News and Rumors

Are you a fantasy football junkie? Want to keep up with your team and see how you're crushing your opponent? (Or in my case, how badly I'm being schooled.) Well, the NFL.com .bar file has been added to our list of working .bar files for BlackBerry 10 OS.

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The US Department of Defense Information System Agency (DISA) has given BlackBerry authority to operate on it's networks. BlackBerry 10 is the first smartphone to be granted this authority. This is a huge feather in the cap for BlackBerry and the BlackBerry 10 OS, showing just how secure ...

Coming off the news of the 250 layoffs of BlackBerry employees, the recent departure of David J. Smith, the V.P. in charge of the PlayBook resigning, the CBC is reporting that three senior executives of BlackBerry are on their way out.

The executives that are leaving are, ...

BlackBerry might be still shaking off a few demons from its last quarterly earnings report, but they are tirelessly working on making BlackBerry 10 the platform to beat as the mobile computing platform of the future. We have seen amazing improvements in the recently leaked 10.2.0.1047 ...

The last time we wrote about the native BlackBerry 10 app, What's On?, developer Jason Oickle was in the processes of ramping up the app with a new update. We are happy to announce that the new version 2.0 is now live in BlackBerry World! Here are a few words from Jason about his app:

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O2 continue to bolster their app offering for their BlackBerry 10 customers. They have now released their Priority Moments app to site alongside the My O2 and O2 Matchday apps.

Priority Moments lets O2 customers find local discounts and bargains through their phone, and then claim ...

Given the recent news that the BlackBerry PlayBook would NOT be getting the BlackBerry 10 OS, the news that the David J. Smith, Vice President in charge of the PlayBook, resigned is not all that shocking. Smith was with BlackBerry for eight years at the time of his resignation.
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In this day and age, money is tight and prices of necessities are at an all time high. Keeping more money in your pocket at the end of the day is the ultimate goal. Gas Buddy, an app that keeps track of the local gas prices in your area, is a must have if you do commute daily. I use Gas ...

S4BB Limited has released a brand new application for BlackBerry 10 Smartphones: Petrol Usage Tracker. This nifty application allows you to keep taps on your fuel consumption. Track average fuel usage, the amount of money you spend on fuel and get an overview of your top-up history. Petrol Usage Tracker is available for ...

The guys from Magmic have just let us know that they've launched Texas Hold'em King on iTunes late last night. Now BlackBerry 10 users will be able to invite their friends with iPhones and iPads to join a private table and play Texas Hold'em King!

Texas Hold'em King has been a staple on BlackBerry devices for 10 years, and it just keeps on getting better. For ...

Hot on the heels of the news that there is a currently running cross-platform BBM Beta, we've been sent screenshots of the Android version.

We can confirm that the screenshots are legitimate and from a real Android device.

So far, the Android version is looking pretty ...

It seems that BlackBerry are moving forward with the cross-platform version of BBM as we have learned that there are a small number of users that are getting the chance to test out the Android, and iOS versions of BBM.

The program is not available for everyone, but if you ...

With the vast size of Canadian land totaling over 9,984,670 km² (3,854,085 sq mi), it's hard to have wireless carriers bringing the most updated wireless networks to all subscribers. Bell seems to be making it an almost weekly effort to expand it's LTE coverage, as it has added an additional 11 locations this week (including my hometown of Timmins):


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When we first got a glimpse of the BlackBerry Q5 back in May, it was made clear that North America wasn't in the plans for this "emerging market" device. Earlier this week, BlackBerry surprised many people by announcing that the BlackBerry Q5 would be available on Bell, Fido, Koodo, Sasktel, TELUS, and Virgin Mobile Canada effective August 13th. Sadly, it seems that Rogers has been left out.

There will be two colour models in Canada - Black and Pure Red - with the latter being a Virgin ...