facebook continues to run the world's largest social networks and has tried to no longer destroy democracy (https://mashable.com/2018/01/22/facebook-social-media-bad-for-democracy/).* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/06/blackberry-sues-facebook-patent-infringement-instagram-whatsapp/)
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