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Unity Technologies and BlackBerry announced a partnership that will create add on tools to help developers publish their games to the new BlackBerry 10 OS platform and the BlackBerry PlayBook. This agreement will allow 1.5 million developers easier access to the newest mobile computing ...

The BlackBerry Q10 is set to release after the Z10, but that doesn't stop Vivek and Donny from showing off a typing shortcut on the Q10 at BlackBerry Jam Europe. A featured called 'Type and Go' allows you to simply start typing the action you'd like to take. For example, you can type "email" ...

Driving into work early this morning, I was able to catch the replay of the Howard Stern Show on Sirius/XM radio. While not a complete fanatic of his show, I do at times find him entertaining. This morning I really was not amused as Howard, Robin and their supporting cast did their recap ...

With all the hype today at BlackBerry Jam Europe about the new native SDK 10.1, Red Limited Edition device, and Dev Alpha C, another piece of news has surfaced. The Android Runtime Player is going to be updated from Gingerbread 2.3.3 to Jelly Bean 4.1. This is a major update and ...

In a testament to their support for BlackBerry developers, Alec Saunders and Marty Mallick take thrill riding leap of faith. Looks like they were in Las Vegas when this happened (correct me if I'm wrong).

Seeing BlackBerry Jam Europe today just shows how much our leaders at BlackBerry are ...

Add to the list of carriers excited to bring the new BlackBerry Z10 Puerto Rico's Claro network. Definitely exciting news for folks who have relatives on the island who will now be able to BBM Video Chat. Of course knowing these news doesn't make the waiting any shorter, but it ...

With minutes to the start of the BlackBerry Jam Europe Conference kicking off in Amsterdam today, BlackBerry released its 10.1 SDK Beta. As you can tell from the image above, this Software Development Kit will bring support for developers to make their apps compatible with the BlackBerry ...

On the heels of reports that the BlackBerry Z10 is already seeing strong early sales, more evidence from CIBC suggests that BlackBerry may have already achieved a great start! We know that white models of the Z10 are sold out and basically non-existent on store shelves. So where ...

Just after I got done ranting today about BlackBerry's lackluster SuperBowl commercial, they come out with a very nice BlackBerry Z10 commercial that is airing in Canada, and redeem themselves. This is what we need - a good script, catchy music, and letting the Z10 be itself. People need to see the ...

With the Android Runtime player allowing the installation of thousands of Android apps and games on the BlackBerry 10 OS, BlackBerry has decided that it's a good time to get a start on weeding out any bad apps that may be carrying malware. They plan on doing this by using a Trend ...

Now that we've known that ooVoo is making it's way onto BlackBerry 10 in the near future, the InsideBB Blog gets a quick interview with Jay Samit to talk about BlackBerry 10.

Jay mentions that ooVoo's userbase is at 70 million, and they are the only video chat service that allows up to ...

So now that the SuperBowl has come and gone, there has been a lot of speculation as to whether BlackBerry's SuperBowl ad had the right pizzazz to woo the millions of viewers. I personally thought the commercial was creative, and understand what BlackBerry was trying to accomplish. Well, sort of. Hear ...

We reported already that for whatever reason, Limited Edition BlackBerry 10 devices would not be available for Verizon subscribers. So those who have already signed up for a Verzon model, will only be getting a 4G model in replacement. However, BlackBerry has come clean and is now ...

Bell is getting an early jump on becoming the top Canadian seller for the BlackBerry Z10 smartphones. Their latest commercial touts that the BlackBerry Z10 deserves the largest Canadian LTE network:

"The network you choose makes a ...