RCMP Wiretaps PIN Messages
On Thursday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) made a crackdown on crimes, resulting in more than 30 arrests. How did this occur? Well, the police in Quebec, Canada intercepted more than a million BlackBerry PIN-to-PIN communications which allowed them to do these arrests.
Details on How eBBM and BBM Protected Work to Secure BBM
We have been hearing quite a bit of superficial details on the upcoming launch (This month or next) of eBBM or BBM Protected as it is sometimes called. My buddy Bla1ze over at CrackBerry managed to get some of the real details on the service beyond the high level stuff we were hearing before. We…
Follow the World Cup on Your BlackBerry With These Apps
It does not look like BlackBerry sprung for an official World Cup app but they have highlighted the latest recommended apps for catching the latest out of Brazil. This is going to be an exciting one so I highly recommend keeping up with the latest news. Personally I am finding Team Stream to be the…
Loads of World Cup Sticker Packs Hit BBM Shop Along With Team “PIN Cards”
Those of you rooting for your team have a fun surprise in the BBM Shop. BlackBerry has brought out stickers for quite a few of the teams (but sadly not all) for $1.99 each. Hopefully they are bringing more but I did notice them for Brazil, US, England, France, Germany, Australia, and more. (Confirmed to…
BlackBerry’s Annual Shareholder Meeting Happening on June 19th
It looks like BlackBerry is going to follow up their Q1 Fiscal 2015 results with their annual shareholder and special meeting at 10AM in Waterloo. They will be webcasting the whole event so you can check it out here. My guess is it is going to be a doozy so stay tuned for the latest…
John Chen Hints Towards eBBM Launch This Month
Jason pointed out to me that I missed a little tidbit in the previous Jakarta Post interview with John Chen. In it Chen states that BlackBerry is planning on rolling out the subscription enterprise BBM (Aka eBBM) this month. Specifically he said that: We [also] have a lot of products in the enterprise spaces coming…
Skype for BlackBerry 10 Gets Small Improvements Including Cloud Based Chats
Skype has pushed out a small but significant update to their client for BlackBerry 10. This new update brings the ability to participate in cloud based chats along with performance improvements and bug fixes. they also simplified the registration which is nice. Check out the updated Skype in BlackBerry World.
Colin McRae Rally Races on to BlackBerry 10
The awesome Colin McRae Rally racing game has just made its way onto BlackBerry 10 this week. This is a classic game many of us have been playing for well over a decade and lets you get behind the wheel of legendary rally cars. The racing is pretty realistic and the controls are tight though…