News and Rumors

BlackBerry just recently launched the start of their official BlackBerry Priv webpage, and already they are making waves in the tech community with what they've posted about Apple's take on privacy and security.

Apple has recently begun to ramp up their marketing efforts ...

With Major League Baseball playoff fever now in full effect, Mike Kirkup and Brian Zubert rebrand 'Score More Baseball' to 'Top Score Baseball' and share lessons learned from their first season in the big leagues.

Press Release:
Waterloo, ON – September 30, 2015 – With ...

For those of you who use BBM Meetings, make sure you to update your device and desktop apps to the latest version as BlackBerry has just released updates for both. The updates are for most of the supported platforms including BlackBerry 10, Windows, and Mac. The updates bring performance improvements and bug fixes that will enhance your meetings experience ...

BBM has been updated for BlackBerry 10 & users. After spending several weeks in Beta, this update has now been pushed out to the masses. This update brings several changes, including BBM Sticker Club, PayPal integration, BBM Voice enhancements and the ability to view, like and comment on group pics from the Feeds tab.

A similar update was ...

If you've recently updated BBM for your iOS device and are having issues with the update, you aren't alone. iPhone users have been reporting troubles with logging in with their BBID. Those that are able to login have been reporting that not all of their BBM Groups are being restored. ...

BlackBerry announced today that 1O1O is now offering its enterprise customers BES12 Cloud. 1O1O is the premium mobile brand of HKT, Hong Kong’s leading telecom services provider and mobile operator. This announcement builds on news earlier this year that 1O1O is offering Enhanced SIM-Based Licensing (ESBL) by BlackBerry, meaning its enterprise customers can get BES12 integrated with their wireless monthly subscriber billing.

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To this point there have been many leaked images, renders and videos of the Priv by BlackBerry, but now we are getting our first glimpse at high-res official images of the device. The images posted today on the official "Inside BlackBerry" blogs are extremely high detailed ...

Since the rekindling of BlackBerry and T-Mobile in May, the two companies seem to have a stronger partnership now more than ever.

First it was announced that the BlackBerry Classic would be sold on T-Mobile, something I was unsure would happen anytime in the near future. ...

BlackBerry has just announced the refresh of the new and improved BlackBerry Developer Zone website with new home page navigation, expanded enterprise content, Communications and Programs section, and more. The site is has been optimized to better support growing development needs. ...

Earlier today, BlackBerry officially confirmed that they'll be releasing BlackBerry Priv, an Android-powered BlackBerry device before end of this calendar year. John Chen, executive chairman and CEO of BlackBerry, posted a commentary this morning on CNBC to explain in a few paragraph the reasoning on why they're teaming up with Google for an Android phone.


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This morning's BlackBerry Q2 FY2016 Earnings Results was just full of interesting tidbits. With all the rumors (now confirmed) of a Android-powered BlackBerry device, the uncertainty of the future of the BlackBerry 10 Operating System was a sore spot for many. Today, BlackBerry confirmed that they'll continue to develop ...

BlackBerry utilized today's Q2 Fiscal 2016 results announcement to officially confirm their plans to launch the Android-powered BlackBerry Priv.

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BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY)(TSX:BB), a global leader in mobile communications, today reported financial results for the three months ended August 29, 2015 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated).

Q2 Highlights

• Non-GAAP software and services revenue of $74 million, a 19% increase over Q2 FY15 driven by 33% growth in software licensing revenue
• Positive free cash flow of $100 million in the quarter
• Cash and investments balance of $3.35 billion at the end of the fiscal quarter, an increase of $37 million over Q1 FY16 after using $47 million

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There are a LOT of questions left about the "Venice" (or Priv) yet to be answered. (I hate the name Priv by the way). Questions like, how will the Hub be integrated, which inductive charging standards will be available, how does multitasking work, and way more than can be listed ...