BlackBerry today announced that it is bringing its BBM app to Android devices still running on Gingerbread. With Gingerbread (versions 2.3.3 up to 2.3.7) still accounting for more than a fifth of all Android devices out there, the move should help BlackBerry pick up more than a few more BBM users. This “special release” is now moving to the external […]
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BlackBerry announces BlackBerry OS 10.2.1
Almost a year to the day that it launched BlackBerry 10, the company today announced the latest software update. BlackBerry 10 OS version 10.2.1. BlackBerry 10 OS version 10.2.1, is designed to help you be more productive and stay better connected. The update includes many brand new changes and updates to go over, keep reading for the inside scoop on […]
BlackBerry to add BBM Voice on BBM for Android and iOS in February?
Broadening the availability of its BBM instant messaging app to Android and iOS netted BlackBerry some 40 million Android and iOS users in the first 60 days that it was available. The company has already confirmed that it plans to enhance the app with BBM Voice and BBM Channels in a future release but a timeline has remained elusive until […]
BlackBerry Jakarta to make debut at MWC 2014
BlackBerry will unveil its first new devices since the BlackBerry Z30 at MWC 2014. The new devices will be the first to be a result of its new partnership with Foxconn (a subsidiary of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.). Confirmation was made by none other than Hon Hai’s chairman, Terry Gou. “We are working with them to design a new […]
BlackBerry to sell off most Canadian office space
BlackBerry today announced that it plans to sell off most of its Canadian real estate holdings. Despite the announcement, the company has no plans to leave the Kitchener-Waterloo region where it was born. It will partner with real estate firm CBRE Limited to sell off over 3 million square feet of space with plans to lease back the space it […]
BlackBerry appoints Eric Johnson as President, Global Sales
BlackBerry CEO John Chen’s makeover of the company’s executive team took another step forward today with the announcement that Eric Johnson has been hired as President, Global Sales. “I am pleased to round out BlackBerry’s new executive leadership team with another outstanding addition today. I have worked with Eric extensively and have tremendous respect for his sales expertise and customer […]
John Chen drops ‘interim’ from BlackBerry CEO title
When John Chen was tapped to replace outgoing CEO Thorsten Heins at BlackBerry in late 2013, he did so with the title of interim CEO. The plan had been to look for a permanent CEO but the company apparently likes what Chen has been doing of late enough that it has decided to make him the permanent CEO. Confirmation was […]
CES 2014: BlackBerry to refocus on smartphones with physical keyboards
As BlackBerry continues to refocus on enterprise and business customers, new BlackBerry CEO John Chen told Bloomberg Television at CES 2014 that the company will shift its attention back to smartphones with physical keyboards. Without directly acknowledging that the first BlackBerry 10 device for 2014, known as Jakarta, will be a touchscreen device, he explained that future phones will “predominantly” come […]