BBM Meetings

BlackBerry will shut down BBM Meetings service on Feb. 10, 2016

Submitted by John Callaham on Tue, 12/01/2015 - 16:59

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BlackBerry is shutting down its BBM Meetings service, just 15 months after it launched in November 2014. BBM Meetings, which offered customers access to video and voice conferences for BlackBerry 10, iOS, Android, Windows and Mac platforms, will be shuttered on Feb. 10, 2016.

BBM Meetings for BlackBerry 10, Windows and Mac updated

Submitted by Bla1ze on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 23:58

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If you frequent using BBM Meetings on your BlackBerry 10 smartphone, you'll want to go ahead and check out the latest update that has now arrived across BlackBerry 10, Windows and Mac. The updates go hand-in-hand, so you'll have to update all components in order to take advantage of the changes which we've outlined below.

BBM Meetings device and desktop apps updated with performance improvements and bug fixes

Submitted by Bla1ze on Thu, 03/26/2015 - 13:12

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Have you been using BBM Meetings? If so, you'll want to make sure you grab the latest updates to the device and desktop apps. BlackBerry has released new versions for most of the supported platforms including BlackBerry 10, Android, Windows and Mac and all the updates contain overall performance improvements and bug fixes that will ensure meetings run smooth.

BlackBerry's cross-platform enterprise solutions now feature 2-factor VPN, BBM Protected, and more

Submitted by Derek Kessler on Wed, 12/17/2014 - 11:19

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BES getting enhanced security, collaboration, communication

BlackBerry's further enhancing their enterprise standing with the release of cross-platform new management and productivity tools for BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android. The Secure Productivity bundle for businesses using BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES10 or BES12) and offers support for using a device as a two-factor VPN authentication token, BBM Protected for secure and encrypted messaging, BlackBerry Blend, and enhanced customer support.

BlackBerry announces new partnerships and broad Enterprise portfolio

Submitted by Bla1ze on Thu, 11/13/2014 - 17:04

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The announcements from BlackBerry came fast today at their BlackBerry for Enterprise event and they covered a lot of bases, making a complete Enterprise portfolio. New partnerships, new services, new software and more got announced.

"Our Enterprise Portfolio, with BES12 at its foundation, does so much more than just manage cross-platform devices. Amongst many other capabilities, the portfolio provides easy and safe access to corporate data, manages an array of employee IDs, and offers new ways to securely and conveniently collaborate with colleagues," said John Sims, President of Global Enterprise Services at BlackBerry.

"Today's announcements demonstrate that BlackBerry is delivering on our promise to design and develop enterprise solutions that drive secure communications and collaboration for our customers. Everything we and our broad-based ecosystem of partners, including systems integrators, mobile operators and distributors, do is to deliver greater productivity and efficiency to our customers."

If you're looking for a wrap up of everything that was announced, the press release below covers it all. You can jump down, give it a read through and hit the embedded links for more details on each announcement.

BBM Meetings made official, offers high-quality collaboration on the go

Submitted by Adam Zeis on Thu, 11/13/2014 - 12:27

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As expected, BBM Meetings has been made official. The conferencing solution allows users on BlackBerry 10, Android, Mac and Windows PC to have high-quality video & voice conferences on the go while leveraging the great collaboration tools that BlackBerry provides. BBM chats can become meetings with just a tap and meetings can be started right from your mobile device.

The service is available now for $12.50 per host / per month — a free 30-day trial is available as well. In addition to Android and BlackBerry 10, BBM Meetings will also be heading to iOS soon as well.

BBM Meetings arrives in BlackBerry World a little bit early

Submitted by Bla1ze on Thu, 11/13/2014 - 09:59

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After the Android version and some screenshots popped up, it seemed only a matter of time before the BlackBerry version would appear as well and so it has. The BBM Meetings app for BlackBerry 10 has now arrived in BlackBerry World ahead of the official announcement, though to be perfectly honest there's not much you can do with it until it's officially announced and even then, it might be limited to BES12. In any case, here's the rundown of what the app offers.

BBM Meetings launching soon for enterprise, consumer release in 2015

Submitted by Bla1ze on Mon, 10/13/2014 - 15:20

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Back in June during the BlackBerry earnings call a new app called BBM Meetings made an appearance. Since then, there hasn't been a ton of info about it relayed by BlackBerry but like all the other BBM initiatives BlackBerry has been working on such as BBM Protected, BBM Money, Cross-platform BBM, BBM Channels, BBM stickers, BBM Meetings is still well on its way according to BlackBerry's President for Global Enterprise Solutions, John Sims who spoke of the value-added service recently with The Jakarta Post and dropped a few more details on what it's all about.

BBM Meetings is supposedly coming in September but what is it?

Submitted by Bla1ze on Fri, 06/20/2014 - 18:02

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