38 posts and columns on Blackberry Messenger

AllThingsD Week in Review: BlackBerry’s Future and Predictions for Tech in 2014

in General on December 7, 2013 at 2:00 pm PT

The Top 10 stories that powered AllThingsD this week, in one convenient post.

At BlackBerry, a New Strategy Emerges

in Mobile on December 2, 2013 at 2:55 am PT

The dilapidated smartphone pioneer has inked a dozen deals that will see BBM preloaded on a bunch of Android handsets in emerging markets.

BlackBerry Racks Up 20 Million New BBM Users in a Week

in Mobile on October 30, 2013 at 5:00 am PT

Twenty million new users in a week is great, but what now?

BlackBerry Messenger for iOS and Android Is Here

in Mobile on October 21, 2013 at 1:26 pm PT

The struggling company’s messaging service finally goes cross-platform.

News Byte

Kik and BlackBerry Settle Patent Infringement Lawsuit

in Mobile on October 7, 2013 at 10:59 pm PT

Mobile messaging startup Kik Interactive said Monday that the three-year-old patent infringement case in which it was defending itself against BlackBerry was formally settled September 4. At the time of the lawsuit, Kik had just launched, after founder Ted Livingston had tried to pitch a similar idea while working at BlackBerry (then RIM). BlackBerry’s own Messenger product just finally went multi-platform when it launched on Android and iOS last month.

BlackBerry Messenger Hits Android and iOS This Weekend

in Mobile on September 18, 2013 at 11:58 am PT

BlackBerry Messenger finally goes cross-platform.

Voices

BlackBerry Weighs Messenger Spinoff

in Mobile on August 27, 2013 at 9:12 am PT

The move signals that BlackBerry is trying to position BBM as a valuable asset ahead of a potential sale.

Gist and Tungle Founders Bail on BlackBerry

in Mobile on July 10, 2013 at 7:09 pm PT

BlackBerry confirms that T.A. McCann and Marc Gingras resigned last month.

Yahoo Falls For Tumblr, Google I/O, and Bill Gates on Steve Jobs — 10 Things You Need to See on AllThingsD This Week

in News on May 18, 2013 at 12:42 pm PT

The week in AllThingsD, in one convenient post. You’re welcome!

BlackBerry Messenger on iPhone and Android: A Big Move Made Too Late?

in Mobile on May 14, 2013 at 8:15 am PT

At long last, BlackBerry is taking its popular messaging service cross-platform.

BlackBerry Wants to Send Money Over Messenger

in Mobile, February 26, 2013 at 8:13 am PT

BlackBerry Messenger Voice: It’s About Time

in Mobile, November 15, 2012 at 3:49 am PT

Saying Goodbye to Online Lurking

in Social, July 12, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Verizon Intros BlackBerry Curve 9310

Why Is RIM Hiring iOS App Developers?

in Mobile, March 22, 2012 at 10:05 am PT

What if RIM Farmed Out the BlackBerry Device Business?

in Mobile, January 20, 2012 at 4:15 am PT

Piling On: Beleaguered RIM Sued Over BBM Trademark (Updated)

in News, December 23, 2011 at 12:19 pm PT

We Wanted the BlackBerry Server in Indonesia, Not Singapore, You Idiots

in News, December 12, 2011 at 2:27 pm PT

Samsung Gets Its ChatON

in Mobile, October 18, 2011 at 4:40 pm PT

Kicked to the Curb by RIM, Messaging Start-Up Gets Last Laugh Amid Outage

in Mobile, October 13, 2011 at 3:55 am PT

Samsung Getting Its Chat On With Siloed IM Service

in Mobile, August 29, 2011 at 6:37 am PT

BlackBerry Launches Its $5 Music Service

in Media, August 25, 2011 at 4:48 am PT

BlackBerry Music: $5 a Month, 50 Songs

in Media, August 20, 2011 at 3:20 am PT

BlackBerry’s New Music Service Doesn’t Sound Like a Complete Disaster

in Media, August 19, 2011 at 7:30 am PT

RIM Develops Music Service for Phones

in Mobile, August 18, 2011 at 4:03 pm PT