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Monday Brief: Google I/O, BlackBerry Live, the Lumia 925, iOS getting BBM... and a Fond Farewell

Posted by Ashley Esqueda on 20 May 2013 8:28 am

Mobile Nations Podcast Feed Mobile Nations on iTunes Mobile Nations YouTube Debug - Paul Haddad talks Tweebot, Netbot, NeXT, and his beefs with iCloud and AppKit   Everything you need to know about Google I/O 2013! From the Editor's Desk: After Google I/O Mystery...

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BlackBerry Jam America Sessions now available online on demand

Posted by DJ Reyes on 20 May 2013 7:48 am
BlackBerry Jam America Sessions now available online on demand

This year at BlackBerry Live 2013, BlackBerry Jam Americas was also held at the same time. If you were not able to make to it the event, or indeed you did and would like to look back over some session, you'll be happy know most session are now available on demand. If you go on over to the BlackBerry Live Sessions website and click into a session. There should be an option on the top right to...

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The power of BlackBerry 10 - from QNX

Posted by James Richardson on 20 May 2013 5:35 am

Chances are that if you have been an avid follower of BlackBerry over the past couple of years you will be well aware that the Canadian company purchased QNX some time ago and that was the building block for BlackBerry 10. However, if you are new to BlackBerry 10 I can pretty much guarantee you that the above video will give you the 'WOW' factor. As you will see - QNX has been around for a...

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You could win a hot new BlackBerry Q10 from TELUS! Enter now!

Posted by Michelle Haag on 20 May 2013 4:47 am
You could win a hot new BlackBerry Q10 from TELUS! Enter now!

Canadians, are you ready? We have a third chance for one of you to win a BlackBerry Q10, this time from TELUS. If you're a resident of Canada, all you need to do to enter is leave a single comment on this post telling us why you want the BlackBerry Q10. Huge thanks to TELUS for hooking this one up!  As usual, one comment per person, and spammers will be eliminated and banned from future contests...

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BlackBerry Keep Moving presents Alicia Keys Secret Sessions

Posted by Bla1ze on 19 May 2013 11:17 pm
BlackBerry Keep Moving presents Alicia Keys Secret Sessions

Aside from being the Global Creative Director at BlackBerry, it's no secret that Alicia Keys is one hell of a singer. She's got the awards, record sales and countless nominations to back that up. As part of the BlackBerry Keep Moving series, Secret Sessions with Alicia Keys debuted April 8th in Newark, New Jersey after her performance there and now, the video of that event has been posted for...

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Weekend Coder: Cascades loves JavaScript

Posted by Brian Scheirer on 19 May 2013 2:22 pm
Weekend Coder: Cascades loves JavaScript

Far too often I hear Cascades and C++ in the same sentence and not enough about Cascades and JavaScript. On that same token another common statement I hear about Cascades is QML is for UI and C++ is for logic. Though that is true, what is also true is QML can be used for UI and logic. The way logic is handled in QML is through the use of JavaScript. At this point you may be asking yourself (or...

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Incipio shows off Q10 cases at BlackBerry Live 2013

Posted by Simon Sage on 19 May 2013 12:56 pm

One of the first things we spotted when checking out the BlackBerry Live 2013 showcase were a handful of Q10 cases from Incipio. All of the same families and colors are supported for the Q10 as the Z10, including the light Feather and Feather Shine hard case, the Frequency soft shell, and the hybrid Dual Pro case. They're all sporting a variety of bold, solid colors  Incipio's Q10 cases are...

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CrackBerry Asks: Have you experienced random reboots on your BlackBerry Z10?

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 19 May 2013 10:08 am
CrackBerry Asks: Have you experienced random reboots on your BlackBerry Z10?

So here's the deal. Since the Z10 has been released, I have used several different Z10 units (probably 7 or 8... I lost count) across four different carriers, and I have never once experienced a random reboot on my Z10. The same goes for all of the members of the CrackBerry editorial team - there have been very few mentions of the phone randomly rebooting for no reason. However, if you jump into...

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Farewell from CrackBerry Live at BlackBerry Live!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 19 May 2013 8:50 am

BlackBerry Live 2013 has now come to an end and our amazing and awesome CrackBerry Live setup has been fully dismantled. Before we closed up shop, the CrackBerry team in attendance jumped on stage one final time to say farewell and thank you. Be sure to hit up the video above for our tear-jerking farewell. When BlackBerry first announced they were rebranding their annual event from...

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CrackBerry Live: Bringing Office 365 and SharePoint to BlackBerry 10

Posted by Simon Sage on 19 May 2013 2:36 am

We noticed the harmon.ie announcement at BlackBerry Live 2013 for Office 365 and SharePoint coming to BB10, so we met up with the co-founder and CEO Yaacov Cohen to get a closer look. Harmon.ie sits on BES 10.1, allowing its users to access all sorts of day-to-day Office 365 information securely, as well as tapping into the SharePoint cloud collaboration service. Harmon.ie also supports...

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CrackBerry Live: Mippin takes aim at DIY enterprise apps for BlackBerry 10

Posted by Simon Sage on 18 May 2013 10:55 pm

At BlackBerry Live 2013, the Mippin guys were talking up a potential enterprise application generator to follow up on their media-centered product that has already brought some 20,000 apps to BlackBerry World. They're still in talks with BlackBerry about getting this project going, but it would be built on top of BES, so employees could access corporate information that's behind the firewall...

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Cut The Rope updated with support for the BlackBerry Z10

Posted by Bla1ze on 18 May 2013 1:37 pm
Cut The Rope updated with support for the BlackBerry Z10

Om Nom is back! If you're a Cut The Rope fan, you've no doubt been wondering when the game would be updated with BlackBerry 10 compatibility and finally, the wait is over. Cut The Rope is available now in BlackBerry World for BlackBerry Z10. if you're new to the game, it's priced at $1.99 but if you previously purchased it on the BlackBerry PlayBook it's available for free. Cut The Rope, in case...

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CrackBerry Live: Interview with CB10's developer, Marcus Adolfsson

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 18 May 2013 10:27 am

The CrackBerry team was super excited to have our very own CB10 app win Best Built for BlackBerry App in the BlackBerry Developer Community awards this week at BlackBerry Live. Following up on our sweet, sweet victory, we got Marcus Adolfsson up on the CrackBerry Live stage the next day to talk about the coding the award-winning CB10 app and where it's going from here. For those who don't...

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Behind the scenes of CrackBerry Live!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 18 May 2013 9:47 am

When BlackBerry announced they were rebranding BlackBerry World to BlackBerry Live for 2013, we just knew we had to kick up our coverage for the annual event to include a live component. Hence, the idea for CrackBerry Live was born. Doing live video content is a challenge on many fronts, but thanks to our friends at GeekBeat.TV, we pulled it off without a hiccup. Where we were lacking on the...

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One app three devices: Helping webworks developers build applications for multiple form factors

Posted by Alicia Erlich on 18 May 2013 8:18 am
One app three devices: Helping webworks developers build applications for multiple form factors

If you are a developer attending BlackBerry Jam one question you may have is how to launch your application across multiple platforms without building multiple bar or bundle files. During one of the Webworks sessions I attended here at Jam, they discussed different techniques that can be implemented to target multiple platforms running BB10 with only one application. There was a Cascades...

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CrackBerry Live: We talk BlackBerry with ING DIRECT Canada

Posted by Adam Zeis on 18 May 2013 8:10 am

Chatting with the BlackBerry Achievement Award winners, we took some time to talk to Vinay Venugopal who is the Director of IT Strategy at ING DIRECT Canada. A winner in the category of Putting Customers First, ING makes it secure and easy for customers to conduct transactions using BlackBerry 10. The app allows for easy banking that includes "orange alerts" and even integrates with the...

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CrackBerry Live: Mobile Innovation of the Year Winner DIRECTV

Posted by Adam Zeis on 18 May 2013 7:57 am

The BlackBerry Achievement awards were announced during BlackBerry Live 2013 and we had a chance to chat with a few of the winners, one of which being DIRECTV. A winner in the category of Mobile Innovation of the Year, DIRECTV has deployed their app to the over 4,000 employees in the company. The app allows technicians to manage an entire service call and work order process from their phones...

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The Michaluk Virus is still going strong in The Becoming: Revelations

Posted by Michelle Haag on 18 May 2013 6:03 am
The Michaluk Virus is still going strong in The Becoming: Revelations

Back in 2010, CrackBerry member Jessica Meigs wrote a zombie book called The Becoming: Outbreak, and she did it all on her BlackBerry. Over the course of two years, using a variety of BlackBerry smartphones (BlackBerry Bold 9000, the BlackBerry Curve 8900, the BlackBerry Bold 9700, and the BlackBerry Torch 9800), Jessica penned her first novel, which quickly grew into a series of novels. Not...

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Leaked OS 10.1.0.1880 for the BlackBerry Z10 STL100-2 & 3

Posted by Michelle Haag on 17 May 2013 9:18 pm
Leaked OS 10.1.0.1880 for the BlackBerry Z10 STL100-2 & 3

If you're feeling the blues now that BlackBerry Live is over and looking for a bit of excitement for the weekend, you can check out this freshly leaked BlackBerry Z10 OS from lbfe! Please note, this leak is not for all devices. This time it's just the STL100-2 & 3 getting some love so if you don't have one of those then you'll want to move along. This leak bumps the OS version up to 10.1.0....

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CrackBerry Live: New Rubik's Cube game for BlackBerry 10 kicking classic puzzle up a notch

Posted by Simon Sage on 17 May 2013 1:45 pm

The Rubik's cube is one of those timeless, classic toys that you don't expect one can mess around with much, but you may change your mind after seeing Magmic's treatment on BlackBerry 10. We talked with Phil Giroux from Magmic at BlackBerry Live 2013 about their upcoming adaptation which has the standard 3 x 3 x 3 puzzle mode we're all familiar with, but they've also tossed in a 4 x 4 x 4...

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