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The 2nd Annual CFO Playbook for Private Companies Conference will dig deep into the issues faced by senior finance executives at small to mid-size businesses. This must-attend event for CFOs and other senior finance executive of private companies will take place Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 through Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 at the JW Marriott in Miami, Florida. New York, NY (PRWEB) October 09, 2012 The 2nd Annual CFO Playbook for Private Companies Conference will dig deep into the issues faced by...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Never one to give up, RIM has launched a new update to their PlayBook tablet. The new PlayBook will feature 4G LTE support, marking the first time their tablets have offered cellular connectivity. RIM will be releasing the new 4G LTE PlayBooks in Canada first. These tablets, according to the company, will be available in the States, Europe, South Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean in the coming months. “We’re excited...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com Traveling Mystic Wows The CrackBerry Village With Impossible Feats Of Magic Come, hear tale of the Mystical Developing Sorcerer and his tablets of Wonder! Shrouded ever he was in anonymity as a weary traveler of the Internet’s channels and tubes, the one known as Businesscat2000 has brought shock and great excitement to the village of CrackBerry, the last remaining holdout from the fallen RIM kingdom. Yes, this Saturday past, one businesscat2000 took...

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) said on Thursday that it would discontinue its low-end 16GB PlayBook tablet computer when current inventories are depleted, but will continue making 32 and 64 GB versions of the device. “RIM will no longer be making the 16 GB model of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The 16 GB PlayBook will continue to be available for distributors and retailers while quantities last,” the Blackberry Maker said in a statement. “We continue to remain committed to the...

BALTIMORE, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Apptitude, the creator of Playbook for iPad and the industry leader in tablet based player preparation tools, announced that it has recently signed an additional five NFL teams including the Dallas Cowboys, St. Louis Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts, and Detroit Lions for their Playbook for iPad and other related player development tools. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120322/CG75351) According to...

Netflix announced on Thursday that there were no plans for them to bring their streaming video service to Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry or PlayBook devices. The official announcement came via Twitter, and was a response to a user's inquiry about a possible Netflix app for RIM's tablet computer. The company responded, "We don't have any current plans to support BlackBerry devices, including PlayBook," despite currently supporting similar software on both Android and iOS. However,...

Research In Motion, the maker of the Blackberry line of smartphones, has finally unleashed the power of its new Playbook line of tablet computers. The Playbook, launched in April 2011, has finally had email, contacts and a calendar added to its new QNX OS, also called PlayBook 2.0, reports Reuters. The software update releases Playbook users from having to tether themselves to a Blackberry for email use. Frost and Sullivan analyst Craig Cartier told Reuters reports Alastair Sharp and...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Row 44, Inc., provider of the world's leading In-Flight Broadband Entertainment Platform, is partnering with the NFL Network to deliver live and on-demand NFL Network programming, including Thursday Night Football NFL games, in-flight to passengers' Wi-Fi enabled devices. NFL Network is the destination for all that happens around the sport of football. NFL Network airs seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year...

DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Business-to-business (B2B) companies fundamentally differ from business-to-consumer (B2C) companies. Without clear understanding of the unique disparity, B2B leaders far too often apply B2C strategies and tactics in their companies and produce disappointing, even disastrous results. B2B success requires a completely different playbook. In this seminal book, Sean Geehan draws upon over 20 years of experience to outline the proven...

An analyst said on Thursday that Research In Motion (RIM) may have stopped production of its PlayBook tablet computer. "While Quanta last week acknowledged that it had laid off a significant number of production workers from a factory focused on producing the PlayBook, our research indicates that the ODM has essentially halted production of the tablet," Collins Stewart semiconductor analyst John Vihn wrote in a blog post. "Additionally, our due diligence indicates that RIM has canceled...