A decade ago, Research In Motion (RIM) headquarters in Waterloo, Canada, Ontario, Waterloo County was in full swing. The offices were filled with employees, and the lights in the windows did not go out until midnight, showing the silhouettes of people at work to passing drivers. Today there is a ghost office. And even though the lights are still on at the entrance, no one goes through the turnstiles, no longer crowds in smoking rooms or walk on floors, and in an empty parking lot, you can hold courtyard football tournaments. Reminiscent of the abandoned General Motors plant in Detroit. What happened to the once famous company that produced BlackBerry phones, which conquered the whole world at the beginning of the XXI century and which are still appreciated by true aesthetes and fans of secure communication?
BlackBerry: Do you remember how it all began ...?
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