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RIMAGEDDON saga continues… Anonymous RIM Employee writes an Open Letter to RIM Senior Management Team

And the RIMAGEDDON saga continues… this time in the form of an anonymous letter sent into BGR by a fairly high-ranking RIM employee. The intent of the letter? To catch senior managements’ attention and make some changes around there. Here’s a couple of paragraphs picked from the full letter:

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American Airlines Gets BlackBerry App With Mobile Boarding Pass & More!

While I personally recommend most travelers simply use the slick BlackBerry Travel app there are some nice benefits to carrier apps. Ashley let me know about the latest release of American Airlines for BlackBerry. I am not sure exactly when it launched but this is the first I Read the Rest of the story [...]

BlackBerry Solutions in Education (VIDEO)

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The way that we learn is rapidly changing, and the tools that are used in educational environments are changing just as quickly. The above video demonstrates how social learning, direct communication and on-demand media can empower professors, students and educational organizations – all through Read the Rest of the story [...]

Jingu Helps You Find BBM Friends – Customize Avatars & Emoticons

Both of those apps are very cool ideas but I like the messages idea the best. I have been complaining for a while now that App World reviews have become a circa-1990 AOL style dating site/chatroom. I proposed a bit back that RIM should release their Read the Rest of the story [...]

App Stores Face Challenges in Taiwan with Consumer Protection Laws

Taipei, TaiwanTaiwan’s consumer protection laws stipulate that all consumers are entitled to a seven-day trial period after purchasing any products via Internet. This law apparently extends to apps as well, and the Taiwanese government has already fined Google Tw$1,000,000 ($34,600) for refusing to grant customers their trial period. Apple has already changed its Read the Rest of the story [...]

Use the New BlackBerry 7 APIs in Your App & RIM May Promote it for You

RIM sent an email to developers this week letting them know about a cool opportunity they are offering. The new BlackBerry 7 OS offers quite a few new APIs for devs. RIM is trying to get developers to jump on the OS 7 bandwagon early by offering up the possibility that your Read the Rest of the story [...]

BlackBerry 7 Developers Webcast Overview; $3 Million Prize Pool Developer Challenge Announced

During the RIM hosted BlackBerry 7.0 overview webcast, a few highlights of what to expect in OS 7 have been unveiled. We previously saw RIM out some of the new devices by officially releasing their simulators and announcing changes in screen resolutions. The upgrades to the user Read the Rest of the story [...]

AT&T Store Employees 5 Key Behaviors – Good Customer Service?

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I walked into an AT&T store this past weekend to add a new test line and had an interesting experience. I have never really had anything bad to say about AT&T store employees except for a little incompetence but something new happened this time. When I left the store Read the Rest of the story [...]

Develop for BB7 Webinar Today – EMEA & Asia Pacific Webinars Announced

Developers! In case you missed it somehow or forgot RIM will be holding a webinar today on “what you need to know to develop for BlackBerry 7.” That webinar is at 2PM EST today! Head on over to this link for details.

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BlackBerry Messenger Social Platform SDK Quietly Updated – Adds WebWorks Support

I am sure an announcement is coming shortly but RIM has updated their BlackBerry Messenger Social Platform SDK beta today. This new update also adds support for WebWorks developers which is VERY nice to see. So far the release notes are available in 7 different languages (no Read the Rest of the story [...]