BlackBerry VP resigns after high-profile PlayBook flop

David Smith, BlackBerry's VP in charge of the now-defunct tablet division, has resigned. The executive had been with the company for eight years and took over the PlayBook project right after its release in 2011. Despite a promising unveiling, delays kept the device out of stores until a year after the iPad launched, and when it launched, it was missing email and calendar apps, completely ... [ read the full article ]