RIM's shareholders re-elected to its board

The shareholders of RIM, the maker of the BlackBerry, have re-elected to the board of the company for its annual meeting, the first led by new CEO Thorsten Heins, who faces an uphill battle to relocate to the company's track.

Heins commented Tuesday that the strategic review of RIM is focused on recovering the firm with a revamped product portfolio with its axis placed on the strengths of the company.

At the same time, the executive has acknowledged that the firm will suffer a decline in average selling prices and a drop in service revenue this year as it tries to sell the BlackBerry 7, which have struggled to compete with iPhones Apple and mobile operating system Android.

The shareholders meeting is an opportunity for investors to make the new management tough questions after a year in which the shares fell almost 80 per cent and the share of the firm in the smartphones market collapsed .

Just last week, Heins, that RIM has promised to make an "efficient machine" announced a delay in the launch of the new generation of BlackBerry 10 until early next year. With this model, the Canadian firm hopes to reverse the decline in market share.

The new head of marketing for the firm, Frank Boulben, has tried to take drama to this delay, saying Monday that the delay will give vendors more time to meet the renewed devices before they reach stores.

RIM suffered its first operating loss in eight years and said it would cut 5,000 jobs, nearly a third of its workforce, it struggles to compete with technology giants the likes of Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft.

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Feel the rhythm of Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy Theatrhythm is already on sale. This is a title for Nintendo 3DS in which users can complete a full tour of the top songs of the various renditions of Final Fantasy. The game has 70 songs and a playing style far removed from traditional family style Final Fantasy.

Few video game franchises have looked much like Final Fantasy finishing the soundtrack. So much so that over 25 years of stories, each CD that came to market with the songs of the series became a bestseller.

A quarter century later, Square Enix wanted to pay tribute to one of the best soundtracks ever assembled for a videogame. The company has put up for sale Theatrhythm Final Fantasy exclusively for Nintendo 3DS, tribute musical game format to those 25 years of great moments and stories.

Users can review the 70 songs most emotional of the series, almost always accompanied and enriched by the baton of maestro composer Nobuo Uematsu. The study has been commissioned indieszero is sound this small encyclopedia. Users can join their favorite heroes from any of the thirteen main Final Fantasy installments over musical levels.

In the game, the characters will visit locations emblematic and mythological scenes video of the series, facing even the classic enemies of each game. The development of Final Fantasy Theatrhythm combines legendary moments with unforgettable melodies of the series as protagonists.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy promises users the ability to know all the installments of the series from a new perspective. His mechanics makes all kinds of players to approach this series as much about players of all life. Users must touch or making strokes on the touch screen of Nintendo 3DS to the rhythm of the soundtracks of the series.

The creators of Final Fantasy Theatrhythm wanted to respect the philosophy of self-RPG in the series and the game incorporates elements of the genre, despite being a music title. Users can get rewards by completing the different levels at higher difficulty levels and improves the level of their characters finishing each phase with the highest score possible.

The higher the level of character, more spells, skills and items can use, thanks to which they exceed the three different phases in the game, Battle, Stage and Event. Furthermore, it can unlock new songs and scenes video for later enjoy the Museum.

Final Fantasy Theatrhythm also supports downloadable content from the Nintendo eShop, where you can find new songs every week. It is a way to enable extending the gaming experience further and further titles in the franchise.

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