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RIM acquires NewBay, a Cloud based service provider

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NewBay is a cloud service provider that operates out of Dublin Ireland, employing 200 of their own employees and already dealing with T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, and Deutsche Telekom. Their service, dubbed LifeCache, provides cloud backup, organization, and sharing services for digital media such as photos, and videos. Given the success (or anticipated success) of Amazon [...]

Balsillie, Lazaridis make Canada’s “Rich 100 list”

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This past year has been a torrid one for the billionaire buddies out of Waterloo; falling stock prices, lost market share and most of all, the one that hurts the most, the brand that they have built from scratch is losing its dominance in the smartphone world. But, like all CEO’s (Co in this instance), [...]

Review: BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860

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Almost 3 years ago to date RIM launched their first entry into the all-touch smartphone world with the BlackBerry Storm 9500 series phone. It was set to be RIM’s much needed and anticipated response to Apple’s iPhone and was rumored for a while before finally seeing the light of day (as are all devices conceived [...]

Canadian startup Mobiroo to offer app gift cards for BlackBerry and Android apps

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Apple iTunes users have had the convenience of Apple gift cards for a very long time, allowing them to redeem them for credit towards apps, songs, and other content available in the App Store. BlackBerry and Android users have unfortunately been out of that loop, and a Canadian company by the name of Mobiroo is [...]

Review: The BlackBerry Curve 9360

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I have had the dubious pleasure of being saddled with a BlackBerry Curve 8530 as my work device for the better part of 2 years, having snagged one the moment they were released by Telus. Originally, this device was the Prozac I used to get through the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder inflicted on me by the [...]

RIM announces BBM Generation Contest, looks to connect a new wave of youth with celebrity influences

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Having a solid base of current BlackBerry supporters is a wonderful thing, but in order to maintain relevance, RIM needs to win the hearts and thumbs of the next generation of smartphone users. Today, they announced their latest contest, aimed at that demographic, which looks to get them engaged with the BlackBerry platform and offers [...]

Inquery from MBLWare - Get social and question the world through BBM

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Chad from MBLWare reached out last night to let us know about the latest app to come from the creators of JeeoSuite and BlackBook, Inquery. I gave the app a spin this morning, and had a chat with Chad on BBM regarding the application, to get a better grasp of what exactly it is. Have [...]

WIND gearing up to launch BlackBerry Bold, Torch and Curve next month

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When a new product is announced by ANY carrier, the other(s) - who cannot stand to be upstaged - generally follow. Such has been the case with the ever-popular new lineup of BlackBerry 7 devices. With the American AWS version(s) on T-Mobile having launched over a month ago in the US, all eyes turned to [...]

Mobilicity officially releases the BlackBerry Bold 9900

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We posted a couple weeks ago about a tweet from @davedobbin saying that Mobilicity would be bringing the BlackBerry Bold 9900 to its subscribers, and today Mobilicity made it official. The premiere device in RIM’s lineup is being offered at $549.99 outright, available today at all Mobilicity locations, and online at mobilicity.ca. Mobilicity is sweetening [...]

Facebook for BlackBerry updated to v2.0.0.50

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We got word via the tip line today that Facebook for BlackBerry has been updated to version 2.0.0.50. Nothing huge to report with this build, as the changelog lists various bugs that were addressed in this latest build, including a forced logout issue and a nasty bug that caused a device freeze when a notification [...]

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