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Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) Security Reputation Compromised

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Now that Research In Motion Ltd(NASDAQ:BBRY) has pinned all its hopes on the BlackBerry 10 to help the company make a comeback, one of BlackBerry’s biggest USPs is the security characteristics. Now, the company is losing the aura of security characteristics around it. According to the reports from Canada.com, the Canadian government department which is in-charge of cyber security has issued a warning for the general public to think twice before sending a BlackBerry message.

Postmedia News received a memo which contained the warning using the access to information act from Public Safety Canada. This is a department of the government of Canada which is somewhat similar to the Homeland Security department of the United States. As far as BlackBerry is concerned, one of its ways to communicate is through pin-to-pin. Sending messages with the help of this method is far from secured. Such messages have vulnerable encryption because the default encryption key is not unique to a BlackBerry but is same for all the BlackBerrys. That is why it is extremely easy to decrypt a sensitive message which is sent from one PIN to another.

However, it is important to note that the warning applies for PIN-PIN messages only and not to any other feature(s) of BlackBerry. For a very long time, BlackBerry has had a very strong hold in the Department of Defense in the United States of America. The latter had recently released its Commercial Mobile Device Implementation Plan and it includes the capabilities to put into use commercial off-the-shelf products like Samsung Galaxy S III or an Apple iPhone.

The plan of the DoD is not good news for BlackBerry because the company will lose its foothold if the plan is implemented. The DoD is looking forward to create a new mobile architecture that will enable commercial devices to be utilized for classified communication.

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Top 3 Gainers: Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Eros International (NYSE:EROS), Borqs Technologies’ (BRQS)

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Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) is up 2.5% after Benchmark reiterated its Buy rating in a look-ahead at Q2 earnings. The firm’s expecting a beat and solid guidance for Q3, and it’s raising its guidance for the fiscal year.

Tailwinds from the pandemic won’t dissipate easily, Benchmark suggests, and the videogame maker’s acquisition of Peak (and with it new “forever franchises” in Toon Blast and Toy Blast) will drive audience, bookings, margins and free cash flow, it says. The firm has an $11 price target, now implying 14% upside.

Eros International (NYSE:EROS) is up 5.8% today, making up the last week’s lost ground, after news that its streaming service Eros Now is partnering with Sony India (SNE +2.3%).

That will mean Eros Now’s app is pre-installed on selected Sony smart televisions in India, along with availability on a large base of existing models (Bravia E series and newer).

The country over the past year has seen a 25% growth in demand for smart TVs, fueled by overall industry growth of 15%, to a record 15M units/year.

Borqs Technologies’ (BRQS) personal safety tracker sees strong market with increased orders from the electronics retail chain in the US.

The boost in product demand comes ahead coronavirus pandemic that provides company to expect delivery of 250K units this year. It reflects over 3x the volume delivered in 2019, the year of its launch.

Borqs’ mobile personal safety devices designed particularly for senior citizens come with panic button, location tracking, and fall detection.

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Tesla, Inc. (TSLA): US agencies investigate fatal Tesla Model 3 crash in Florida

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American safety officials are looking into the circumstances surrounding another fatal Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) crash. Both the NTSB and the NHTSA have confirmed that they’re investigating a collision between a Model 3 and a semi truck in Delray Beach, Florida on March 1st. According to the police report, the truck was turning left to enter a main thoroughfare when the Model 3 crashed into the semi’s trailer, shearing off the car’s roof and killing the driver. It’s not certain if Autopilot was active, although the Model 3 kept traveling for more than 500 yards before coming to a stop.

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Tesla said in a statement that it was “deeply saddened” about the collision and was “reaching out” to authorities to cooperate. The NTSB added that it typically takes one to two years to complete investigations like this.

This certainly isn’t the first time US safety agencies have investigated Tesla crashes to determine the possible role of Autopilot. However, there are unusually close parallels to a deadly incident from May 2016, when a Model S driver in Florida struck a trailer. His vehicle had Autopilot engaged and also kept going a significant distance after the crash, although investigators cleared Tesla and noted that the driver in that case ignored safety warnings. While the particular circumstances are different, it wouldn’t be out of the question for agents to compare the two cases.

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Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) Are In News On Monday

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Evercore raises its Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) price target from $1,800 to $1,965 saying that gross profit has become a “more important indicator” than Y/Y revenue growth.

Key quote: “As such, we remain bullish on AMZN at least in part because the company’s gross profit is expected to grow ~400bps faster than revenue for AMZN over the next 3 years.”

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Amazon shares are up 0.9% pre-market to $1,686.

Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) alleges in a San Diego federal court that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) violated three of its patents and asks for tens of millions of dollars in damages.

Qualcomm has filed a series of patent actions against Apple around the world that will conclude before the antitrust trial starting in April, which will hear Apple’s challenge to QCOM’s business model.

Have you seen the article Forbes wrote about the ASDN Flying Passenger Drone and its technology?

U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw will open an eight-day trial today deciding whether Apple violated Qualcomm’s patents with its iPhones that contain Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) chips.

Qualcomm shares are up 0.8% pre-market to $54.65.

Apple shares are up 0.5% to $175.88.

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