There was a time when BlackBerry Messenger was a key selling point for BlackBerry phones… and it was exclusively available on BlackBerry devices. But in 2013 the company launched BBM for Android an iOS. A lot has changed since then. BlackBerry doesn’t make its own phones anymore. BlackBerry OS is pretty much dead. And now […]
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BlackBerry Messenger may become a subscription service (for enterprise customers)
There was a time when BlackBerry pretty much dominated the smartphone space, but that was a time when there also wasn’t as much strong competition. These days BlackBerry has stopped making its own hardware and sells phones built by TCL that run Google’s Android operating system. But they still have some BlackBerry DNA in them, […]
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BlackBerry Experience Suite will bring more BB features to Android, iOS, and Windows
BlackBerry smartphones have some loyal fans… but there aren’t as many of them as there were a few years ago. So while BlackBerry isn’t ready to stop making hardware anytime soon, it’s not surprising that the company is taking steps to reach potential customers on the phone’s they’re already using… whether those are BlackBerry phones […]
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Lilbits (7-29-2014): Why the Vivaldi open source tablet failed
Once upon a time a group of developers working on the open source KDE Plasma Active desktop environment for mobile devices figured it’d be cool if there was a tablet designed specifically to run the software. So they tried to find a device maker to offer truly open hardware with no proprietary components. It would […]
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Lilbits (7-09-2014): Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet hits Verizon
The Sony Xperia Z2 is a waterproof Android tablet with a 10 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, 3GB of RAM, and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor. A WiFi-only version of the tablet launched in April for $500 and up. Now Verizon has announced that it’s the exclusive US carrier to offer a 4G LTE model […]
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Lilbits (3-28-2014): Microsofts reconsiders stance on email snooping
Microsoft recently made headlines for working with law enforcement to track down the source of Windows software leaks… and a lot of that press focused on the fact that the company read the emails of a Hotmail user as part of the investigation. Last week company officials defended the practice, saying they had enough information […]
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BBM 2.0 brings voice calls, channels to Android and iOS
BlackBerry is launching a major update to BlackBerry Messenger communication app. Android and iOS users will see some of the biggest changes, since they can now access features that had previously only been available to BlackBerry users. But there are a few new goodies in BBM 2.0 for BlackBerry users as well. Android and iOS […]
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Lilbits (1-03-2013): Are you ready for Windows/Android tablets?
Word on the street is that Intel thinks it’s found a way to make Windows tablets more popular — let users run Android apps on them. According to both Time Magazine and The Verge, Intel is encouraging PC makers to offer Windows devices that can run Android software in virtualization. That lets you run Android apps […]
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Lilbits (12-20-2013): Goodbye Winamp (maybe)
After 15 years, Winamp might be shutting down soon. In the late 90s, the music player was pretty much the go-to MP3 player folks used to handle their ripped CDs and Napster downloads. But the app was eventually acquired by AOL and over the past decade it’s largely faded into obscurity. AOL announced plans to […]
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Lilbits (10-22-2013): Amazon free shipping gets more expensive
Amazon has been offering free shipping to folks in the US who buy qualifying items totaling $25 or more for a decade. Now the company is raising that minimum order by $10. The move gives Amazon a good excuse to remind customers that they can get free 2-day shipping on many orders, no matter the […]