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Cross-platform BBM reportedly scrapped

, May 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Rumors in the past have suggested that RIM may port its popular BlackBerry Messenger application to iOS and Android. The Waterloo based smartphone company has been struggling in the market thanks to the meteoric rise of both of those platforms, and the release of a cross-platform BBM could have opened some new revenue streams. The Wall Street Journal reports that any plans RIM had to port BBM have now been scrapped. Read The Full Story

Jim Balsillie wanted to open up BBM to rival devices

, Apr 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

Ex co-CEO of RIM, Jim Balsillie, was reportedly in talks with various mobile carriers across the world in order to allow rival phones to be able to connect to BlackBerry services. Sources speaking to Reuters say that Balsillie was in talks with AT&T and Verizon in the United States, as well as Vodafone, Telefonica, France Telecom, and Deutsche Telekom in Europe. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry BBM integrated with Facebook, Twitter and more

, Apr 11th 2012 Discuss [6]

The BlackBerry BBM service will be integrated with Twitter and Facebook, RIM has announced, allowing users of the encrypted IM system to quickly share tweets or Facebook status updates directly from the app. The new social networking integration is part of RIM's enhancement of BBM connected apps set to roll out over the next two weeks, with new versions of BlackBerry Travel, BlackBerry App World and BBM Music all hooking into the service. Read The Full Story

Indian government close to implementing BlackBerry surveillance

, Apr 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM has run into trouble before with local governments over BlackBerry messenger. The company managed to avoid a ban of BlackBerry services in the UAE and India back in 2010 when it began cooperating with local telcos. India Today reports that the Indian government is almost ready to begin snooping on BBM logs, with the plan “up and running soon.” Read The Full Story

BlackBerry Curve 9320 reveals dedicated BBM button

, Mar 21st 2012 Discuss [3]

A new photo of the upcoming Curve model BlackBerry device has appeared with no less than its very own dedicated BBM button. BlackBerry being an entirely different monster from the more popular iOS and Android platforms, the common customer might not see the power of such a piece of hardware - but for the hardcore BlackBerry addict, such an addition has the potential to change the whole landscape. If you're one of the thousands of business workers required to use a BlackBerry on a daily basis and use BlackBerry Messenger more than you speak out loud, you'll be glad to have the shortcut. Read The Full Story

RIM again tipped to be selling out to Samsung

, Jan 17th 2012 Discuss [9]

When the going gets tough, the tough sell out to Samsung, or at least that's what Research In Motion's investors seem to be hoping will happen now that BlackBerry is in a downward spiral the likes of which have never been seen in the mobile industry before. A source trusted by Jonathan Geller of BGR has reportedly tipped off some inner workings of the RIM team saying that amongst the many possible buyers looking into purchasing RIM outright, Samsung is the current front-runner. What on earth Samsung would do with a massive set of business users tapping away only because their bosses wont allow them to move over to Androids, it's not quite clear. Read The Full Story

RIM re-introduces BBM Music, release promised inside 24 hours

, Nov 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Though it's not the first time we've heard of BBM Music, or heck, even the first time we've seen it, it is the first time RIM is promising the software to BlackBerry users for real, and it'll be out today! All you BlackBerry users have promised that the BBM Music app will be available for downloading inside the next 24 hours, (starting this morning, I suppose, since they've not named a specific time,) to all you citizens of the United States, Australia, and of course Canada. The rest of the world is next on the list, but again hasn't been listed for release quite yet. Read The Full Story

RIM insists BlackBerry outage not due to hacking, users won’t lose messages

, Oct 12th 2011 Discuss [3]

Earlier this morning, it was reported that the BlackBerry service outage, which has afflicted users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina for the past three days, has now hit the US and Canada. In response, RIM held an ad hoc press conference today to answer some questions and to reassure that the problem at hand is not a security breach. Read The Full Story

RIM details BlackBerry service failures

, Oct 11th 2011 Discuss [2]

Earlier today, we reported that RIM apologized for the BlackBerry service outage experienced by users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and other parts of the world. And now, although many are still without service, the company has issued a statement with a more detailed response as to what caused the issue. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry services go offline as servers fail

, Oct 10th 2011 Discuss [3]

RIM's BlackBerry handsets have been left cut off from the web, email and BBM after an apparent server crash took phones in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offline. The fault began at roughly 11am today, and according to the BBC is being attributed to a datacenter in Slough, UK, responsible for the regions affected. RIM UK has said that it is "investigating" the problem, though has issued no timescale for fixing it. Read The Full Story

BBM for Android screen shots surface

, Oct 3rd 2011 Discuss [2]

If you are an Android user that has lots of friends on BBM for Blackberry and you want in on the Blackberry Messenger action, it looks like the first proof that the app is coming has surfaced. There are a pair of new screen shots that shows the icon and another page from the app. The icon for BBM on Android looks really strange. Read The Full Story
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