Following rumours that suggested a September 20th launch, BlackBerry today announced that BBM for Android and iOS will launch on September 21st and 22nd respectively. The “iconic mobile social network” will be available globally. “BBM is a very engaging messaging service that is simple to use, easy to personalize and has an immediacy that is necessary for mobile communications,” said […]
iOS
BBM for Android and iPhone to launch on September 20?
It appears that the launch of BBM for Android and iPhone is only days away now. Only yesterday, BlackBerry promised that the launch would happen “soon.” New details from Indonesian blog TeknoUp now suggest it will launch on September 20th with a staggered fashion with the Android version to lead off and the iPhone version to follow a day later. At least one BBM […]
BlackBerry BBM for Android and iPhone ad spotted on TV
BlackBerry is expected to launch BBM for Android and the iPhone before the end of summer and based on temperatures in Toronto this morning, summer is definitely on its way out. In anticipation of the launch, BlackBerry yesterday ran a very short ad during The Amazing Race Canada. http://youtu.be/geLksY-1Kew At three seconds, the video reveals little except to promise “BBM […]
Android mobile app revenues to hit US$6.8 billion in 2013
Android mobile app revenues are expected to nearly double this year from last year. ABI Research expects that they will reach almost US$6.8 billion by the end of the year. While iOS still dominates this space, estimated to be worth US$27 billion in 2013, Android is catching up quickly thanks in large part to dominant smartphone sales. For example, Android accounted […]
New screenshot of BlackBerry Messenger for Android
BlackBerry will finally open up BBM to other platforms by the end of the summer. Versions of BBM for both Android and iOS are expected later this summer. We now have a new screenshot of the Android app running on a Samsung Galaxy S III. It shows the login screen. According to BGR‘s source, the application “isn’t bad” and is […]
Rumour: Apple iWatch to launch this year
Rumours that Apple is working on a wearable device refuse to die down. A team of over 100 people led by none other than Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, is now hard at work on this so-called iWatch. Bloomberg today reports that Apple is looking to have the device out this year. The Verge corroborates the report, […]
Record tablet shipments in Q4 2012
Worldwide tablet shipments set another record in the last quarter of 2012. According to IDC, 52.5 million tablets were shipped over the quarter, an impressive 75.3% increase over the same quarter a year ago and a 74.3% increase over the previous quarter. Apple continued to dominate but its overall market share fell again as Android tablets continued to make gains. […]
Apple releases iOS 6.1
Apple today released iOS 6.1 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The 99.6MB update includes unspecified bug fixes as well as the following enhancements: LTE support for more carriers (a full list is available at www.apple.com/iphone/LTE Purchase movie tickets through Fandango via Siri (USA only) iTunes Match subscribers can now download individual songs from iCloud New button to reset […]