iPhone v. BlackBerry: A battle for hearts and minds of developers

One of the advantages Research in Motion's (RIMM) Blackberry has over Apple (AAPL) is the number of third-party developers writing applications for it: 650 as of last summer, according to RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis (link). Except the rogue developers writing unauthorized apps for jailbroken iPhones, there has been only one developer writing native apps for the iPhone: Apple. Everybody else has been making relatively slow, crippled web apps.

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Re-engineering HP Labs

HP Chief Strategy and Technology Officer Shane Robison says the reorganization of HP Labs should speed innovation and eventually boost profit margins. Image: HP

Now that it's an undisputed turnaround story, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) is looking for ways to fuel long-term growth. An important piece of its plan is HP Labs, a group of 600 top-flight researchers who work to develop breakthrough technologies. To better position HP Labs as a growth engine, MORE

Motorola not ready to hang up on phone business

By Michal Lev-Ram

Is Motorola really considering getting rid of its cell phone business? Don't count on it -- at least not anytime soon. Despite mounting pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn to sell or spin off the money-losing division, the company still seems convinced it can revive the once high-flying division.

Since January, when it issued a vaguely-worded statement that it would explore "the structural and strategic realignment of its businesses," MORE

CBS's Web 2.0 strategy

By Jessi Hempel

A day before the launch of Moblogic.tv, a new Web series created by the team behind WallStrip, CBS Interactive president Quincy Smith and his band of Silicon Valley veterans had the media to lunch on Thursday at Black Rock. His goal: to try to explain the thinking behind a strategy that drew Web viewers to spend 104 million minutes on the site in December. Compare that to MORE