26.11.2013 09:20 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

BlackBerry purges continue - more execs sacked

BlackBerry is continuing to shuffle the deckchairs on the Titanic by removing COO, Kristian Tear, and CMO Frank Boulben.Interim CEO, John Chen, who was appointed on November 4 after the ousting of Thorsten Heins, hasn't hesitated to pull the trigger on two of Heins' key offsiders, as part of a full on executive clean out.Latest news and slideshows on AppleAlready the BlackBerry corporate website looks bare - it has now been stripped to just three executive members (at the time of print), Chen, new CFO James Yersh (his predecessor Brian Bidulka is handing over the reigns and will depart at year end) and CLO Steven Zipperstein.Another board member Roger Martin, also resigned.The endless delays to BB10, which saw it launch years after its Android and Apple competitors saw the company fall out of relevance in the smartphone market. It's older BB7 models continue to sell well in the third world, and the UK. Despite this, n

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