Marty Beard Appointed As COO Of BlackBerry
This position has been empty for quite sometime and it is nice to see it being filled up. John Chen seems to be pulling his team from Sybase over to reconstruct the company. This time, Marty Beard joins the team, as the Chief Operating Officer for BlackBerry.
BlackBerry Z3 Arrives In The Philippines
The BlackBerry Z3 has found one more territory to be sold in. Coming to the next Asian Country, Philippines is next to get it. Available starting today at authorized retailers around the Philippines, the BlackBerry Z3 is the low-end budget device running on the latest BlackBerry 10 OS.
BlackBerry Marketing Exec: “The No. 1 objective is making BlackBerry synonymous with work”
When John Chen joined BlackBerry he cleaned up shop with Frank Boulben leaving as CMO of BlackBerry. Chen then went and brought in Mark Wilson as SVP of Marketing based on his previous experience with him at Sybase along with his experience at Avaya. Recently Wilson took the chance to sit down with AdAge…
BBM for Windows Phone Beta Now Available for Beta Zone Program Members
We told you earlier about BlackBerry opening up a Beta Zone program for the chance to try out BBM for Windows Phone. Now Jeff Gadway confirmed that the Windows Phone beta is now available for beta zone participants who were accepted. I am not sure if the program is still open but it looks like…
BlackBerry Passport Gets Photo Shoot With… A Passport
It looks like the BlackBerry Passport has another reason to hold its namesake. Thisiscjay on CrackBerry Forums has taken a few pictures of the prerelease device alongside an actual passport and it looks like they are similarly sized. Its almost like we may be able to get a passport case that holds both your passport…
Introducing BlackBerry Assistant!
BlackBerry OS 10.3, as well all know, is the next revision of the OS for BlackBerry 10 devices. Now, BlackBerry has finally taken the wraps off BlackBerry Assistant today, which basically allows you to use voice commands for just about everything you could want to do with your phone. This isn’t a leak, but a…
BlackBerry’s Salesforce1 App Gets Updated
BlackBerry’s partnership with Salesforce has come out with an exciting new update to the ‘Connect to Salesforce’ app for the BlackBerry 10 OS. The newest release of Connect to Salesforce app (Native) & (Web) for BlackBerry is now available, here are some details: Functionality will go beyond the device and enable workers to maximize productivity by accessing any content, from anywhere,…
Blackphone CEO Addresses Blackberry’s Consumer-Grade Claims
Today Toby Weir-Jones, CEO of SGP Technologies, creators of Blackphone, posted a blog addressing the comments made by Blackberry on July 11 suggesting that Blackphone is “consumer-grade” and therefore “inadequate” for business users. In this blog, Blackphone sets the record straight and outlines the reasons its security and privacy features are paving the way for the future…