At the Annual General Meeting earlier, BlackBerry showcased this corporate video that one of the UX designer’s made. It was made totally in house and it surely hits the right notes! Check it out! Continue reading →

Earlier this week at the BlackBerry Security Summit 2016, BlackBerry made a couple of announcements, about winning contracts with the U.S. Senate and U.S. Coast Guard. With the U.S. Senate and U.S. Coast Guards opting for BlackBerry AtHoc software, it is clear that BlackBerry’s software push is bringing some serious business. Check the full release after the break. Continue reading →

Today, BlackBerry has announced its formal partnership with PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tbk. (Emtek), which is an Indonesian based company. Emtek, is Indonesia’s second largest media group, and with this, BlackBerry aims to provide users with more content and services. Whilst the specific financial information is not available, part of the agreement, Emtek’s digital content division KMK Online will also open a Toronto office so it can work more closely with the BlackBerry. Continue reading →

Last year, BlackBerry acquired Good Technology which included their Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform that is the foundation for the Good Collaboration Suite. BlackBerry has announced that they have completed another phase of the integration of the products to ultimately create the single, comprehensive management experience for enterprise administrators. In addition, BlackBerry has now made AtHoc available for Good Dynamics and new split billing solutions. Continue reading →

Last week, BlackBerry announced that M1 has officially partnered with them for BlackBerry’s Enhanced SIM-Based Licensing (ESBL), and allow businesses to get easier access onto BES12. BlackBerry’s Enterprise Service (BES) is BlackBerry’s enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution for companies and organizations to use to manage their mobile deployment of their staff. With this in place, customers do not need to commit to an annual license, but instead, enjoy the flexibility of paying for only what they use on just one mobile bill. Continue reading →

A few days back, BlackBerry released updates for BBM on Android and BlackBerry devices. Now, the update is being pushed to iOS as well, which you should be seeing in the App store too. With this new update, you can now take advantage of enhanced privacy and control features that allows you to take control over the messages and content that you share without any subscription fees. Continue reading →

Aside from the Marshmallow update for the BlackBerry Priv, during the BlackBerry Q4 Fiscal 2016 Earnings Call, BlackBerry CEO John Chen too talked about the BlackBerry 10 OS. Whilst the latest revision, 10.3.3, has been popping up in BlackBerry servers, the official release has been pushed back to June as BlackBerry has not yet received the required certification from NIAP. Apart from that, he too mentioned a little about the OS 10.3.4. Continue reading →

As per the earnings call earlier, BlackBerry has now confirmed that Android 6.0 Marshmallow will be rolling out to the BlackBerry Priv by late April, early May. The Android Marshmallow brings about a whole series of updates and improvements, and it is understandable that with many other devices running it already, the wait seems long. But that said, the wait is about to end! Continue reading →