Blackberry Archive

If you can, then you my friend are a Waterloo supernerd. But it’s wasted knowledge as John Chen is retiring next week, after serving as CEO since 2013, six years after the iPhone (and later Android) put the brakes on Research In Motion. Stepping into the roll as interim CEO will be Richard Lynch, BlackBerry board member and ex-Verizon CTO.

It’s going to separate its IoT and cybersecurity businesses, reports Reuters, and is planning an IPO for the IoT side of the house next fiscal year. We’ll see how that goes!