This Tweet popped up on my timeline a few minutes ago:
Needless to say, that got my attention. So off to Google I went to find the details, and here they are:
BlackBerry Ltd. executives flew to California to meet with Facebook Inc. last week to gauge its interest in a potential bid for the struggling smartphone-maker, according to people familiar with the matter.
It remains unclear whether Facebook is interested in placing a bid. Spokesmen for both companies declined to comment.
Interesting. There have been rumors of a “Facebook phone” for well over a year now, so maybe buying BlackBerry is how they’re going to get there. But that may alienate their core base of users which is government and enterprise. Seeing as that’s where their money is coming from, it would be a #fail to push those users away. Thus, I’m not sure what to make of this report.
How about you. What do you think? Your guess is as good as mine.
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BlackBerry Met With Facebook: Report
This Tweet popped up on my timeline a few minutes ago:
Needless to say, that got my attention. So off to Google I went to find the details, and here they are:
BlackBerry Ltd. executives flew to California to meet with Facebook Inc. last week to gauge its interest in a potential bid for the struggling smartphone-maker, according to people familiar with the matter.
It remains unclear whether Facebook is interested in placing a bid. Spokesmen for both companies declined to comment.
Interesting. There have been rumors of a “Facebook phone” for well over a year now, so maybe buying BlackBerry is how they’re going to get there. But that may alienate their core base of users which is government and enterprise. Seeing as that’s where their money is coming from, it would be a #fail to push those users away. Thus, I’m not sure what to make of this report.
How about you. What do you think? Your guess is as good as mine.
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This entry was posted on October 29, 2013 at 2:33 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags BlackBerry, Facebook. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.