CrackBerry Live Podcast: BlackBerry Live 2013 Tuesday Edition
Kevin, Blaze, Adam, and Simon run through a busy, busy day at BlackBerry Live 2013. Get comfy and start listening!
Kevin, Blaze, Adam, and Simon run through a busy, busy day at BlackBerry Live 2013. Get comfy and start listening!
On the day when BlackBerry announced that BBM is going cross platform to support both iOS and Android, we had the lucky opportunity to sit down with Gary Klassen. If you're not familiar with Gary Klassen, you should read this article we posted back in 2011, where we gave Gary the CrackBerry salute for being the Inventor of BlackBerry Messenger. That's right, Gary literally wrote version...
One of the most popular streaming music services out there is Songza. As most folks know, their app in BlackBerry World right now is an Android port. That said though, it won't be for long. During the BlackBerry Jam keynote today, Eric Davich, from Songza took the stage to let everyone know they'd be making the switch to native for several reasons. BlackBerry users that make use of...
Our good buddy Michael Clewley swung by the CrackBerry Live booth at BlackBerry Live 2013 to run through the whirlwind of announcements coming out of the general session. He and Kevin talked about BBM going cross-platform, BES 10.1, and the BlackBerry Q5. If you want to follow the show as it happens, head on over to crackberry.com/live! We'll be doing interviews throughout the show...
For developers, having insight as to how people use their apps is essential. It allows developers to better understand their customers, where they're coming from and how they're engaging. To offer BlackBerry developers greater tools, BlackBerry has now teamed up with Flurry Analytics and the Flurry Analytics dashboard services will be available to BlackBerry 10 developers. Those...
Sitting in on the BlackBerry Jam keynote, BlackBerry has announced a few updates for developers and laid out their plans for some upcoming updates. All of the BlackBerry developer roadmaps have been updated, BlackBerry 10.2 will see a beta SDK roll out and in June and for those who've been wondering about the Android app player, BlackBerry once again confirmed the update to Android 4.2....
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If you look through the CrackBerry forums there is no shortage of folks that have been asking for Wikitude for BlackBerry 10. Wikitude was kind enough to let us know they were working on an app a while ago and with BlackBerry Live kicking off they've announced the availability of Wikitude Places beta for BlackBerry 10. Offering up a new UI, using Wikitude will allow you to discover...
Following this morning's BlackBerry Live 2013 Keynote, the BlackBerry execs are sitting down with the press in attendance to field questions. We're live blogging it. Watch below!
Announced today during BlackBerry Live 2013, BBM is set to go cross-platform this summer. That means BlackBerry, iOS and Android users will able be able to chat seamlessly over BBM very soon. Cross-platform BBM is long overdue but is sure to make for plenty of happy BlackBerry users in just a few months. The rollout will first include just chat, but soon to follow will be BBM Voice,...
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...
During BlackBerry Live 2013 today, BlackBerry has announced a new service within BBM dubbed BBM Channels. Building on to the already feature-packed BBM, BBM Channels gives users a new way to communicate and stay in touch with people, communities and brands through BBM. BBM Channels allows users to create channels for themselves, a brand, business or community and extend their social...
As announced at BlackBerry Live 2013, BlackBerry 10.1 is now available for the BlackBerry Z10 officially and if you're in Canada, you're in luck. It looks as though Bell, TELUS and Rogers have already started their roll out of the software update all at once - yes, all at once. That's pretty awesome! The BlackBerry 10.1 update brings plenty of changes to the BlackBerry Z10 but here's a...
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...
The QNX Bentley has just taken to the stage at BlackBerry Live and the whole OS is actually running BlackBerry 10. A perfect demo of this was the car receiving a BBM video call from Vivek - clearly this doesn't work while driving! The car software is actually built into the BlackBerry Hub on your smartphone so if the Bentley gets a software update this would show up as a notification...
With the BlackBerry Z10 and the BlackBerry Q10 already announced and rolling out, QWERTY keyboard users now have another device to choose from. Taking the stage at BlackBerry Live 2013, BlackBerry CEO, Thorsten Heins, took the time to go ahead and announce the all new BlackBerry Q5. The full QWERTY device will be coming in several colors including red, white, black and pink. ...
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. It was stated that OS 10.1 will begin rolling...
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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...
Magmic has been busy over the past little while updating Texas Hold'em King with new feature additions and for BlackBlackBerry Live they really wanted to have something special available. The latest update rolling out pushes the version number into 1.1 and adds the ability to create a private table and connect your BlackBerry Z10 or BlackBerry Q10 contacts through BBM or NFC. Tables...