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BlackBerry Scholars Program to provide scholarships to women in tech
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BlackBerry Scholars Program to provide scholarships to women in tech

Posted by Simon Sage on 14 May 2013 10:56 am
Alicia Keys announced the BlackBerry Scholars Program at BlackBerry Live 2013, which promises to offer new opportunities to women looking to get into the technology field. The scholarship offers to cover full tuition for four-year programs in science, engineering, technology, or math, and available to students entering their first year of study in 2013 - 2014. Applicants have to write an essay...
BlackBerry Enables Secure Enterprise Instant Messaging on BlackBerry 10
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BlackBerry Enables Secure Enterprise Instant Messaging on BlackBerry 10

Posted by Adam Zeis on 14 May 2013 10:11 am
Press Release BlackBerry Enterprise IM 3.0 supports secure instant messaging and collaboration with Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Office Communications Server and IBM Lotus Sametime WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 14, 2013) - BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: BBRY)(TSX: BB) today unveiled BlackBerry® Enterprise Instant Messaging (Enterprise IM) 3.0, a free update of the company's enterprise instant...
BlackBerry boasts 120,000 apps
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BlackBerry boasts 120,000 apps

Posted by Simon Sage on 14 May 2013 9:59 am
At BlackBerry Live 2013, CEO Thorsten Heins announced that BlackBerry World was hosting 120,000 apps. Highlighted in the slides were new and upcoming titles like Modern Combat 4, Moog, Soundhound, and iHeartRadio, as well as some existing ones like Bloomberg and Blaq.  The high-demand apps are flocking to BlackBerry 10 - most recently, Skype to the Z10 by way of the recent 10.1 update, but there...
BlackBerry Q10 landing in U.S. early June
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BlackBerry Q10 landing in U.S. early June

Posted by Simon Sage on 14 May 2013 9:39 am
Today at BlackBerry Live 2013, CEO Thorsten Heins confirmed that the BlackBerry Q10 would reaching U.S. carriers, specifically Verizon, in early June. That's not quite the May timeframe we were expecting, but close enough. Americans, can you hold out a few more weeks, or will you buckle and snag a Z10 instead? Tune into our BlackBerry Live 2013 liveblog for all of the latest news!
BlackBerry Z10 OS 10.1 update coming today
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BlackBerry Z10 OS 10.1 update coming today

Posted by Adam Zeis on 14 May 2013 9:37 am
During the BlackBerry Live keynote this morning, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins let the world know that the BlackBerry Z10 will be receiving the long-awaited OS 10.1 update starting today. OS 10.1 already up and running on the BlackBerry Q10, but now Z10 users will be able to take advantage of all the new features in the OS update as well.  OS 10.1 offers HDR camera, improved apps, Instant...
BlackBerry Live 2013 Keynote Live Blog!
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BlackBerry Live 2013 Keynote Live Blog!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 14 May 2013 8:55 am
  This is it! Tune into our Live Blog coverage of the BlackBerry Live 2013 Keynote right here. Comments will be automatically approved before and after the keynote, but will go into a moderation queue while the action heats up (only really good, on point comments will be published). Enjoy the show!
Reminder: Tune in to the BlackBerry Live keynote live blog tomorrow at 9am EDT
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Reminder: Tune in to the BlackBerry Live keynote live blog tomorrow at 9am EDT

Posted by Adam Zeis on 14 May 2013 1:01 am
Just a quick reminder before we shut down for the night that we'll be hitting it hard tomorrow starting with the general session keynote at 9am EDT. The keynote will kick off BlackBerry Live with BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, CMO Frank Boulben and COO Kristian Tear taking the stage along with some "special guests" to talk BlackBerry 10, the future of mobile computing and more.  We'll be manning...
BlackBerry Live 2013 - Day 1 wrap-up
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BlackBerry Live 2013 - Day 1 wrap-up

Posted by Simon Sage on 14 May 2013 12:36 am
The CrackBerry crew just wrapped up their first day at BlackBerry Live 2013, and even though things don't get officially started until tomorrow, there was still plenty to do. I didn't get in until the late afternoon thanks to a missed connection on Sunday resulting in an impromptu roadtrip from Tampa to Orlando with some nice guys from BlackBerry and BitHeads, but from what the guys tell me, the...
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Hands-on with the T-Mobile BlackBerry Q10

Posted by Simon Sage on 13 May 2013 7:39 pm
While cruising the BlackBerry Live 2013 showcase, we managed to check out T-Mobile's BlackBerry Q10. The model number showed up as SQN-100-5 as expected, and it was running OS 10.1. It's still hard to gage how much carrier in-your-faceness we'll see on the T-Mobile version, but the rep there said that we'll see similar (if not identical) preloads as the Z10. Physical branding on the device...
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Hands-on with the Sprint BlackBerry Q10

Posted by Simon Sage on 13 May 2013 7:02 pm
Here at BlackBerry Live 2013 we got our grubby mitts all over Sprint's upcoming BlackBerry Q10. Sprint took a pass on the Z10 for the time being, but there are plenty of QWERTY loyalists bound to be interested in the Q10. Obviously you won't be seeing any serial numbers on the retail unit, and the reps at the show were coy about whether or not we'd see any physical branding on the device. We...

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