The next BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) update will bring with it support for larger file sharing and bigger emoticons among other things, BlackBerry has announced. Currently the file sharing limit on BBM is…
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BlackBerry Q20, Z3 smartphones confirmed
At the MWC 2014, BlackBerry revealed plans to roll out two new smartphones this year – BlackBerry Z3 codenamed ‘Jakarta’ and the BlackBerry Q20. The company announced that the Z3, a full-touch…
BBM to sport stickers soon
Stickers have been picking up lately and quite a few messaging apps including LINE and Facebook flaunt them as a necessity and one of the primary ways to communicate with friends and…
BlackBerry releases BBM for Android Gingerbread
BlackBerry has released BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for Android Gingerbread devices as promised, which can be downloaded from the Google Play store or the BBM website. The company earlier teased that it was…
BBM head departs from BlackBerry
BlackBerry, on Monday, announced that the executive in charge of its BBM instant messaging division, Andrew Bocking, has decided to leave the company. “Andrew Bocking, EVP, BBM has made the decision to…
BBM for Android, iOS updated with ‘find friends’ feature
BlackBerry has updated its BBM app for Android and iOS with a feature called “Find Friends on BBM”. This friend finding feature will remove the need to share PINs for adding a…
BlackBerry rolls out BB OS 10.2.1 update
BlackBerry has rolled out the latest BB OS 10.2.1 update bringing a lot of new features compatible with BlackBerry 10 smartphones. The update is already available for download in all major markets including…
BBM heading to Android Gingerbread soon
Blackberry has announced BBM for Android Gingerbread phones, more specifically – devices running Android 2.3.3+. The announcement follows the official release of BBM for Android and iOS platforms and with the latest…
BlackBerry, Foxconn to show off Jakarta, other phones at MWC 2014
BlackBerry and Foxconn signed a 5-year contract at the end of December last year under which the latter will be designing, producing and take care of the logistics for a range of…
Pentagon denies placing order for 80,000 new BlackBerry phones
Pentagon has denied purchasing 80,000 new BlackBerry phones as interpreted by some media outlets, which saw BlackBerry stocks surge a couple of days back. In a statement to The Verge, the Department…
No new BlackBerry CEO for now; John Chen to stay put
Initially roped in on a temporary basis, BlackBerry CEO John Chen will continue to serve as company’s CEO up until BlackBerry manages to garner financial stability. It was after former BlackBerry CEO…
BlackBerry Z10 down to £150
BlackBerry has slashed the prices of Z10 smartphone by as much as £30 taking the price down to £150 on PAYG (pay as you go). The Z10 will now sell at the…
New BBM for Android beta gets voice calling, channels
A new beta version of BlackBerry Messenger for Android has been released with features such as voice calling and Channel. BlackBerry announced in December 2013 that it will be adding quite a…
BlackBerry to concentrate on software, will offload hardware on Foxconn
BlackBerry has decided that the company will be concentrating on its core strength of enterprise level software and secure mobile operating system and will offload almost all of its hardware production on…
BBM to come preinstalled on smartphones from several Android OEMs
BlackBerry has announced that BBM will come preinstalled on Android smartphones from multiple Android OEMs starting next month. The struggling smartphone company has revealed that vendors from Africa, India, Indonesia, Latin America…