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HootSuite had launched their Twitter and Facebook app for BlackBerry a few months ago, and recently updated it to include access to the LinkedIn professional social network. The social networks HootSuite was already supporting also got some added functions; Facebook got the ability to add pages, do searches, and view events, while Twitter now includes…
Facebook for BlackBerry has been updated. The strange thing is, some folks are currently seeing 1.9.0.27 as the latest version, while others are seeing 1.9.0.28. That’s the version available to me at the moment, and it looks like the latest and greatest. If you still spot .27 in App World, hold tight… because we’re told…
RIM has been promising to get the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet out into our hands by the end of Q1, which is the end of the month, but rumours are suggesting it won’t be in stores until April 10th. The final version of the QNX-based operating system is expected to be ready on March 31 though,…
When RIM announced the BlackBerry PlayBook, it was easy to see the similarities with Palm’s webOS – gesture areas, thumbnailed multitasking, and upward flicks to close apps were all conspicuously familiar. RIM evolved the idea in a few ways, like by throwing a gesture area around all sides of the screen, and adding a few…
Since its announcement, RIM has been touting the BlackBerry PlayBook as the one and only enterprise-ready tablet, and to further emphasize the point they’ve released a video talking in vague terms about how awesome and secure the thing is. The key phrase in the video is that the PlayBook was “Built for CIOs with CIOs”…
QuickPlay will soon be launching an app called Pocket Cinema which lets you browse movies, rent them, download them over Wi-Fi onto local storage, and watch ’em on the BlackBerry Torch 9800. The only downside right now is that Pocket Cinema is only available in the UK, but the developers are aiming to open up…
The BlackBerry Analytics Service, announced back in September, has just gone live in a public beta, offering app developers the tools needed to track their users. Metrics range from number of active users, how many new users an app has gained, how often, in which way, and how much apps are used, along with a…
Over the weekend, a completely fed up app developer poured out his frustrations over trying to make something for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The roadblocks ranged from an excessive demand for documentation (like getting a notarized letter confirm credentials), an unreliable tool installation process, and excessive costs. At some points I felt like he was kind…
Rumors are coming fast and furious that suggest the BlackBerry PlayBook will be able to run Android applications. Last week, we read a report from ShopSavvy that claims someone was using their Android application on a BlackBerry Curve 8520, a Curve 8300, and a mystery 8600 device. While not conclusive evidence that RIM is building…
If you thought this was how Angry Birds would look like if it ever made the leap to BlackBerry, guess again. Smarter Apps has released an unabashed knock-off called Angry Farm, where, like the original, you aim and slingshot various animals at precariously-constructed buildings in an effort to collapse everything on top of the hapless…