BlackBerry’s Top BlackBerry 10 App Releases for the Week
Its the Wednesday again which means BlackBerry has put out their list of top app releases for the week. The BMO mobile banking app was a biggie this week along with the much buzzed Tilt. Check out the list below. I am waiting for John Chen to make it grow! Highlights of the Week: We…
CEO John Chen Reveals His Turnaround Strategy in Forbes Interview
BlackBerry’s new CEO, John Chen, has not been shy with the media. His latest interview is with Forbes in their latest March 3rd issue. He goes on to explain a bit more about his turnaround strategy for BlackBerry and how he believes BlackBerry can survive as a small player just like Porsche and Lamborghini do…
BlackBerry Maps Updated To Improve “Stability & Performance”
BlackBerry has pushed out an innocuous update that claims to offer some unmentionable defect fixes. That is supposed to improve stability and performance. It sort of makes me curious to know what exactly the problem was for them to issue such a vague change log. Check out the updated BlackBerry Maps here
Latest BES 10.2.1 Update Fixes Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Before you think the worst of this vulnerability keep in mind that it is not currently being exploited and requires the attacker to have login access to the BES server and diagnostic logs. With that said BlackBerry has published an advisory about a new vulnerability they have patched in BES 10.2.1 and 5.0.4. What happens…
Chive On for BlackBerry 10 Fixes GIF Support in Quick Update
The third party Chive client, Chive On, got a small update this week with a big focus on fixing up GIF support. This is a bigger deal for Chive On because Chive is full of GIF’s. They have also fixed up the annoying Twitter button crash and offered up faster caching and app performance tweaks….
Whine (Vine Client) Gets A Quick Update on BlackBerry 10 to Squash Bugs
The 3rd party Vine Client for BlackBerry 10, Whine, just got a quick bug fix today to squash some launch day bugs. They have fixed the login and sign up process and some whitespace issues. If you are a Vine fan I highly recommend checking out this latest update of Whine in BlackBerry World.
BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10.2 MR1 Now Available With New License Model
BlackBerry has updated their BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10.2 to Maintenance Release v1 (10.2.1) today. This new update does not bring any huge new features but does introduce a new licensing structure to allow for the new regulated level EMM data plan license (aka corporate liable service plan) that is provisioned by your carrier. In other…
Work Drives for BlackBerry 10 Adds Sharepoint Access for BES Users
BlackBerry has updated their Work Drives application to v2.0 today for devices running OS 10.2+. This new version extends the application to allow remote file access to SharePoint sites. This is on top of the network drive access they had in the previous versions. Sadly you still need BlackBerry Enterprise Server 10.2 to use…