Monthly Archives: January, 2013
Raising the Bar With the Built for BlackBerry Program
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it now – you ask, we listen. We’ve heard your concerns over the status of the Built for BlackBerry program and I want to address your questions and tell you what we’re going to do to make sure building for BlackBerry is an amazing experience. The first thing […]
New week, new challenge: ‘App of the Week’ is coming to EMEA
Guest post from Luca S. – Ed. Get your challenge hat on because the BlackBerry “App of the Week” has arrived! C++/Cascades? HTML5? Adobe AIR? Games? BBM Integration? We have got them all! Each week will see a new set of criteria that will kick off the challenge. Starting this Monday, January 21st at 3:00PM […]
$2 Million in Rewards Available for the BlackBerry 10 Last Chance Port-A-Thon
Here’s a guest post from Lou Gazzola – Ed. Last call for porting apps starts Jan 18th – Register now for the Last Chance Port-A-Thon! After staying up for 37.5 hours and working with some amazing developers to submit 15,060 apps, how do I reward myself? Obviously, by planning another port-a-thon this weekend! We’ve also […]
BlackBerry 10 Cascades MapView
Beyond any doubt, mapping is one of the most valued features. We get it! With that in mind, we committed to a rich set of mapping APIs for BlackBerry 10. Some of you may have already seen it in our API references for Cascades; some of you may have tried it and, more importantly, provided […]
BlackBerry Payment Services: Return of the Sandbox
By Sandbox.png: DaniDF1995 derivative work: Gregor Shapiro (Sandbox.png) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons If you are a developing for BlackBerry 10 and like the idea of making money, then you have likely implemented – or at least taken a look at – the BlackBerry Payment Service. It provides integration directly with BlackBerry World to allow […]
BlackBerry 10 Community and Android Port-A-Thon Recap
Here’s a recap of our BlackBerry 10 Community and Android Port-A-Thons from Lou Gazzola – Jesse This weekend during the BlackBerry Community & Android Port-A-Thons we witnessed something very special happen, something which can energize all our developer community! We had over 1,000 people around the globe come together for 37.5 hours and submit over […]
#Re-Hashed, Mon. January 14: Special Guest Alec Saunders! Las Vegas, CES, Launch, Port-a-thons!
Alex here with special guest Alec Saunders, VP of Developer Relations, coming to you from Las Vegas again! Check out this week’s video and the leap of faith that BlackBerry took last week! You won’t want to miss it! Click on the important links we discussed in this week’s #re-hashed video: SDK January refreshes for: […]
BlackBerry 10 Last Chance Port-A-Thon
Last call for porting apps - Register now for the Last Chance Port-A-Thon! When we decided to hold a series of Port-A-Thons to help our developer community port their apps over to BlackBerry 10 we had no idea how wildly successful they would be. This past weekend’s Port-A-Thons brought in more than 15,000 apps! It has […]
