BBM Is Giving Away Movie Tickets for a Year Just for Sharing BBM (US & Canada)
Those of you in the US and Canada should definitely join in on this contest. The BlackBerry BBM team have rolled out a new contest giving away free movie tickets for year. Sadly the contest is limited to the US and Canada but it is open to anyone using BBM. You just have to share…
Watch The Super Bowl Free on Your BlackBerry 10 Browser (Possibly PlayBook too!)
Many of you are watching the big game right now so I will keep this brief. I confirmed that you can watch the Super Bowl in all its glory free in your BlackBerry 10 browser. You just need to turn on desktop mode before loading the Fox Sports Super Bowl page. Follow these instructions to…
John Chen: “This Doesn’t Mean We Are Turning Our Back on the Consumer – Far From It…”
BlackBerry’s CEO sat down with Fast Company for an interview that they published over the weekend. It does not offer anything groundbreaking but it does provide some great insight into John Chen’s plan for 2014. One quote in particular stuck out to me. Quite a few people have pointed out that BlackBerry is focusing on…
Snapchat Client “Snap2Chat” Beta Updated – Now On Par with Android & iOS (Sideload)
The popular native Snapchat client for BlackBerry 10, Snap2Chat, just got a nice update over the weekend. This update brings us to version 0.9 of the beta with some key feature improvements that bring it on par with the features found in the official iOS and Android apps. They added a video recorder and video…
Snap v2.0 Released Letting You Download Previously Purchased Google Play Apps
Snap has been doing an awesome job of updating their unofficial native Google Play store for BlackBerry 10. They just pushed out v2.0 of Snap and its packing a much requested feature of being able to download previously purchased apps. They have also added the following changes: New layout for home screen General performance improvements…
Watch the Super Bowl Today on Your BlackBerry Using NFL Mobile
I am not a huge “Big Game” fan myself but I do enjoy hanging out at “Big Game” parties. 🙂 Many of you are tuning into the game on your TV but there are other options for those of you on the go. Dan let me know that you can fire up the NFL Mobile…
Two Great Lists for Working Android Apps & Games for BlackBerry 10.2.1
I have been hearing from quite a few readers asking where they can get the top apps and games available for BlackBerry 10.2.1 thanks to the new Android runtime. Turns out my buddy Bla1ze has a great list going on CrackBerry forums for the top requested apps. This is very useful for those of you…
@BBM Tweet Hints at Read/Unread Notifications for BBM Group Chats
One of the things I have been waiting for BlackBerry to improve is group chats on BBM. One of the annoying limitations is that it does not allow you to see when people have read your messages. This is something Google Hangouts does very well by letting you know when a message was read by…