Category Archives: Community
The Android Port-A-Thon for BlackBerry 10 is here!
After all of the excitement around the last two Port-A-Thon events we held, we have decided to do it again! Here it is – the exclusive Android Port-A-Thon for BlackBerry 10. Android developers you asked and we have responded; this is a dedicated event just for you. The Android Port-A-Thon for BlackBerry 10 will start at […]
BlackBerry Dev Tunisia – An Amazing BlackBerry Developer Group
I met Imed Amri at the BlackBerry booth at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. He is an engineer and professor at the Esprit engineering school in Tunis, Tunisia. He had strong interest in our upcoming BlackBerry 10 platform, with its focus towards Open Standards and Open Source. He appreciated our new developer commitment and expressed […]
Top 10 #BB10Believe Tweets of the Week (November 9-16)
With the announcement of the BlackBerry® 10 launch event date this past week, we gave you yet another reason to believe. We have received thousands of reasons up to this point and are looking forward to receiving many more! For a chance to be featured on next week’s blog post, tweet us your reason using […]
Top 10 #BB10Believe Tweets of the Week (November 5-9)
We’ve been overwhelmed with all of the amazing “Reasons to Believe” in BlackBerry® 10 that we saw on Twitter® this past week. We are well on our way to 10,000 reasons but still need your continued support to achieve this goal! If you haven’t already shared yours, or if you have a second or third […]
BlackBerry 10 Browser Meets Benchmark Standard for HTML5 Apps
Guest post from Matthew Staikos – Ed. Today, I am thrilled to tell you that the BlackBerry® 10 browser meets the Ringmark Ring 1 benchmark standard for HTML5 app compatibility. The browser team here at RIM has been working closely with the HTML5 experts at Facebook, who developed the Ringmark HTML5 test suite, to ensure […]
Top 10 #BB10Believe Tweets of the Week
On September 25th during the BlackBerry® Jam Americas keynote, Alec Saunders announced a new initiative called “Reasons to Believe”. This initiative has received great support by individuals who believe in the platform and want to develop for BlackBerry® 10. Every day, users submit their reasons to believe either through our online portal or through Twitter® […]
They Came, They Hacked, and They Believe!
Last weekend was a smashing weekend for developers in Asia Pacific – almost 500 developers in India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Philippines got together and hacked their way through Friday evening to Sunday morning! Yes, I am talking about BlackBerry® JamHack 2012, the first simultaneous Asia-Pacific-wide 40-hour BlackBerry hackathon. This weekend’s five simultaneous JamHack events were […]
BlackBerry Tech Center UK Opens its Doors to Developers
Guest post from Morgan Evans – Ed. Today, our UK office the opened its doors to developers with the grand opening of the first BlackBerry® Tech Center. Located in our Slough office, the BlackBerry Tech Center will be open weekdays from 9AM – 5PM, offering a dedicated workspace for developers looking to create applications for […]
NYC October 2012 Hackathon
New York City is the city that never sleeps, and next week will be no different! From Friday October 19th to Saturday October 20th, the New York City BlackBerry® Developers Group will be hosting a hackathon. Starting at 6:30 PM on Friday and running through to 5:30 PM on Saturday night, local NYC developers are […]
