We are nearing the end of BlackBerry Live 2013, and as a part of that we now have the winners of the 2013 BlackBerry Achievement Awards. We would like to congratulate all the developers, companies and organizations that entered. You will find all the winners by group below. This year’s BlackBerry® Achievement Award Winners have been announced! [...]
Hookflash Open Peer SDK allows developers to integrate real-time video, voice and instant messaging into BlackBerry 10 apps
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
For any BlackBerry 10 developers looking to incorporate high quality real-time video, voice of instant messaging into their apps can now take advantage of the Hookflash Open Peer SDK. The Hoookflash SDK is launching in beta form at the moment, and will allow any developers looking to use the ported webRTC libraries once they sign [...]
Macadamian increases BlackBerry 10 app development by 85%
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
BlackBerry Live isn’t even in full swing yet and we are receiving all kinds of email from developers letting us know what they are working on, or what they are planning on working on for BlackBerry 10. One of the developers that has shown a lot of support for BlackBerry 10 since it was announced [...]
Flurry Mobile Analytics coming to BlackBerry 10
May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
If you are a developer I am sure you are aware of the lack of analytics for BlackBerry 10. Even BlackBerry themselves have not released their analytics software for BlackBerry 10 as of yet, but that has not stopped third-party developers from filling the void. There are some opensource alternatives, but it now appears that [...]
UK Developers Get Info On Limited Edition Devices
April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Not too long ago UK developers received a non LTE version of the LE device. Considering North America received the proper LTE, they were a little upset about it.
Highlights from the Developer Beta build of BlackBerry 10.1 [10.1.0.1485]
April 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday the developer beta build of BlackBerry 10 os 10.1.0.1485 was released for the Dev Alpha B, Dev Alpha C and even the Z10. Now of course we warn people this is only meant for developers and is not a final, or full build of the operating system. With all that in mind, there is still [...]
Devs: “BlackBerry is Back” at the Ottawa International Gaming Conference
April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Ottawa Convention Centre will host this year’s, on May 29th – 31st the 2nd Annual Ottawa International Gaming Conference (#OIGC2013). The focus of this conference will showcase building on the success of application and gaming for mobile platforms, Anders Jeppsson, Global Head of Gaming for BlackBerry, will be in attendance with a session entitled ‘BlackBerry is Back!’ “Three [...]
BlackBerry Launches BlackBerry Builder, Get Certified
April 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
BlackBerry has launched the BlackBerry Builder program. Developers get certified for Web Application Development and Native Web Application Development. To get certified you must write a test. So what’s the point in getting certified? BlackBerry will have an exclusive job board for those who get certified. Potential employers can check out the certified people who [...]
Last chance to cast your votes for the BlackBerry Achievement Awards
April 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
With BlackBerry Live slowly creeping up on us, time is running out to cast your votes for the BlackBerry Achievement Awards that get handed out in Orlando. Today is the last day that you can submit your vote for who you think should win. The BlackBerry Achievement Awards (formerly the Wireless Achievement Awards) aim to recognize [...]
MMMOOO Featured As BlackBerry Developer Success Story
March 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Every so often BlackBerry does a BlackBerry Developer success story. This gives the developer the opportunity to gain more exposure for their apps. MMMOOO is the latest developer to be featured on the BlackBerry Developer website. Probably most known for their themes, they have already starting making apps for BlackBerry 10.
BlackBerry Dev Alpha C devices start to get into the hands of some developers
March 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
BlackBerry announced a while ago that they would be providing select developers with a Dev Alpha C device to help them prepare their apps for the Q10. Well it seems that the Dev Alpha C devices are now starting to get into the hands of some developers. Word is that the Dev Alpha C has only started [...]
BlackBerry now has more than 100,000 apps in BlackBerry World
March 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Today BlackBerry has hit a milestone for the platform, they now officially have over 100,000 apps in BlackBerry World. Now mind you a lot of those apps are not ones you would want to install on your device, but that goes for both iOS and Android, who are the leaders in the app gap race. The addition [...]
BlackBerry’s Anders Jeppsson to speak at Game Developers Conference in San Francisco
March 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Some of you may be wondering who Ander Jeppsson is, but if you like playing games on your BlackBerry device you should know who he is. Anders is the Global head of Gaming at BlackBerry, and he is the man behind bringing most of the big names games to the PlayBook and BlackBerry 10. Next [...]
BlackBerry Z10 Limited Edition Hits eBay
March 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
This may shock some it may not, the BlackBerry Z10 Limited Edition that was being shipped out to qualifying developers has landed on eBay.. The starting bid on this device is at $999.00 CAD or $974.35 USD that is still a ton of cash. I am sure after seeing this more people will be putting [...]
BlackBerry Z10 Limited Edition Now Shipping in Canada
March 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Hey developers check your mail boxes as it seem BlackBerry is currently shipping out the red BlackBerry Z10 Limited Edition or LE for short to developers in Canada that qualified for the device! This news comes from Joey Beechey who posted the above photo of the LE device on Twitter this morning. According to Joey [...]
Port-A-Thon Reviews To Be Done By March 12th
March 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
At least that is what BlackBerry is saying. Back in January, BlackBerry held Port-A-Thons. Developers have been waiting since then for BlackBerry to review and approve their apps. That is a long time to wait, considering how badly BlackBerry wanted these apps to be ported.
Built for BlackBerry and $10K Commitment Program dates get cleared up
March 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It seems that there has been some confusion amongst the developer community as to what dates, and approvals were required to be eligible for both the Built for BlackBerry and the $10K Commitment Programs. Well Alec Saunders has taken to the BlackBerry DevBlog to clear everything up, and it contains some very important information for [...]
Spotify rumored to be coming to BlackBerry 10
February 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
If you are a fan of streaming music then I am sure you are familiar with Spotify. It is one of the apps that we were hoping was going to come to BlackBerry 10, and today there are some new rumors about just that. According to Niko over at N4BB, he has seen a pre-release [...]
Porting Qt Applications To BlackBerry 10 Guide Released
February 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
BlackBerry has released a guide to making it easier to port Qt apps over to BlackBerry 10. So if you are a developer who has Qt apps written in C/C++/ QML/JavaScript and want your app on the BlackBerry 10 platform or want to write new Qt C++, QML and/or JavaScript code for BlackBerry 10, then [...]
February refresh of the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK adds In-App Payments and More
February 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The developer team at BlackBerry is continuing to add more and more to the SDK’s for BlackBerry 10. In the February refresh of the WebWorks SDK, BlackBerry has added in the ability to add in-app payments. This is of course exciting new for developers as they are the ones that will benefit most from this [...]
