Jamaican Developers Spark BlackBerry Movement
Mobile applications, also called mobile apps, in layman’s terms, could be termed ‘Computing for Dummies’. They are easy to download, attractive and user friendly. In other words, “so easy, a caveman could do it”. Apps are mini computer programmes which range from dictionaries to Bibles, instant messaging such as BlackBerry Messenger, cross-platform messaging services such as WhatsApp, [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 12-2-2011
The Carrier IQ Privacy Debacle Carrier IQ is at the center of the latest privacy debacle in tech. There is a lot of outrage, misinformation, and pageview chasing surrounding the event. It started when a security researcher published a YouTube video of the Carrier IQ software accessing all types of personal information. This seems to [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 10-14-2011
Qwikster Quickly Quashed Remember that awesome (crazy?) idea that Netflix had so split their business in two? They were going to spin off the DVD-by-mail side of their business into a separate entity called Qwikster. They said “we realized that streaming and DVD by mail are becoming two quite different businesses, with very different cost [...]
Read MoreRIM Stares into Abyss as BlackBerry Blackout Spreads
When a few of BlackBerry’s European users started losing service earlier this week it was irritating for those affected, but the company was confident that things would be back to normal almost straight away. In the space of just a few days, however, the blackout has done precisely the opposite — and now that it [...]
Read MoreJamaican Tech Entrepreneur Launches BlackBerry App Shop PING
Jamaican tech entrepreneur Jerome Campbell, CEO of Jacx Technologies launched a new app for BlackBerry App World called Shop PING! Shop PING! is a BlackBerry Classifieds App for Jamaica that makes it easy for BlackBerry users to view and post classifieds listings such as: Auto, Real Estate, Employment, Phones, Services, Merchandise, and Events. This app makes [...]
Read MoreSouth Africa Wants Access To BBM Messages
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” And then times got worse, and worse, and worse. At least for RIM. After jumping through hoops for the Saudi Arabian government, and then doing the same in India, South Africa has decided to get in on the fun and ask for access to BBM messages. The [...]
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