The Canadian Film Center has announced that they will be demoing two new apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook at their Scotiabank Nuit Blanche in Toronto on October 1st. Both of these apps look to be very innovative and not exactly your typical run of the mill app. The one app, The Alone Together, has been [...]
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CFC announces two new PlayBook apps that will demo at the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche in Toronto
September 22nd, 2011 
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Tags: apps, art app, blackberry, BlackBerry PlayBook, Canadian Film Center, CFC, CFC Media Lab, demoes, news, Playbook, PlayBook Apps, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto 
No Comments »New BlackBerry commercial shows off BBM integration with Navita Sports app
September 22nd, 2011 B_ren There is no doubt that RIM is pushing the benefits of BBM integration with 3rd party apps. The latest BlackBerry commercial demonstrates how you can share sports events with BBM contacts with apps like Navita Sports. More and more apps seem to be adding the BBM integration and I am all for it. As more [...]
Posted in Apps, BlackBerry Messenger, News Tags: 3rd party apps, BBM, BBM Integration, BBM Social Platform, blackberry, commercials, Navita Sports app, new videos, news, RIM, Sharing, Social Media No Comments »RIM announces 9 more Hackathons in various cities around the world
September 22nd, 2011 B_ren With the success of the NYC Hackathon that took place about a month ago, RIM had said that they were dedicated to do many more in the future. Well RIM has announced today 9 more Hackathons in cities around the world. Here is the list of the next 9 Hackathons, Waterloo September 28-29, 2011 Toronto October 6-7, [...]
Posted in News, RIM Tags: apps, BBM, BBM Integration, blackberry, BlackBerry Hackathons, Hackathons, Integration, news, RIM, Social Media No Comments »RBC Gives 4 Insights to RIM’s future
September 21st, 2011 NerdBerry_Kendrick With doubt in the news of if and when RIM will rise up and be a great player that it once used to be, one analyst has given his insight on just how it can be done. RBC analyst Mike Abramsky and Paul Treiber, who say there are 4 areas that RIM needs to do to [...]
Posted in Blackberry, News, RIM, Rumors Tags: Analysts, blackberry, earning, news, predictions, RBC, RIM, Rumors, sales, stocks No Comments »Is RIM getting ready to start pushing notifications through BBM?
September 21st, 2011 B_ren The folks over at N4BB have gotten some news today that leads us all to believe that RIM may be starting to get ready to use BBM to push notifications to your phone. Previously RIM has pushed “system messages” through BBm to their users, but this seems to be a little different. With the expansion of [...]
Posted in News, Rumors Tags: Advertising, BBM, blackberry, Blackberry messenger, Marketing, news, notifications, push notifications, RIM, Rumors, system messages, unreleased BBM version No Comments »YouMail BlackBerry app gets updated to v2.5.17
September 21st, 2011 B_ren If you are a fan of visual voicemail and have been looking for an app that will quench your need, you should really try out the YouMail for BlackBerry app. YouMail is definitely a front runner for the app of choice in the visual voicemail scene and you should check it out. This latest version [...]
Posted in Apps, News, Update Tags: Apps, appworld, blackberry, BlackBerry Apps, new features, new update, news, updates, visual voicemail, voicemail apps, youmail No Comments »WebWorks Developers Challenge winners announced by the BlackBerry Partners Fund
September 21st, 2011 B_ren The BlackBerry Partners Fund has announced the winners of their WebWorks Developer Challenge. The contest pays out just over $3 million to the winners, and has helped drive some new game development on the BlackBerry platform. Hit the jump to check out the full press release and the list of winners.
Posted in Blackberry, News Tags: Announcement, blackberry, BlackBerry Partners Fund, contests, news, press release, RIM, WebWorks contest, winners No Comments »PlayBook maker Quanta Computers cuts 1,000 jobs at manufacturing plant
September 21st, 2011 B_ren There is no denying that the BlackBerry PlayBook sales have not been up to snuff. Estimates put actual PlayBook sales somewhere around the 200,000 mark, but that is not an official reported number. To fuel the fire, Quanta Computer the PlayBook manufacturer, has confirmed to Digitimes that job cuts have occured with the rumored date [...]
Posted in News, Rumors Tags: blackberry, BlackBerry PlayBook, job cuts, manufacturing, news, Playbook, PlayBook sales, quant, Quanta Computers, RIM, Rumors 3 Comments »BlackBerry Messenger v6.0.0.130 available for BlackBerry 7 devices
September 20th, 2011 B_ren A new build of BlackBerry Messenger has been extracted from a OS build for the Curve 9360 today. This update brings BBM up to version 6.0.0.130, however it is only available for BlackBerry 7 devices. This build apparently only holds some minor changes but seems to be a stable version. Now this does come from [...]
Posted in BlackBerry Messenger, News Tags: BB 7 devices, BBM, BlackBerry 7, Blackberry messenger, news, stable build, Update 1 Comment »Despite Q2 earnings not all analysts are putting RIM out to pasture
September 19th, 2011 B_ren When it comes to analysts and the word on the “Street”, yes I am referring to Wall Street and the Markets, RIM has been taking a bit of a beating lately. While many of BlackBerry enthusiasts know deep down inside that RIM is going to come through on their promises of innovation and new QNX super-phones, not everyone shares [...]
Posted in News, Rumors Tags: ASP's, blackberry, BlackBerry 7, earnings calls, growth, Macquarie Capital Markets, market share, new devices, news, projected sales, Q2 earnings, qnx, RIM, Rumors, sell-through, Street ratings No Comments »
