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Facebook: David Cameron’s Shutdown Threat Won’t Happen
David Cameron's weird boast about possibly shutting down social networks during times of national stress simply won't happen, says Facebook.
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Dubai Police: BBM Outage Made Roads “Safer”
Police in the sweltering state of Dubai recorded cheerily low numbers of traffic accidents last week -- and are saying it's all down to the BlackBerry service crash.
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Move Over BBM; Facebook Messenger’s in Town
BlackBerry Messenger gains another rival to its messaging crown with the launch of Facebook Messenger for BlackBerry. Facebook now has the top three smartphone platforms covered, with Messenger apps on...
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Volkswagen Gives Staff a Break, Deactivates BBM for the Evenings
Some of Volkswagen’s staff in Germany are now forced to take things a little easier in the evenings, with the company switching off its email servers 30 minutes before home time so they can eat dinner...
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The Best SMS Replacement App
The UK loves SMS. As a nation, we regularly send over ten million texts an hour and SMS is used at all levels of society, far more so than email or voice calls. Things may not always be so rosy for...
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Please Don’t Blame the UK Riots On Twitter, Facebook, BBM and Rolling News
A new report out of the government’s new Riots Communities and Victims Panel has concluded that modern communication technology like social networks, and even rolling 24-hour news, made the riots...
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RIM Adds Dedicated BBM Button to its Cheapo BlackBerry Curve Range
RIM’s latest update of its Curve BlackBerry series has all of the usual buttons we’ve come to expect from the QWERTY classic range, only now there’s a specific hotkey for instant access to the...
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Is BlackBerry Messenger Dead in the Water?
One of the few things that makes the humble BlackBerry attractive is the Messenger service, which has been embraced by teenagers and the corporate world alike. But as people migrate from RIM’s handset...
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Rumour: RIM to Sell Handset Business
The Sunday Times is reporting that RIM is planning to split its handset and messaging network into two separate companies, then sell off the ill-fated BlackBerry hardware business. As part of the move,...
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RIM: Kill Yourself So Others Might Live
RIM is toast. RIM, in the very near future, will no longer exist as we currently know it. BB10 will probably never be released. The ship is sinking, on fire, and covered in ants. If it keeps bleeding...
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Video Chat in BB10 Makes BBM an Even More Appealing Prize
So BBM is going to get video chat in BB10. And some other super-integrated features, probably! RIM Cheerleading Coach/CEO Thorsten Heins confirmed it today at the annual RIM shareholder’s conference:...
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At Least Hackers Reckon BlackBerrys are Still Worth Something
Ah the BlackBerry. Once upon a time it was a global icon that was in the hands of essentially every celebrity and businessman, but now? The line sits at the bottom of the pile looking up at the might...
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BlackBerry 10 Will ‘Win’ Against iPhone and Android…Says RIM
Boy, I really wonder what they’re doing over there in Waterloo. First they’re selling off their jets, and now they’re saying they’re going to ‘win’ against the iPhone and Android? I would never have...
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Rumour: RIM Still Alive and Kicking, Blackberry R-Series Devices to Follow...
While we haven’t heard much from the Canadian company, RIM’s upcoming L-series of Blackberry devices are still on the way, despite there being radio silence regarding both specs or pricing. But rumour...
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The New BBM Lets You Make Free Voice Calls Over Wi-Fi
The last vestige of BlackBerry in the modern world, BBM, has a slick new feature that could stave off the overpopulation of BlackBerry’s in recycling bins and possibly please the few suit-wearing...
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Here’s BBM Doing Everything You Wish iMessage Could
At first blush there’s a lot to like about BB10, BlackBerry (née RIM)’s last great hope at redemption. But the first thing you might love is the revamped BBM. It’s crazy slick, and your iPhone is...
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BlackBerry’s BBM Music Is Dead
Shock news for the 10 of you who actually used BlackBerry’s incredibly dumb BBM Music – it’s going the way of the dodo, and after less than two years’ existence, too. Come June 2nd, BlackBerry’s going...
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BlackBerry Is Bringing BBM to iOS and Android This Summer
Today, at the BlackBerry Live Keynote, the company announced that it will be launching BBM on iOS and Android this Summer. This is a big move for the company that has found itself increasingly trapped...
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BlackBerry Avoiding Tablets With Phone-Only BBM Android and iOS Launch
The arrival of BBM on Android and iOS will be a slightly limited affair, with BlackBerry deciding it’s best to focus solely on smartphones — meaning the messaging app won’t work on the iPad, Nexus 7 or...
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BBM Will Hit Android and iOS on June 27th, Apparently
Looks like BlackBerry’s only useful thing left in its armoury, BBM, is finally going cross-platform on June 27th, at least according to T-Mobile. We’ll see if people adopt it given it only works on...
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