T-Mobile Offering BlackBerry Customers $200 to Upgrade to a Samsung
T-Mobile just couldn’t leave good enough alone. They are once again targeting BlackBerry customers with another upgrade to a different platform. This time they are offering BlackBerry users up to $200 to upgrade to a Samsung device. If you are due for an upgrade T-Mobile will give defectors up to a $200 prepaid MasterCard to…
Interesting Kickstarter Project: Bluetooth Shower Creatures Speakers
Here’s something interesting to get our minds off the confusing news from yesterday. Today, we were informed of this project on kickstarter which I thought was pretty interesting, and probably, very useful as well. This is the Bluetooth Shower Speakers made in the shape of cute interesting creatures, which, at the moment, comes in the…
Unipresalud Chooses BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 as Their MDM
BlackBerry got a nice win this week in Spain with Unipresalud selecting BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 as their MDM. Unipresalud is a Spain based consultancy with 850 employees in 120 service centers. They needed a solution that would cover all of their security and mobility needs and they found it in BES 10. This is…
Avis Car Rental Ports Their Android App to BlackBerry 10
Every once in awhile a decent Android port makes its way to BlackBerry World from a large company. Avis has just released their Android app and I have to say the app does not make me cringe like other ports. The gestures are still off but the apps works fluidly on my Z30. If you…
Facebook for BlackBerry 10 Hits the Beta Zone with v10.4.014
BlackBerry is putting some love into Facebook for BlackBerry 10 this week in the Beta Zone. No word on what is new in this 10.4.0.14 update but there have been some wonky bugs with updates recently. Check out the update in the Beta Zone. I am not sure if it is global for now.
BlackBerry Releases Guidance on OpenSSL Heartbleed Vulnerability
BlackBerry has finally gotten on the ball about the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL that is causing chaos around the world. We gave you BlackBerry’s first statement right after the news broke and now we have the official advisory. BlackBerry has confirmed that most BlackBerry products are not vulnerable to the OpenSSL bug. Specifically they have…
Fox Business Network: John Chen On BlackBerry’s Future
Apart from highlighting the fact that BlackBerry is not giving up on the handset business, John Chen has also spoken a little on the company’s future with Fox Business Network. I am happy that John took the time to quickly address this and that Fox Business Network really asked the key crucial questions for us….
Why Is The Handset Market So Tough?
Recently, Fox Business Network had the opportunity to sit with John Chen for a quick interview and they asked him quite a few questions. I found this to be the most important of all considering the damage that reuters have tried to do. Why is the handset market so tough?