BlackBerry Takes Good Marketing to Task in Latest #BBFactCheck
BlackBerry has promised to take on some of their most vocal critics when they are flat out wrong using their #BBFactCheck shaming method. Their latest is the notorious Good Technology that keeps on comparing the BlackBerry of 2010 with Good’s current solution. BlackBerry has taken them to task in the image above and in this…
BlackBerry Sends Out Notice Of Impending Shutdown of Scoreloop
BlackBerry acquired Scoreloop in June of 2011 and now 3 years later it looks like they are shutting it down. Scoreloop started as a cross platform social gaming network that supported BlackBerry along with Android, Bada, iOS, and Windows Phone. BlackBerry then incorporated it into BlackBerry 10 as a gaming leaderboard with achievements and more….
BBM for Windows Phone Enters Private Beta With Launch This Month
John Chen stated that BBM for Windows Phone was coming in July and it looks like he will hit that target. CNET spotted the beta of BBM for Windows Phone showing up in the Microsoft Windows Store on Monday. It is currently in beta and they are only opening it to those who have…
BlackBerry Squashes Rumor of QNX Team Moving to Volkswagen
There was a rumor brewing that some of BlackBerry’s QNX technology was sold to Volkswagen (via Seeking Alpha) in the deal we recently told you about. This deal was for employees and R&D assets that only ever supported BlackBerry product efforts and there is nothing to do with QNX. This is all part of BlackBerry…
BlackBerry Explains Some of the BlackBerry Passport Design Inspiration
BlackBerry has not told us much about the design of the upcoming revolutionary Passport device until now. We have been able to piece together a bit but now BlackBerry has finally come out and rounded out a few details about why they are returning to the classic square screen in a larger form factor. They…
BlackBerry Awarded Three “Red Dot” Design Awards for the Z30, Q10, & Q5
BlackBerry is no stranger to getting the coveted Red Dot design award. This year they scored a trifecta with the Q10, Z30, and Q5 all being awarded the design award. This is coming from the Red Dot international 40 member expert panel covering almost 5,000 devices from 53 countries based on quality and innovation. Here…
Disney’s Frozen Gets a BBM Sticker Pack in BBM Shop
BlackBerry scored another nice sticker pack thanks to their team up some great content providers for BBM Stickers. Their latest is Disney’s ridiculously popular Frozen franchise getting the sticker treatment. Nothing crazy here but if you feel the need to express yourself in song through stickers check it out now for $1.99 for the sticker…
BlackBerry India Launching Healthcare Services Program
There is word that BlackBerry is planning on helping to launch a new healthcare services program in India with interconnected medical devices all working in harmony. The Economics Times has it on good authority (Sunil Lalvani MD of BlackBerry India) saying that they are already trialing in multiple hospitals with various equipment. This seems to…