Research In Motion’s BlackBerry has just announced the release of a new version of their uber-popular messaging application BlackBerry Messenger (aka BBM). The new version is v5.0.3.22 and is available in BlackBerry App World. According to App World here is the changelog for BBM v5.0.3: • Support for Hindi and Vietnamese • Simplified sending of pictures and [...]

Guess what folks? The one and only BlackBerry Messenger app has been updated for your downloading enjoyment! It sure has been a while since RIM gave us something new to play with, eh? Despite not releasing a list of what’s included, the changes should be evident after the now standard download, install and reboot routine. Although [...]

Wow! BGR is reporting that their sources at Research in Motion (RIM) are telling them that a deal bringing BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) to Android devices is DEFINITE. As well, talks are apparently occurring to eventually bring BBM to the iOS running iPhones. The rumors continue that the software might be FREE on the competing platforms or [...]

Most BBM users know about the hidden BBM emoticons, but it can be somewhat tedious to use them at times. I have many of the hidden emoticons individually saved as Autotext entries but it’s pretty hard to remember them all. You can also save the entire group of hidden emoticons as a single Autotext entry [...]

You may have read my article on the annoying BBM hoax chains which have recently been circulating again. In the screenshots above, you can see the text from the latest BBM hoax chain which I received today. Although it may not be common knowledge that the co-CEO of RIM isn’t named after a type of [...]

Over past few days, a bunch of my BBM contacts have been asking me if the following BBM Broadcast is true: “This message is to inform all of our users, that our servers have recently been really full, so we are asking for your help to fix this problem. We need our active users to [...]

One of my buddies just let me know that a bunch of his BBM contact’s profile pictures disappeared on his list, mine being one of them. When scanning down my BBM contact list, I noticed they same thing happened to six of my contacts. I changed my profile pic, but it hasn’t updated for my [...]

[Click here for mobile friendly viewing] The mad geniuses at College Humor are back at it, this time mongering on BBM devotees. The point of the game is simple: Grab a random, flip a coin deciding on text or BBM, spin the wheel, message a random person on your list the quoted remark on the [...]

It has been barely 2 weeks since we sat down and spoke candidly to Ted Livingston about the sudden, viral growth of Kik Messenger and his plans as CEO to guide it going into 2011. He has some big ideas about the direction he will take it, with his loyal team by his side, but [...]

UrbanGifted has gotten a hold of a leaked BBM-related track by Sean Kingston featuring Soulja Boy, which is entitled ‘BBM’. I listened to the track twice and the chorus is definitely stuck in my head. Might not be everybody’s favorite type of music, but go ahead and have a listen if you’d like>> Sean Kingston [...]