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Now Available on BlackBerry App World: BlackBerry Parental Controls for BlackBerry 6 and BlackBerry 7 OS smartphones

As of today, BlackBerry® Parental Controls is now available in the BlackBerry App World™ storefront for customers with a BlackBerry® 6 or BlackBerry® 7 OS smartphone. For those using BlackBerry® Device Software 5, a compatible version of Parental Controls will be available in the near future.

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What is an IT Policy and how can I view it?

If you use a BlackBerry® smartphone on a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, an IT Policy is likely applied to your BlackBerry smartphone as a result. Sometimes you may have an IT Policy still applied to your BlackBerry smartphone even if you’ve been removed from the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Today I’ll be providing Read the Rest of the story [...]

Wikitude Expands Support to Include BlackBerry OS 6 Devices

Wikitude initially rolled out their augmented reality browser with BlackBerry 7 devices taking advantage of the augmented reality enabling compass. The app is preloaded on BlackBerry 7 phones which gave them a large footprint. Now they are expanding that footprint by releasing Wikitude for BlackBerry OS 6.0 Read the Rest of the story [...]

How to show and hide home screen panels in BlackBerry 7

One of our biggest gripes with BlackBerry OS 6 was those pesky home screen panels (or “views”). Using a trackpad device it was always a pain to stay on the panel you wanted and not randomly scroll to a different one.

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Chalk Pushcast Enterprise Software Renamed to BlackBerry Pushcast

Way back in early 2009 RIM acquired Chalk Pushcast Software and we were hoping for big things from the acquisition. Sadly nothing showed up in the consumer space but RIM tried pushing it in the enterprise space for mobile learning and communications. It seems like they do have users for Read the Rest of the story [...]

Playbook 101: How to take photos with a BlackBerry 6 smartphone or BlackBerry PlayBook

Taking photos using a BlackBerry® smartphone with v6.0 device software or BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet is really quick and easy, and allows you to capture great photos in plenty of different environments. Today I’d like to provide an overview of some of the options available when taking photos so you can Read the Rest of the story [...]

Facebook 2.0 Officially Releases Tomorrow in App World

Please be advised that Facebook® for BlackBerry® smartphones 2.0 app is scheduled to release on July 26, 2011* in the BlackBerry® App Worldâ„¢ storefront. You can learn more about the product and features by viewing the training and support documentation below. Key Features:Facebook Chat – Facebook Chat is fully integrated with BlackBerry smartphones, so Read the Rest of the story [...]

Research In Motion just got out-fruited

Look, people that know me know that I’ve been a BlackBerry fan from the beginning. The entire reason BGR was started was because I was breaking information on upcoming BlackBerry devices, mainly because I was obsessed with RIM and wanted to share that information. As we’ve all seen, however, RIM isn’t the Read the Rest of the story [...]

Apple Announces Two Ripoffs of Popular BlackBerry Features at WWDC

RIM should really feel complimented at this year’s WWDC because Apple has announced its Notification Center and BBM-clone. Imitation is the highest form of flattery and these two announcements are definitely imitations. First of all, the notification center is a big announcement from Apple and it looks nearly identical to the notifications tab Read the Rest of the story [...]

Another round of BlackBerry Torch 2 photos turns up

Although it was only just the other day we saw some new images of the BlackBerry Torch 2 turn up, it has now once again appeared in some new images. This time around we get some better lighting to go ahead and shine on the device to help show it off. We also get Read the Rest of the story [...]