The best news BlackBerry received all year was an increased number of BlackBerry Messenger users following the service's arrival on Android and iOS. In fact, early estimates claim the number of users increased to 80 million people, a 20 million user increase, thanks to its wider release. That number could go up even more, as the Waterloo company on Tuesday announced the service will...
The most notable thing BlackBerry did this year wasn’t the release of BlackBerry 10, Z10, or Q10. It wasn’t the company’s incessant courtship of potential acquisition bidders, or its hollow promise to remain competitive amid diminishing marketshare. It was the company’s announcement that BlackBerry Messenger, probably its most recognized and beloved feature, was heading to competing...
BlackBerry has issued an announcement that it will be halting the deployment of BBM for Android and iOS for the foreseeable future. After what seems like years of anticipation, the rollout of BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS has not gone well. Before the Canadian company could roll out the popular messaging system to Android, the Play Store was flooded with fake apps leaving...
Tuesday, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins announced that BlackBerry Messenger will be available on Android and iOS later this Summer. Additionally, BlackBerry rolled out an update to its BlackBerry Enterprise Service that further makes its embedded enterprises services more compatible with Android and iOS devices. So that begs the question, “why would anyone need to buy a BlackBerry device...
BlackBerry Messenger is receiving a new feature called Channels that will allow you to communicate with a social network created around the popular messaging platform. Announced at BlackBerry Live in Orlando, Fla. this morning, BBM Channels will be rolling out through out the summer and will allow you to create social media channels to communicate with a wider group of users. BBM has...