There has been a lot of rumours on the internet lately with regards to BlackBerry and Research In Motion including articles pointing to the demise and irrelvancy of the BlackBerry platform. Despite some efforts from RIM to contain these myths, I have decided to put together a fact sheet ...

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Great news, folks. That BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha update that has been "coming soon" for some time now, is set to be released next week! I for one am looking forward to more API access and features with the update. However, we shouldn't expect too much, as it is after all, a developer ...

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A patent that RIM filed back in 2009 has finally been approved. The patent is a motion based CAPTCHA that is suppose to prevent people from texting on your smartphone while driving. The way it works, is when you get to a certain speed you device detects that motion and essentially locks down your device. The only way back into your ...

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Desktop Manager has been updated in the BlackBerry Beta Zone to v. 7.1.0.31 Bundle 32. So, go get it...

Some of the updates and fixes are:

• Add a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet that has BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.1 or later installed on it
• Sync your music by individual

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RIM's Managing Director for Australia Ray Gillenwater is stepping down from his position at RIM effective this Friday (July 13) just months after he was promoted to the position in May of this year. Gillenwater will be replaced by Matthew Ball who is currently the Marketing Director of ...

These last few weeks has be filled with sad news. Last week, Calgary,AB-based Poynt filled for bankruptcy. It's sad to see them in this situation, as they are one of the very few Canadian software companies to see international success.

Let's hope this doesn't put a damper ...

RIM has always had a marketing problem. In essence...it has no marketing really to speak of. Gradually this has changed for the better but it still lags behind the other major phone makers. In all honesty, if I were Chief Marketing Officer instead of Frank Boulben, I'd go for the jugular and fast. Samuel L. Jackson, Zooey Deschanel, John Malkovich?? Feh.., B and C listers. I'd go for the demographic... the Justin Bieber demographic. He's a known BlackBerry Smartphone user and all you have to do is get him to endorse BlackBerry... boom!! Your sales will go through the roof!!!

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The latest BlackBerry App World beta version has been given the "official" nod and has been bumped up to v3.1.4.25 and been released to the public.

App World v3.1.4.25 Change log:

• Download all app updates with the new "Upgrade All" button
• Share your list of installed apps using NFC technology
• View

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It's that time again to unite together as #TeamBlackBerry and get behind the official BlackBerry Fan of the Month! This month's winner, Kimberly - @kmcooley, is a very engaging BlackBerry fan. She is known for putting a lot of passion and energy into the #TeamBlackBerry community. Just what you would expect of the fan of the month! Mitchell from the Inside BB Blog is behind the interview with Kimberly, and here is a little snippet on what he has to say about her...

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