MoNa Weekly: Microsoft's boss bots
Microsoft's Build 2016 developer conference revolved around one idea: 'conversations as a platform', and that means making computing smarter and more natural — and more virtual bots and assistants.
Microsoft's Build 2016 developer conference revolved around one idea: 'conversations as a platform', and that means making computing smarter and more natural — and more virtual bots and assistants.
Following BlackBerry's earnings report and conference call, BlackBerry CEO John Chen sat down with CNBC's Jon Fortt to talk about the earnings and his outlook for the company.
Michael Clewley, the director of Handheld Software Product Management at BlackBerry, hinted in his personal Twitter feed that the company will release a Marshmallow beta test for the Priv smartphone.
Despite earlier confirmations from BlackBerry that OS 10.3.3 would be released in March, BlackBerry CEO John Chen noted today on the BlackBerry Q4 Fiscal 2016 Earnings Call that the date for its release has now moved to mid-June pending technical acceptance for the NIAP certification.
As per the earnings call, BlackBerry has confirmed that Android 6.0 Marshmallow will be rolling out to the Priv by late April, early May. The software update was spotted running on the smartphone earlier this week, but it's great news that we now have an estimated time of arrival.
BlackBerry has announced that there's strong traction with Good Secure EMM Suites with business customers slowly migrating across to the EMM solution. Moving across within BlackBerry will allow enterprises to take full advantage of enhanced mobile security, productivity and more.
Now that the report is out, next up is the conference call, which will be held beginning at 8 am ET. Join us in our chat to follow along, catch the highlights and discuss the latest news coming out of the call.
Right on time, BlackBerry has now announced their Year-End and Q4 Fiscal 2016 results ahead of their live conference call.
It's that time again. Time for the Mobile Nations Community Update. A monthly recap of the best stuff happening around Android Central, Connectedly, CrackBerry, iMore, and Windows Central.
Just a quick, friendly reminder for those of you holding shares of BBRY that BlackBerry will be reporting results for its Q4 FY 2016 earnings on April 1, 2016.
Verizon is planning to add a $20 fee for smartphone upgrades for many of its customers.
Amazon has tripled the number of brands available on the retail giant's Amazon Dash Button program, enabling Prime customers to choose from more than 100 consumables to order through the push of a button. Quite literally.
BlackBerry has unveiled Radar, a new end-to-end tracking system for trucking companies. With this system installed, companies can optimize the use of trailers and shipping containers, improving on-time deliveries, reducing theft, and generating more revenue.
Sprint has announced that its new or current customers have the option to access Amazon Prime as an option on their bills for $10.99 a month.
Just in case anyone out there was still wondering whether or not BlackBerry was working on Android 6.0 Marshmallow for the BlackBerry Priv, there's now further evidence of its existence outside of the few images of devices running it that have popped up.
Adding to their already existing Red Dot awards for the BlackBerry Passport, BlackBerry Q10, BlackBerry Z10 and Porsche Design P'9981, the BlackBerry Priv has now won the Red Dot Award for Product Design 2016 as announced by BlackBerry.
AT&T announced some changes for its home Internet customers, including the option to add unlimited data for U-verse subscribers for an additional $30 a month.
T-Mobile will launch data-only plans for phones starting on March 30, according to a new report.
A new life for the iPhone 5 design, a shrunken iPad Pro, impending Android, and what happens when you let the internet teach and AI how to love.
For those who need a little extra motivation to wake up in the morning, there is Mimicker Alarm. This Microsoft Garage Project puts a different spin on the daily alarm clock. Rather than just wake up in the morning to a standard alarm, Mimicker has you hunt for colors, solve tongue twister puzzles, and even take a selfie.
Adding to the already long list of regions where Priv is available, BlackBerry has now announced their first Android-powered smartphone is now available in Japan through BlackBerry's exclusive Japanese reseller, Fox Inc.
BlackBerry 10 didn't give us many options in terms of themes and visual customization as we got with BlackBerry OS. If you've moved to the BlackBerry Priv, you should know that Android has plenty of icon packs and launchers you can try out to give your Priv the look you want.
An update is now available for those with the BlackBerry Priv, and this update also focuses on security. We've seen monthly security patches since the phone's release, but this is a bit different. A recent discovery showed that the Android / Linux kernel was vulnerable to a specific attack, and this update fixes that to prevent issues.
Join BlackBerry on March 31st at 11am ET to learn best practices in mobilizing Microsoft apps across a wide range of device types including iOS, Android and Windows devices.
Air Canada has announced plans to launch in-flight Wi-Fi for its international flights starting in fall 2016.