ARKick for BlackBerry 10 Now 30% Off to Celebrate Winning the AngelHack Challenge
ARKick won the AngelHack BlackBerry Challenge and the people’s choice award at BlackBerry Jam Asia in Hong Kong recently. They are now celebrating with a 30% off sale and an upcoming version 2.0 that will be free to current owners. The ARKick app is an augmented reality app that gives you context like weather, time,…
WhatsApp Advocates Phone Numbers vs Usernames or PINs
WhatsApp has long operated by using your phone number as your username. BlackBerry on the other hand started with your devices PIN identifier and now moved over to your email address (BlackBerry ID) in BlackBerry Messenger. I personally think that the phone number method is incredibly invasive on a mobile device but some people love…
LG’s Potshot at BlackBerry on Facebook Seems to be Backfiring…
Last week LG posted on their Facebook page that BlackBerry users should “Write a eulogy for your BlackBerry on your new LG G2’s beautiful 5.2” full 1080HD display.” That has since led to quite a few comments advocating exactly the opposite. I wish the number of comments were in the millions but an overwhelming majority…
How to Possibly Delete a Sent but Unread BBM Message
Over the years some of us have run into the issue of sending a BBM message or picture to the wrong person or writing the wrong thing. Some have discovered a quick hack for this but I thought I would mention it since Caspan brought it up to me again. He actually wrote up…
Official UEFA App Brings European Football to BlackBerry 10
BlackBerry scored another doozy with UEFA bringing their app to BlackBerry 10. This official app brings European Football to the platform with UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and all of their competitions. The app has some great features including: Live scores Customized alerts News from UEFA’s competitions Photos: matches and behind the…
BlackBerry Enterprise Chief Explains How They Plan on Competing
Peter let us know about a great interview and commentary by Larry Dignan of ZDNet where he sits down with Stephen Bates, chief of BlackBerry’s enterprise software and services unit. He talks frankly with Stephen about the challenges BlackBerry is up against and how BlackBerry plans to address them. Mainly he states that all he…
Twitter For Legacy BlackBerrys Updated to v4.3.0.18 in BlackBerry World
The latest version of Twitter for legacy BlackBerry devices has made its way out of the Beta Zone. You can now find v4.3.0.18 of Twitter in BlackBerry World. This version lets you see more photos and view image galleries. It also gives you the ability to go full screen and adds a connect tab to…
BlackBerry Publishes Fully Baked Sample Apps & Built for BlackBerry Boilerplate Samples for Developers
It seems like BlackBerry is finally getting the feedback I have been giving them for awhile. Paul on the BlackBerry DevBlog announced the release of Cloudy Pics which is the first of what they are calling Showcase Sample Apps. In other words these are not the one trick sample apps BlackBerry has given us in…