Blackberry (
TSX: T.BB,
Stock Forum) rose 8% to $10.98 Monday amid an unconfirmed report from Bloomberg that automaker
Ford Motor Co. (
NYSE: F,
Stock Forum) will base the next-generation Sync system on the smartphone maker's QNX and no longer use Microsoft's Windows.
Ford has been struggling with in-car technology flaws and has more than seven million vehicles on the road with Sync using Microsoft voice-activated software.