Research in Motion, whose Blackberry handsets dominated the mobile phone scene only a few short years ago, announced Monday it was cutting 2,000 jobs — about 11 percent of its global workforce — as it falls further behind the curve now defined by the iPhone and Android-powered smartphones.

In cutting workers for the first time in a decade RIM joins Nokia as a once-mighty player who couldn’t or wouldn’t adapt quickly enough to a pace of innovation and quixotic consumer expectations that has only accelerated since the introduction of the original iPhone in June 2007. In what seems like the bli...

It’s about to get a lot easier to go electric motorcycle racing.

Electric motorcycle manufacturer Brammo has signed a deal to provide race-ready rides for the TTXGP electric racing series for the 2013 season. The bike will be a souped-up version of the Empulse that Brammo says we’ll see within months.

The deal comes at a critical time for electric motorcycle racing. Although the sport has come a long way since the inaugural TTXGP on the Isle of Man in 2009, it needs new blood to continue growing. Eleven riders competed in Sunday’s race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca before the Red Bull U.S. Grand ...