Download 20 BlackBerry 10 apps for free
As promised, BlackBerry is offering 20 paid BlackBerry 10 apps for free from now until Saturday. December 26 as part of its Festive Giveaway 2015 event.
As promised, BlackBerry is offering 20 paid BlackBerry 10 apps for free from now until Saturday. December 26 as part of its Festive Giveaway 2015 event.
BlackBerry World will be giving away a number of apps for BlackBerry 10 devices as part of its holiday celebrations. The apps will be available for free downloads from December 20 to December 26.
BlackBerry has launched a special holiday offer that allows people who purchase the Priv, Classic, Leap, Passport, or Passport Silver Edition smartphone from its official website to get a free sync pod and device case that have a total value of $95. BlackBerry has also cut the price on the Passport and Passport Silver edition.
BlackBerry has announced the winner of its Priv Carrying Solution Design Competition. The winning design, which allows the smartphone to be carried and used by bicyclists, could end up being made by BlackBerry.
BlackBerry team members will participate in an AMA session on Reddit to answer questions about the Priv smartphone on Thursday, Dec. 3. The session will take place on the r/Android subreddit begginning at 2 p.m ET.
BlackBerry will shut down its BBM Meetings service, which offered customers access to video and voice conferences for several platforms, on Feb. 10, 2016.
The BlackBerry Priv is scheduled to go on sale in Singapore in mid-December for the price of SGD 1,098. The Android-based smartphone will be available via a number of authorized BlackBerry retailers
BlackBerry CEO John Chen has been named by the Canadian Business website as one of that country's top 50 most powerful business people. Chen was placed at number 27 on the list.
BlackBerry has released an emulator for its BlackBerry Priv for Android developers so they can simulate the hardware keys on the smartphone while they are creating their apps.
BlackBerry has announced plans to release the SecuSUITE for Enterprise app for BlackBerry 10, iOS and Android later in November. The VoIP app offers businesses 128-bit encrypted voice and text chats.
Amazon has announced that its Amazon Underground app, which offers free Android apps and in-app content, has now tripled the amount of free apps available for users since it launch in late August.
Verizon Wireless has confirmed it will be selling the Android-based BlackBerry Priv smartphone. The carrier has not yet announced a release date or price for its version of the phone
T-Mobile has just announced it will offer all eligible Simple Choice customers the 4G LTE CellSpot. The mini-tower is placed in the home and offers up to 3,000 square feet of 4G LTE coverage, and it is available for any T-Mobile Simple Choice customer with a refundable $25 deposit and a non-return fee.
T-Mobile announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2015. The wireless carrier announced it had added 2.3 million new customers during that period, with revenues up 7 percent to $7.8 billion. T-Mobile recorded net income of $138 million with earnings of $0.15 per share.
BlackBerry CEO John Chen has posted a quick note on the company's blog about the BlackBerry Priv, which officially start pre-orders earlier today His main topic was that he wanted the Android-based Priv to be highly secure to use for people who want privacy features.
Official pre-orders for the BlackBerry Priv have gone live in the company's online stores in the US for $699 and Canada for $899. Shipments are expected to start for the Android-based smartphone on November 6.
Verizon has released the company's Q3 2015 financial report, showing that it had earnings of $4.171 billion ($1.04 a share). It also added 1.3 million new customers during the quarter
Twitter plans to lay off up to 336 of its team members, which represent about 8 percent of its total work force. The company says this will help allow Twitter to "organize around the Company’s top product priorities"
BlackBerry has added The Honourable Wayne G. Wouters to its Board of Directors. The company's board now has eight members, seven of which are independent of BlackBerry.
Twitter has officially announced that it's co-founder and interim CEO Jack Dorsey is now the permenant CEO of the company. Dorsey will remain as CEO of his other company Square.