Green shoots at BlackBerry? Fallen phone giant turns its hand to software

Chief executive John Chen has yet to reverse the company’s slide – but a positive response from investors is pushing up its sharesRemember BlackBerry? The one-time giant of smartphones has gone through tumultuous times over the past six years, and become a much smaller software company. Its results last week showed just how small: third-quarter revenues were $226m (£169m), its lowest three-monthly total since 2004, with an operating loss of $258m.The Canadian company’s ch