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First Look: Pebble smartwatch working with BlackBerry 10

Posted by Adam Zeis on 16 May 2013 1:48 pm
While we still have plenty of content to come from BlackBerry Live 2013, we're breaking things down and getting ready to head back home. We've had plenty of great chats and interviews with a slew of developers and BlackBerry fans, and while we certainly didn't get to talk to everyone, we did get lucky that Ritesh swung by the CrackBerry Live stage before we left. Even though we had it mostly...
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CrackBerry Live: Igor Smirnoff talks up buying newspapers on BlackBerry 10

Posted by Simon Sage on 16 May 2013 1:04 pm
PressReader was one of my favorite news apps for BlackBerry 10, and the fine folks that made it managed to find their way to our BlackBerry Live 2013 stage. Igor Smirnoff, their VP of Digital, walked us through the app, and hinted at some pretty exciting stuff that's coming down the pipe.  PressReader allows users to either subscribe to their massive international catalogue of newspapers, or...
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CrackBerry Live: Chad Tetreault talks joining #TeamBlackBerry and supporting HTML5 apps

Posted by Simon Sage on 16 May 2013 10:02 am
The BlackBerry Live 2013 interview train keeps on a-rollin' with Chad Tetreault. This time last year, Chad was an indie developer at mblware, which was probably best known for their JeeoSuite Wi-Fi remote file access app. Since then, he's joined #TeamBlackBerry in a very real way as an Application Development Consultant. Basically, that means he helps HTML5 developers chew through whatever...
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CrackBerry Live: 10 Minutes with the one and only Vivek Bhardwaj

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 16 May 2013 9:32 am
If you're a BlackBerry fan and have tuned into any of the BlackBerry conference keynotes the past year and a half, you will know Vivek Bhardwaj. Vivek has been doing demos for the latest and greatest BlackBerry features for years now as head of the BlackBerry Software Porfolio. Adam and I run through the show's big announcements with Vivek, get some insight to what happens behind the scenes...
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CrackBerry Live: A chat with Marco van Hylckama Vlieg

Posted by Michelle Haag on 16 May 2013 3:51 am
Marco van Hylckama Vlieg has a long history with CrackBerry, reaching way back to the BlackBerry Super Fanboy contest we held in 2011 where he was a finalist and ended up being one of the winners. He's all around a great guy, and spent some time on the CrackBerry Live set with Kevin and Adam. One they got past the correct pronunciation of Marcos name, and discussed the trend that Marco...
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CrackBerry Live: AIO Remote promises ability to control Android devices from BlackBerry 10

Posted by Simon Sage on 16 May 2013 1:08 am
Here at BlackBerry Live 2013 we met up with Hisham Hassan Bakr, an Egyptian developer in charge of a PC control app called AIO Remote. For some time, All In One Remote has been offering the ability to seamlessly control your PC, Linux, or Mac computer over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, complete with native BlackBerry 10 keyboard, presenter slide control, media control, mouse movement, and file system...
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CrackBerry Live Podcast: BlackBerry Live 2013 Wednesday Edition

Posted by Adam Zeis on 16 May 2013 12:49 am
Hail, hail the gang's all here! For Wednesday night we played our cards right and managed to get everyone from the CrackBerry team that is here in Orlando on to the podcast. Kevin, Bla1ze and I were joined by two James', Alicia, DJ, Simon and Brian to talk about everything that went down at BlackBerry Live on Wednesday. In addition we got to know each of the CB writers a bit more.  Since we...
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CrackBerry Live: The World of Pootermobile (plus a contest!)

Posted by Michelle Haag on 16 May 2013 12:37 am
Joining Adam on CrackBerry Live today was Marco Miranda, the man behind The World of Pootermobile! Marco is a dedicated BlackBerry user and a long time developer, starting out a few years ago with themes and moving on to apps more recently. You've probably seen his themes and apps here on the CrackBerry blogs in the past, because he is awesome. Check out his interview in the video above! As...
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BlackBerry Live 2013 Keynote now available for viewing

Posted by Michelle Haag on 15 May 2013 9:44 pm
The keynote at BlackBerry Live 2013 truly blew some minds I think. With announcements such as BBM going cross platform, the BlackBerry Q5, and BBM Channels, I think it was one of the best keynotes I have seen from BlackBerry in quite some time. If you missed out on watching the keynote or just want to relive the moment, you can watch it all via the magic of the internet. The whole keynote session...
CB10 wins BlackBerry Developer Community Award!
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CB10 wins BlackBerry Developer Community Award!

Posted by Simon Sage on 15 May 2013 7:09 pm
Tonight at BlackBerry Live 2013, our own Marcus Adolfsson won the BlackBerry Developer Community Award for Best Built for BlackBerry App! Okay, awesome, yes, but really - how many of you guys are surprised? CB10 is the most awesome app on BlackBerry 10 for a reason. It brings all of the latest, hottest BlackBerry news right to your device, operates smoothly using the native look and feel, while...

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