JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: the end of an era for an embattled smartphone company. Last week, BlackBerry announced that it was facing a huge loss due to unsold devices and that it would lay off about 40 percent of its already reduced work force. And, yesterday…
Smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry may be working on a way to “spinoff” its built-in messaging service, simply called BlackBerry Messenger, and turn it into its own “valuable asset” before the company’s rumored potential sale occurs. This report comes out of The Wall Street Journal who is sourcing anonymous “people familiar with the matter.”…