What seems to be a show of confidence on the recent success of BlackBerry 10, BlackBerry CEO, Thorsten Heins, has become a Canadian citizen. The German born CEO can now reign from the BlackBerry headquarters in Waterloo as a true Canadian.

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To coincide with the SXSW Event going on from March 8-17 in Austin, TX, BlackBerry has mapped out a location called, The BlackBerry House. Open house is from Noon-7 where special daily events will be taking place.

The BlackBerry House is located on 78 Rainey Street ...

Rogers, Fido and Telus have already received the latest Z10 update, and customers with Bell and Virgin Mobile Canada weren't exactly happy that they had to wait a bit longer. Well today, Bell and VM have flipped the switch on for the v10.0.10.85 OTA update. The new Z10 OS, which is actually OS v10.0.10.672 packed into v10.0.10.85, brings a ton of improvements so make sure you update right away!

How to update your software on BlackBerry 10
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One of my only complaints with BlackBerry 10 so far has been the subpar native social network apps, like Twitter. Thankfully today, we're getting updates to two of these native apps, Twitter for BlackBerry 10 and LinkedIn for BlackBerry 10. Check out the change logs below for more info.

What’s new in Twitter v10.0.1:

• Doing

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BlackBerry has let us know that the Amazon Kindle for BlackBerry 10 app is on its way to BlackBerry Z10s everywhere and will be arriving this month. No specific date was given, but it's logical to expect that BlackBerry's goal is to have this app on-board by the time the U.S. launch comes around. This could be ...

If you thought BlackBerry's stronghold in the enterprise world was going to dwindle, think again. News out of the U.K. today points to another major deal completed for BlackBerry. This time, it's with the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust. The deal includes 700 BlackBerry Z10s right off the bat with another ...

Personally I only go to Costco whenever I have a craving for their delicious combination pizza, or when I'm throwing a party for more than 5 people. But if you prefer to get your electronics and cell phones from the giant warehouse we've got good news for you!

Costco now has ...

The BlackBerry Z10 is "out and about" all over Canada, and now the attention shifts to the next BlackBerry 10 device in line to be released, the Q10. We've already seen Telus start their pre-registration for the Q10 last month, and now Bell has joined in on the action.

By clicking the link below, you can sign ...

With cellphone unlocking becoming a hot topic of debate in the U.S., it's nice to see our neighbors to the north taking a bit of a more reasonable approach to the issue. According to a Rogers email sent to MobileSyrup, their new unlocking policy, which we've known about since last month, will go into effect on Thursday, ...

U.S. BlackBerry users can rejoice as new reports have surfaced regarding an official release date for the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. AT&T may be among the first of the U.S based "big four" carriers to release the BlackBerry Z10. A report from N4BB.com suggests that the carrier ...

Twitter for BlackBerry for legacy devices continues to kick ass. The Beta Zone has pushed a new update for T4BB which will bring even more enhancements and improvements to the official Twitter client.

What's New?


New features of Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones 4.1 include:

• Pre-populate Sign up

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A couple of weeks ago we told you about how analyst Michael Walkley of Canaccord Genuity had cut his initial estimation of BlackBerry Z10 sales from 1.75 million to 300,000 units. This flew in the face of reports of increased interest in the BlackBerry Z10 which was reported to be up ...

Canada's newest wireless carrier has broken their silence & officially announced that they will be launching the BlackBerry Z10 in the near foreseeable future. This carrier basically has coverage in Eastern Canada is considered to be the only 100% LTE network in Canada.

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The BlackBerryOS team is back for Episode 4 to talk about all the BlackBerry related news and rumors of the week via the BBOS Webcast.

We are going to be live at 7:15pm EST. Be here!

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