BBM now available on Windows Phone

The wait for BBM on Windows Phone is over. BlackBerry has brought its pioneering and much-imitated messaging app to Windows, following launches on Android and iOS last year, albeit with the “Beta” label. BBM for Windows Phone launched at Mobile World Congress in February, and it is now available for all to download. As you […]

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Blackberry partners with Amazon to offer 240,000 Android apps for Amazon’s app store

(Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd has agreed a licensing deal with Amazon.com Inc that will let the Canadian smartphone maker offer some 240,000 Android applications from Amazon’s app store on its line-up of BlackBerry 10 devices this fall. The move allows BlackBerry to add a vast array of consumer-focused apps to its devices, and to focus […]

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Blackberry steps up messaging security with Blackberry Protected

Turning its focus toward the high-end enterprise market once again, BlackBerry Limited has released its new secure messaging application, known as BBM Protected. The new app was announced earlier this year and is being released today for some BlackBerry phones, as part of the company’s recently introduced eBBM software suite. While the regular version of […]

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