BlackBerry Passport Flies Pass the FCC
The BlackBerry Passport is BlackBerry’s next generation device. If your eagerly waiting for it, the good news is, it has passed through the FCC! Of course, the internal and external photos are still under their confidentiality agreement, the label is pretty obvious for us to know that it is the Passport!
Checkout MeasureMe For BlackBerry10!
Today, the guys behind MeasureMe let me know about their application. Well, from its name, you might guess that it is a game, but, this is actually a very useful utility! So with its Built For BlackBerry certification, what does this do?
Vulnerability Affects 2 Billion Devices Including Z10
Two research consultants with Accuvant Labs have discovered a security vulnerability that affects over 2 BILLION phones, including the HTC One M7 and the Blackberry Z10. The vulnerability, which they will officially present at next week’s Black Hat security conference, involves an open-source device management tool, used by many many vendors and carriers for OTA…
BlackBerry’s COO Says “We Are Going to Prove a Lot of People Wrong”
Yesterday BlackBerry’s brand new COO, Marty Beard, went on record that they are about to prove the naysayers wrong. He said that the whole portfolio from phones, to medical devices to the internet of things positions BlackBerry to sell and manage more devices. I highly recommend checking out Marty’s Q&A with the WSJ over at…
BlackBerry World Updated to Support New Devices
It looks like BlackBerry is prepping for the BlackBerry Passport and Classic launch. They just released a new version of BlackBerry World that adds support for higher resolution devices along with a slew of other fixes. The list of bug fixes and improvements includes: Micro carousel update on home page Image display enhancements for higher…
BBM for Windows Public Beta Release
After a short run in private beta, I’m happy to announce that BBM for Windows Phone is being publicly released to the Windows Phone store in beta starting today. Earlier this week, Donny sat down with Jeff Gadway to chat about what makes the BBM experience on Windows Phone unique and provide a micro-tutorial for…
BlackBery acquires Secusmart GmbH to strengthen secured communication
BlackBerry is known for security and today they have announced another step in their efforts to offer the best mobile security through the acquisition of Secusmart. Just yesterday we mentioned that the German government is looking to beef up their security by moving a large number of officials to a combination of of BB10 and…
Amazon BBM Channels Spotted in the Wild!
It looks like Amazon will be adding a new element to their partnership bringing the Amazon App Store to BlackBerry 10.3. Tony let me know (via ZachMeC) that Amazon has launched some brand new BBM channels for the US, UK, and Canada to highlight deals. They don’t specify if these will be app deals or…