As expected, BlackBerry is expanding availability of the BlackBerry Z3 beyond Indonesia. In a series of announcements this week, BlackBerry has revealed that the BlackBerry Z3 will go on sale in Malaysia, India and the Middle East this summer. BlackBerry kicked things off yesterday with a launch event in Malaysia. The BlackBerry Z3 will go on sale there for MYR699 (about […]
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BlackBerry makes job cuts in developer relations group
Following BlackBerry’s announcement that it was bringing the Amazon Appstore to BlackBerry 10, the company has laid off a portion of its developer relations group. A total of 65 employees were let go as BlackBerry focuses “on new programs that will drive enterprise application development” according to a statement received by CBC News. The employees affected were presumably focused on the […]
BlackBerry Q1 FY2015 financial results announced
BlackBerry today announced its Q1 FY2015 financial results. They suggest that the company may finally be starting to see the benefits of its new leadership under CEO John Chen, refocused attention on the enterprise space and various cost-cutting measures. It reported a net loss of US$60 million on revenues of US$966 million. Not only is this loss much smaller than […]
BlackBerry World out of the music and video business
BlackBerry earlier today announced that a new licensing agreement with Amazon was bringing the Amazon Appstore to BlackBerry 10. Starting this fall with the release of BlackBerry 10.3, BlackBerry 10 users would gain access to some 240,000 apps including many of the most popular. A blog entry about today’s announcement also revealed that BlackBerry will shutter the music and video […]
Amazon Appstore coming to BlackBerry 10 with 240,000 apps
BlackBerry appears to have found a solution to one of the biggest complaints against BlackBerry 10, namely the lack of a large app ecosystem. It announced today that it is bringing the Amazon Appstore to its operating system with the launch of the BlackBerry 10.3 operating system this fall. In one fell swoop, BlackBerry will offer more than 240,000 new […]
BlackBerry CEO open to BlackBerry phablet
BlackBerry CEO John Chen has been trying hard to turn the fortunes of the beleaguered company whose helm he took over in November 2013. With a new focus on the enterprise space and a smartphone market share that has dwindled to nearly nothing in many markets, many have wondered if BlackBerry would even stay in the hardware business. But Chen […]
BlackBerry highlights new features coming to BlackBerry 10.3
BlackBerry earlier this week released the BlackBerry 10.3 OS SDK beta to give developers an opportunity to get familiar with the upcoming release and start work on getting their apps ready for it. BlackBerry Director of Software Product Management, Michael Clewely, has now posted a blog post that looks at 18 upcoming features. These range from changes to the user […]
BBM for Android tops 50 million downloads
Sharp eyes over at IntoAndroid have noticed that BBM for Android has now surpassed the 50 million download mark. Google Play lists the number of installs at between 50,000,000 and 100,000,000. It only took a little over six months for the company to hit the milestone. BBM for Android and iOS launched in October after a false start in late […]