BlackBerry’s Anders Jeppsson To Speak at Game Developers Conference Next Week (San Francisco)
The annual Game Developers Conference is kicking off in San Francisco on March 25th and BlackBerry plans on being there. You may not have heard of Anders Jeppsson but he is almost single handedly responsible for turning around gaming on BlackBerry devices and bringing many of the headlining games to BlackBerry 10 and the PlayBook….
BlackBerry World Website Adds Search Improvements & Some Fixes
While the BlackBerry World team is still struggling with elementary features like coupon codes and gift cards they do seem to be trying to improve. One of the things that many people complained about when BlackBerry revamped BlackBerry World was that search results were no longer sorted by popularity by default and search results in…
BlackBerry Dev Relations Team Belts Out One Last Tribute – "At Last"
I have been loving the music videos that the BlackBerry Dev Relations team has been doing since BlackBerry World last year. They have really done a great job of showing that the team has a heart and understands developers interests while having a little bit of fun. They posted up their latest ballad “At…
Dev Explains How to Replace Google Maps With Open Street Maps in BlackBerry 10 Android Apps
One of the most common issues developers run in to when trying to port their Android apps to BlackBerry 10 is the lack of Google Maps APIs. This immediately makes the Android app not be able to use BlackBerry’s online APK converter and pass validation. While some developers might realize this is a quick fix…
Limited Edition BlackBerry Z10′s shipping in Canada
Fellow developer Joey Beechey posted the above pic this morning on Twitter. He unexpectedly woke up to FedEx at his door, with a package. Little did he know it would be his red Z10, given out to chosen developers for their efforts in making BlackBerry 10 a success. Joey says his Twitter has been on fire since he…
Developer Explains How He Upgraded His App to "Built for BlackBerry"
BlackBerry has been making a big push for their new “Built for BlackBerry” certification on high quality BlackBerry 10 apps. These apps are supposed to exemplify what BlackBerry considers to be a solid app or game but has caused a bit of confusion among developers. BlackBerry has been trying to address this by sending…
BlackBerry Giving Away $100 For You To Build an App Generator App
BlackBerry is going a bit overboard with the BlackBerry 10 app bounties at SXSW 2013. They have decided to create a blog bounty for anyone who uses the BlackBerry App Generator to create an app. They are giving away $100 per app you create with your own content (up to $2,000 per vendor up to…
BlackBerry Promises Port-A-Thon Reviews To Be Done by March 12th
The wait time for BlackBerry World application submissions has been nothing short of ridiculous recently. There are still developers waiting for their apps to be approved from Januarys Port-A-Thons. The wait for apps getting reviewed and updated is over 2 weeks though BlackBerry promises they are “working hard to get your apps approved” with “teams…
