Could BlackBerry Make a Comeback?

After an event yesterday at which the long-troubled Canadian mobile- phone maker Research in Motion renamed itself simply BlackBerry, some tech industry watchers are saying the company could make a comeback.

After an event yesterday at which the long-troubled Canadian mobile-phone maker Research in Motion renamed itself simply BlackBerry, some tech industry watchers are saying the company could make a comeback.

If it does, it would be a feat rivaled only by a Marissa Mayer-led Yahoo turnaround.

BlackBerry’s once-dominant operating system has seen its market share fall to just 4 percent globally. The company’s stock has fallen 90 percent since its peak in 2008.

Its been pointing to its next-gen operating system as its salvation.

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