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BlackBerry has released an updated version of its BBM messaging app for iOS and Android. Version 2.0 brings two major changes – support for Voice communication and BBM Channels. The first feature allows BBM users to talk to one another for free, and will work either over 3G or Wi-Fi. As for the BBM Channels,…
Presuming BlackBerry manages to convince enough users to buy their phones and stays in business for another year, it will join the 64-bit craze with a device of its own. According to N4BB, the Canadian company has been planning to utilize Qualcomm’s potent Snapdragon MSM8994 chip that comes with 8 cores and 64-bit architecture. Of…
Popular processor benchmark app Geekbench has been recently updated and someone at BlackBerry decided to try it out with a still unannounced “Ontario” smartphone. That device has been mentioned/rumored in the past and as far as we (don’t) know, it could be launched later this year. Perhaps even during the forthcoming Mobile World Congress at…
As part of the plan to spur adoption of its BBM instant messaging client, BlackBerry is organizing a neat sweepstakes, offering up the chance to score free movie tickets for a year. In order to join the fun, all you have to do is share your pin with the masses and you’re entered into the…
The United States Census Bureau has released an infographic detailing computer and internet trends in America, showing just how far computer technology has penetrated our lives in just 30 years. The infographic pulls data from the 2012 Current Population Survey to deliver information on computer and internet use as well as how Americans access the internet…
It’s been awhile since we’ve had any good news, or news at all for that matter pertaining to BlackBerry and their BlackBerry 10 OS. As many are full aware, the Waterloo company had a horrible year, after ex-CEO Thorsten Heins tried to breath new life into the company with a rebranding, some new touchscreen devices…
For one reason or another BlackBerry is having hard time moving its devices off the shelves. Sure they don’t have an app eco-system as vivid as those of Google and Apple, but the Canadian company has north of 100,000 apps. And a great platform. In fact, I would add that the QNX-based BlackBerry OS 10…
A few days ago we’ve told you that BlackBerry has scored a big order from the U.S. Department of Defense. Guess what? That news was bogus. Pentagon did announce its new mobile-ready system, saying that some 80,000 BlackBerry smartphones are ALREADY IN USE by the Military. However, they never said new BlackBerrys have been ordered.…
BlackBerry may be losing consumers left and right, but when it comes to certain parts of the government that requires security more than anything else, it’s still the king. And it has managed to win another (big) contract from Pentagon. On January 31st, the U.S. military will fire-up its new management system to enable its…
In a recent interview with CrackBerry.com, BlackBerry’s new CEO John Chen said that Windows Phone support is coming to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES). No ETA was given, but we tend to think it will be rolled out later this year, allowing a growing army of Windows Phone users to stay connected with their colleagues…