World Star HipHop for BlackBerry Now Available

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

The app’s video selections not only host a decent collection of hiphop music videos, they also have hiphop-related fan-made videos of people dancing at home and crazy street......

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Hardcore cases for your BlackBerry

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

While it’s nice to travel lightly, sometimes we need to go heavy duty. Last week we covered silicone cases for your BlackBerry, and this week we’re going in the exact opposite direction. No matter how bulky they make your smartphone, some people just need a big tough case. They might not......

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SMRpodcast #101: Finger in a Light Socket

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

We recently recorded SMRpodcast #101, Finger in a Light Socket which is now online and ready for download.  This week Rod is back off vacation and airs his list of pet peeves with the Google Nexus.  We talk a lot about the leadership change at RIM and Chris is annoyed by negative review of Windows......

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Use Wifi File Transfer to shuffle files between your computer and BlackBerry

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

There are plenty of ways to transfer files to and from your BlackBerry. Desktop Manager presents the most prominent option, since it’s long been the way to do it. But that means connecting via a USB cable. Ditto using the memory card as a USB mass storage drive. Not that plugging in is a huge......

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Bplay Announces New Premium Themes: Heartstrings and Nazca

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

Bplay has announced 2 new BlackBerry themes by Magmic. Heartstrings is a red-pink theme full of hearts just in time for Valentines’ day. The Nazca theme has an ancient look reminiscent of art from the Aztecs, Incas and......

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Wmode Spins Off AppCarousel Business to Help Carriers and Developers With App Marketing

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

There's an increasing need for innovative marketing solutions for mobile apps as the number of these apps increases and discoverability decreases. The answer to marketing apps effectively is far beyond traditional marketing such as advertising and traditional media outreach. Marketing apps has to......

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Tips for Tuesday: Stop getting a period when you double-click the spacebar

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

To many, it’s the best feature of BlackBerry typing. To get a period on your BlackBerry device, it might appear that you have to hit ALT+M. That can be a bit much, especially for longer communications. Yet most savvy BlackBerry users know that you can double click the spacebar to create a......

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5 Key Milestones of Success for the New CEO Thorsten Heins

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

The news of RIM promoting its COO Thorsten Heins to the position of CEO seems like its a good move from a shareholder perspective, but we won't know its affect on the company for some time. Shareholders have been demanding a change in leadership for some time now, and if the Co-CEOs stepping down......

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Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million in Funding For New MediaEverywhere Product Line

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

Polar Mobile has been doing an amazing job signing up new media companies onto its mobile platform. It seems whenever Polar launches something, it's a hundred new apps across all platforms. The company has just announced a $6 million funding round led by Georgian Partners. The new funding joins more......

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The new RIM CEO on his new role

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

Last night a story from The Wall Street Journal shocked us all. As you likely know by now, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaradis have stepped down as co-CEOs of Research In Motion. It was previously reported that they’d step down as co-chairmen of the board for RIM, to be replaced by Barbara......

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5 Key Milestones of Success for the New CEO Thorsten Hein

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

The news of RIM promoting its COO Thorsten Hein to the position of CEO seems like its a good move from a shareholder perspective, but we won't know its affect on the company for some time. Shareholders have been demanding a change in leadership for some time now, and if the Co-CEOs stepping down......

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WhatsApp Messenger for BlackBerry v2.7.2330 now available in App World

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

One week ago to the day we talked about an update to WhatsApp Messenger for BlackBerry that took a bit longer to arrive in BlackBerry App World than we initially thought.  We are happy to report, however, that WhatsApp Messenger for BlackBerry v2.7.2330 is now available for download. Download......

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Keep your BBM covert with Peep It

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

It’s both a blessing and a burden. One of BBM’s greatest and most touted features is its message status. While many SMS systems let you know when your message has been delivered, they don’t notify you of whether the recipient has actually seen it. BBM takes care of that handily.......

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Verizon BlackBerry Curve 9370 now available

Filed under Blackberry headlines 3 months ago

The BlackBerry Curve 9370 is now available on Verizon for $99 when you sign up to a 2-year service plan. The BlackBerry Curve 9370 is almost identical to the Curve 9350, but, has more RAM, 512 MB, and, is a world phone sporting both a CDMA radio for use in the United States on Verizon’s......

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Press Release: Research In Motion Names Thorsten Heins President and CEO

Filed under Blackberry headlines 4 months ago

Waterloo, ON – The Board of Directors of BlackBerry® maker Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that, acting on the recommendation of its Co-Chief Executive Officers to implement the succession plan they previously submitted to the Board, it has unanimously named......

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Sale to Samsung? New PlayBooks? The Week in BlackBerry

Filed under Blackberry headlines 4 months ago

It has been quite a confusing time for Research In Motion. They are clearly a company in transition. Not only are they working furiously on BlackBerry 10 smartphones, but they’re going through major changes. As we’ve learned in the past few weeks, they’re looking at a new chairman......

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