BlackBerry Rumored To Have Met with Facebook About a Potential Bid
We have another interesting player in the BlackBerry bidding war. Supposedly BlackBerry execs met with Facebook at their headquarters last week according to the Wall Street Journal. They are said to have me to "gauge its interest in a potential bid for the struggling company." Neither Facebook or BlackBerry have commented on the story but…
Ingram Micro & BlackBerry Announce Distribution Agreement in Latin America
BlackBerry just scored another solid distribution agreement this time with Ingram Micro Mobility. They are the worlds largest wholesale technology distributor which is key for BlackBerry. They signed this agreement to make Ingram Micro the leading provider of BlackBerrys portfolio in Latin America to reach VARs, integrators, carriers, retailers, and others. Ingram had this to…
BlackBerry Lets Another 300 Employees Go in Waterloo
We have been hearing reports from fans around the world about BlackBerry slimming down their teams to fall in line with their workforce reduction efforts. BlackBerry announced that they plan on going down by 4,500 employees and it seems to be a painful process. The latest reported in the news is another 300 employees…
Invite Your Friends to BBM Using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, & Email
This is an old update but quite a few readers have asked us to mention it again. BlackBerry has put up an awesome web app on the BBM website to help you grow your BBM contact list. They let you easily send invitations to your friends to download BBM using your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or…
BBM Adds 20 Million ACTIVE Users in First Week – Now Over 80 Million Globally
BlackBerry just announced another huge milestone for BBM. They have hit 20 million new users in the first week of availability on iPhone and Android. The most important part of the announcement is that these are 20 million new active users. That means they have 80 million globally now on all platforms. BBM was…
Vote For TeamBlackBerry In NASSCOM Game Of The Year!
Earlier this month, Ronen introduced to us this new game called the Song of Swords. This game from Nautilus Mobile, is BlackBerry exclusive and sure did provide hours of addictive gameplay. We have learnt that this game has been nominated for the Indie Game of the Year, in a contest by NASSCOM.
Google Talk & Yahoo Messenger for BlackBerry 10 Get a Whopper Of An Update
BlackBerry has done a great job of updating Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger for BlackBerry 10 after languishing for awhile. The new update is tied to BlackBerry 10.2 and brings instant preview and actions. They also added light and dark themes along with landscape orientation. My guess is there are a few more goodies…
One Week Left to Fairfax Due Diligence on BlackBerry Bid
Most BlackBerry shareholders, but not users, know that November 4th marks the end of Fairfax Financials due diligence period on their bid to acquire BlackBerry. The current offer price is $9 which is higher than BBRY is currently trading. That means we will most likely either see another bidder pop up this week or…