Lazaridis to keep BlackBerry stake, focus on new venture

By way of Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis mentioned on Thursday he has no plans to sell his stake in the smartphone maker whilst he steps down from the board to center of attention on a brand new quantum computing funding fund. BlackBerry, previously Analysis In Movement, announced the former co-CEO's departure from the board on Thursday because it reported its first quarterly revenue due to the fact that launching its make-or-wreck new BlackBerry 10 smartphones. …