News and Rumors

In our recent post regarding what we know so far about BlackBerry 10 launching in the USA, we speculated that any date before March 20th would not be very likely. A new recent claim by Bloomberg puts a launch date for AT&T to start selling the BlackBerry Z10 on March 22nd. This ...

In a recent interview with Bloomberg, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins said, "Understand where you are playing and resist being talked into segments that you know will not serve your purpose and will not result in shareholder value," "You will not see us getting into ...

Coming on the heels of the news that 45% of new BlackBerry Z10 sales came from other platform users, comes the wonderful news that the BlackBerry Z10 has sold out in just two days. Thorsten Heins, BlackBerry CEO, speaking at the Communitech Tech Leadership Conference told his audience ...

BlackBerry fan and music artist, LIL'E, has just released another BlackBerry fan song called, "I Rep BlackBerry 10." LIL'E, aka @BTBREPRESENTA, is the creator of the hit BlackBerry fan track called, "No Sleep Till BlackBerry 10," which can be purchased via BlackBerry ...

Ben Affleck is getting a lot of buzz lately for a Best Picture Academy Award for the movie Argo. What else Ben seems to be doing lately is also using his BlackBerry smartphone. In the picture above, he looks to be a bit surprised getting his photo taken while filling up the Lexus with ...

MarketingWeek has sat down with BlackBerry CMO Frank Boulben on the role that singer/songwriter Alicia Keys is playing as the new Global Creative Director @BlackBerry. Check out the full Q&A below:
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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.

Congrats Thorsten! ...

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 ...

BlackBerry PR has sent us a nice little brief article about BlackBerry Balance and how it can be used to balance your work and personal life. Read on, and let us know your thoughts in the comments!
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If there was ever a time to jump on a good deal, that would be now. Factory Direct is offering up refurbished 16GB PlayBooks for only $99. For that price, it's a steal!

If you don't have yourself a PlayBook tablet yet, I would get one now before it receives the BlackBerry ...

S4BB Limited has released a new version for Barcode Scanner specially for BlackBerry 10! The new version is totally redesigned and comes with a beautiful new user interface. Besides the new graphics, Barcode Scanner is now more than ever integrated with the BlackBerry 10 OS. Recognizing ...

BlackBerry has offered up their top BlackBerry 10 app choices in this week's App Wednesday column. Check out last week's top app picks here. See this week's top app picks below:
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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 ...

Yes! We finally get to see the first of Electronic Art's games come to the BlackBerry 10 platform. Tetris and Flight Control Rocket. Of course I don't have to tell you how awesome games are from EA, so just get to BlackBerry World now and download them to your new Z10 smartphone!
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