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BlackBerry World 2011 Podcast - Talking App Development with Chris Smith and Mike Kirkup of Research In Motion
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BlackBerry World 2011 Podcast - Talking App Development with Chris Smith and Mike Kirkup of Research In Motion

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 5 May 2011 12:55 am
It was an action packed Monday and Tuesday in Orlando at BlackBerry World 2011, and things proved just as busy on Wednesday (lots of BB World posts in the hopper for us to get up). Following up our video look at how RIM plans to make TAT tools available to 3rd party developers, we sat down with Chris Smith and Mike Kirkup from RIM to do a deeper dive into the BlackBerry app development story....
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Interview with Marty Mallick of Research In Motion

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 8 Oct 2010 1:22 pm
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] We had a chance at the 2010 BlackBerry DevCon to sit down with Marty Mallick, who is a Senior Director of Business Development within the Strategic Alliances division of Research In Motion (say that three times fast!). When you see BlackBerry apps come out for the big boys in the space (eBay, Facebook, Twitter, etc.), Marty's team is involved....
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Interview with Alan Brenner, SVP of BlackBerry Platform for Research in Motion

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 5 May 2010 2:39 pm
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ]At WES 2010 in Orlando last week I had the opportunity to sit down with the CrackBerry.tv camera rolling and talk shop with Alan Brenner, who is the Senior Vice President of the BlackBerry Platform for Research in Motion. As you can imagine with a title like that, a LOT of stuff in the BlackBerry-realm falls under Alan's management, from RIM's core of...
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Interview with Scott Totzke, VP of Global Security Group for Research in Motion

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 4 May 2010 12:52 pm
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ]One of the big highlights at WES 2010 for me personally was the sit-down time I had with senior level management at RIM. Everybody we had the opportunity to speak to had a passion for BlackBerry and knew their areas of expertise inside and out. For a couple of these interviews we were even able to fire up the CrackBerry.tv camera so we could bring you...
BlackBerry Pearl 3G Q & A with Research in Motion Product Manager Joseph Gordon
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BlackBerry Pearl 3G Q & A with Research in Motion Product Manager Joseph Gordon

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 3 May 2010 10:40 am
With the announcement of the BlackBerry Pearl 3G at WES 2010, the official BlackBerry Blog ran an interview with the Product Manager in charge of RIM's newest candybar (or "powerbar" as RIM refers to it) form factor BlackBerry to hit the scene. Joseph Gordon answered a bunch of questions related to the new device. If you're interested in the new Pearl 3G, it's definitely an article to check...
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MWC10: Interview with Rob Kao of SmrtGuard

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 17 Feb 2010 12:22 pm
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] When I ran into Rob Kao of SmrtGuard yesterday at Mobile World Congress I convinced him to go on camera for a couple minutes and give us an update on where things are at. SmrtGuard recently released a free version of their premium mobile security application, and with pre-MWC rumors talking about RIM releasing their own "BlackBerry shield"...
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MWC10: Mike Kirkup Talks About BlackBerry at App Planet; New BlackBerry Developer Blog Launched

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 15 Feb 2010 7:46 am
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] It turns out RIM's presence at Mobile World Congress is even bigger than I first thought. Over at the App Planet pavillion in Hall 7, RIM has another exhibit setup where their focus is on BlackBerry app development. I caught up with Mike Kirkup, Director of Developer Relations for RIM, who filled us in on the details of what's going. Check out...
The Financial Post Tech Desk Interviews Mike Lazaridis
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The Financial Post Tech Desk Interviews Mike Lazaridis

Posted by Bla1ze on 30 Dec 2009 7:31 am
Just the other day we got a good look back at 10 years of BlackBerry from the folks over at Engadget which was a great article. Engadget was not the only resource to focus on the past ten years of BlackBerry. The Financial post also found the time take a walk down memory lane as well as get a sneak peek into the future by interviewing the Founder and co-CEO of Research In Motion, Mike...
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BlackBerry EMEA Alliance Summit 2009: Director of Developer Relations for RIM, Mike Kirkup, Talks BlackBerry

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 11 Dec 2009 12:28 pm
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Our pal Ewan over at MobileDeveloper.tv keeps pumping out the BlackBerry Alliance Summit video interviews on a daily basis. We're going to do a little roundup soon, but in the meantime I wanted to bring you this one asap that he posted interviewing Mike Kirkup. Mike Kirkup is no stranger to the CrackBerry blogs, though this is his first time...
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Interview with Fabian Heuwieser, BlackBerry App Developer

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 25 Nov 2009 2:37 am
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] If you follow me on twitter (@crackberrykevin), you may have caught wind of the fact that I'm in Europe right now, hitting up Paris first for a few days and now stuffing my face with pizza in Roma. More articles will be popping up over the next week or so with some of observations I have made in terms of BlackBerry in Europe, so stay tuned for...

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