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Mike Lazaridis steps down from BlackBerry Board
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Mike Lazaridis steps down from BlackBerry Board

Posted by Adam Zeis on 28 Mar 2013 8:12 am
Mike Lazaridis will be stepping down from the board at BlackBerry effective May 1, 2013. He and Jim Balsillie had both remained on the board after stepping down as co-CEOs last year, however Jim left the board in May and sold off his remaining BlackBerry shares a few months ago. Mike will remaining on the board for a few more weeks before officially stepping down from his position as Vice Chair...
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BlackBerry demos Unity, Bluetooth gamepad support at GDC 2013

Posted by Simon Sage on 28 Mar 2013 12:55 am
We got cozy with BlackBerry at GDC 2013 and they were pretty excited to show off two juicy pieces of BlackBerry 10 news. For one, they're starting the process of opening a beta of the Unity 3D engine. This is big news for developers that are already well-entrenched with Unity on other platforms, but also those currently considering BlackBerry 10, but need something to handle their graphics...
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Monday Brief: An interview with Thorsten Heins, HTC One review, and more!

Posted by Ashley Esqueda on 25 Mar 2013 8:26 am
This week was another busy one for the Mobile Nations crew with lots of new happening all mobile fronts. Sit back, relax and join us as we have a look at the events that took place! Mobile Nations Podcast Feed Mobile Nations on iTunes Mobile Nations YouTube Debug 10: Tammy Coron of Nickelfish and the iMore app...
BlackBerry 10 fan event in New York City - 'Sell like hell!'
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BlackBerry 10 fan event in New York City - 'Sell like hell!'

Posted by Adam Zeis on 23 Mar 2013 10:17 am
Thursday night BlackBerry took to New York City to celebrate the US launch of the BlackBerry Z10. Before heading off to Best Buy at midnight, we got a chance to take in the festivities first hand and we have to say they did not disappoint. The BlackBerry Experience took place at the Best Buy Theater in TImes Square. As soon as the event start, hungry BlackBerry fans filled up the entire venue....
Thorsten Heins to be a guest on Piers Morgan Live
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Thorsten Heins to be a guest on Piers Morgan Live

Posted by Michelle Haag on 20 Mar 2013 8:34 pm
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins will be appearing on Piers Morgan Live tonight on CNN. Piers Morgan is a long time BlackBerry user and supporter, so it should be an interesting interview to watch. The show airs in the US at 9PM on the East coast, but be sure to check your local listings for what time you can catch it. Alternatively, you should hopefully be able to watch the video later on the CNN...
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Monday Brief: Android craziness, BlackBerry madness and more!

Posted by Ashley Esqueda on 18 Mar 2013 8:34 am
This week was another busy one for the Mobile Nations crew with lots of new happening all mobile fronts. Sit back, relax and join us as we have a look at the events that took place! Mobile Nations Podcast Feed Mobile Nations on iTunes Mobile Nations YouTube Iterate 41: Doug Russell and accessibility...
BlackBerry set to celebrate the US Z10 launch with special fan event in New York
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BlackBerry set to celebrate the US Z10 launch with special fan event in New York

Posted by Adam Zeis on 14 Mar 2013 11:12 am
BlackBerry threw some pretty amazing fan event launch parties for the Canada and UK BlackBerry Z10 release - and it looks like the US won't be left out of the fun. Scheduled for Thursday, March 21st in New York, the BlackBerry Experience will celebrate the US launch of the Z10 with Janelle Monae, Young the Giant and DJ Z-Trip taking the stage. The event is invite only but the Crack Team will be...
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Monday Brief: New Crackberry Launches, 2InstaWithLove, and more!

Posted by Ashley Esqueda on 11 Mar 2013 8:26 am
This week was another busy one for the Mobile Nations crew. On the CrackBerry front, we had the big release of the new CrackBerry (which is pretty awesome) and also took a look at our editors thoughts on the BlackBerry Z10 one month in. There is also a bit of new on the long-awaited official WhatsApp client for BlackBerry 10 that is due to be released this week. Mobile...
BlackBerry 10 mini Jam coming to Serbia in April
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BlackBerry 10 mini Jam coming to Serbia in April

Posted by Michelle Haag on 10 Mar 2013 6:13 am
Developers in the Balkans region, get ready to Jam! On April 6th, 2013 developers from Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey will all meet in Belgrade to attend sessions and lectures, share information with fellow developers, and get some hands-on time with developer tools. Whether you are just starting out with...
The BlackBerry House at SXSW 2013 and the Blog Bounty
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The BlackBerry House at SXSW 2013 and the Blog Bounty

Posted by Bla1ze on 8 Mar 2013 11:09 am
SXSW 2013 has now kicked off and will officially run up until March 17th. To celebrate the occasion, BlackBerry is hosting an open house party the whole time and folks in the Austin, Texas area can stop by the BlackBerry House to check out BlackBerry 10 in-depth. Each day, BlackBerry will be hosting special events, showing off BlackBerry 10 and just in case that's not enough to get you to stop...

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