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Describing BlackBerry Live/Jam 2013 in one word; Phenomenal. This event was like none other I have been involved with. Not only was this my first time ever going to such an event involving BlackBerry, but I was also going to this event as a BlackBerry Elite member. With permission from the Elite program team leaders [...]
With the exciting news BlackBerry released at BlackBerry Live 2013 of BBM going cross-platform to iOS and Android devices BlackBerry has set up their BBM page to update you on the latest BBM news including availability in other platforms. Recent BBM news:
After the announcement of BBM Channels during the keynote on Tuesday at BlackBerry Live, we hopped right on the bandwagon and became early adopters of BBM Channels. Not only that, but BlackBerry Empire is now officially a featured channel amongst a select few other blogs and websites.
BBM Channels is now available to be beta tested in the BlackBerry Beta Zone.What is BBM Channels, you ask? BBM Channels is a new social networking feature within BBM that extends the sharing experience beyond your friendship circle –allowing channel creators to amass an unlimited number of followers. Express yourself with BBM Channels. Create, edit & publish [...]
Version 2.2 of the business focused social app LinkedIn has been released for BlackBerry OS 6 and 7 users via BlackBerry World. The new update includes more tools for the professional user including the ability to share with BlackBerry Messenger contacts and follow companies.
Kudos to Ronen from BerryReview for finding this, “Select All” via a BBM broadcast message was something I actually missed from BBM jumping to BlackBerry 10 this feature was taken away. Several BlackBerry Empire readers preferred getting notified of BlackBerry news via a broadcast message and there was no way I could select all contacts [...]
BlackBerry will be shutting down their BBM Music service and app on June 2nd (Date subject to change). BBM Music service users last bill will be this month. BlackBerry is trying to work more with artists/musicians as they can now have their music and videos submitted to BlackBerry World. Check out the e-mail sent out [...]
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) has updated to version 7.0.1.23 in BlackBerry World. OS 5 users now have the backup/restore ability for BBM on newer BlackBerry devices such as the BlackBerry 10 device using your BlackBerry ID. BlackBerry is rolling out this update, so if update does
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) has updated to version 7.0.1.17 in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. This update is for the BlackBerry legacy OS devices. What is new in version 7.0.1.17?
BlackBerry Messenger has upgraded in the BlackBerry Beta Zone to version 7.0.1.16.
We mentioned this in the past about BBM Money App To Launch in Indonesia, seems like we are one step closer to that. Sending money via BBM-to-BBM is something I am looking forward to myself. Mobile banking service provider, Monitise says that an Indonesian bank is to launch its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) mobile payments service [...]
ADVISORY: BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) will be temporarily unavailable to BlackBerry users in Asia (cont) tl.gd/kos6fo — talk2GLOBE (@talk2GLOBE) January 20, 2013 Reported by Globe, looks like RIM is working around the clock to improve every aspect of BlackBerry, one of its main features BBM will be undergoing maintenance, it will only affect users in [...]
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) with voice updated to version 7.0.0.130 in Beta Zone with 5.0 support. Users with 5.0 have been requesting support, RIM delivered and added support. Download update via Beta Zone
