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RIM co-CEOs resign

Flagging smartphone manufacturer RIM has named Thorsten Heins CEO following a management shake-up that saw co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis step down. Balsillie will remain a member of the board, while Lazaridis will serve as Vice Chair of the board’s Innovation Committee – offering strategic counsel to help promote the BlackBerry brand. “There comes a time in the growth of every successful company when the founders recognize the need to pass the baton to new leadership,” co-founder Mike Lazaridis said in a statement . “Jim and I went to the Board and told them that we thought that time was now.” Calls for Balsillie and Lazaridis to step down came following a difficult year at RIM – competition from Apple and Android ate into BlackBerry’s market share, and the company reported a slump in profits in its Q3 results. Investor patience also wore thin following a series of PR fails – most notably the BBM crash in October – and the poorly-selling BlackBerry PlayBook did little to impress shareholders following its launch. “Thorsten has demonstrated throughout his tenure at RIM that he has the right mix of leadership, relevant industry experience and skills to take the company forward,” Lazaridis said.

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Microsoft Bang? It Almost Happened…

How close did Microsoft come to a major naming mistake with its most recent search engine? Pretty close, according to a CNET interview with Microsoft chief marketing strategist David Webster. According to Webster, Bing was not the first choice for a name for the company’s new search engine but something very close: Microsoft Bang.

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Microsoft Announces Upgrades to Bing

Microsoft announced today that it has made changes to its Bing search engine that it claims will help it deliver more accurate, detailed information about topics such as cars and sports. According to PC Magazine, Bing will debut a new automotive “domain task page” that includes deep information on different makes and models.

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Submit Express is ranked #1 SEO Website

There’s more proof that Submit Express leads the way in the SEO industry! Heardable.com recently ranked Submit Express at the top of their list of Most Effective SEO Websites. According to the rankings, Submit Express “blew away most of the competition” thanks to a high volume of visitors and more than one million inbound links each month.

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Yahoo! Unveils New Apps for the iPhone

Yahoo! yesterday announced two new apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch: the Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search app and the Yahoo! Search iPhone app.

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China Censors Google Hong Kong Searches

The battle between Google and China intensified on Tuesday, as neither side is showing signs of backing down in their battle over censorship. While Google was redirecting users in mainland China to their uncensored Hong Kong site, the New York Times reports that the Chinese government was blocking searches for what they deemed to be objectionable content and links to certain content.

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