Category Archives: Community
Under The Microscope: The BlackBerry 10 WebWorks Experience Review
What is it like for developers to get started with the BlackBerry® WebWorks™ platform for the very first time? Well, we want to know. Questions like these are very important and the reasons why I and nine others from our team have gathered today to analyze and explore further. In the room today we have: Developer […]
Kicking The Tires of the BlackBerry 10 SDK Adobe AIR Beta 3 SDK
We have our team assembled here in Mississauga, Ontario ready to start experiencing what it is to be an AIR developer for BlackBerry® 10. We will be wearing the hats of a developer that uses Flash Builder, one that uses Powerflasher FDT, and one that has a game already built using Flash Professional and would […]
We’re Not Just Developer Relations, We’re Also Developers
At BlackBerry® Jam Americas 2012, we released the API feature complete versions of all four BlackBerry 10 SDKs: BlackBerry 10 Native SDK, BlackBerry® 10 WebWorks™, BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps, and BlackBerry SDK for Adobe AIR. Tim Neil also wrote a blog post which covered the updates to our roadmap and how you”ll see a gold candidate […]
Can you survive a 40-hour Hackathon?
Be a part of the first simultaneous Asia-Pacific-wide BlackBerry® hackathon! Hack your way through 40 hours of non-stop coding. From ideation to creation, together with our experts, make it all app-en to win cash, devices, trips and more. Indulge on an endless supply of food, drinks, activities and giveaways. Go head-to-head in ten major […]
The NFC Webinar Series
On October 4th at 10:00 AM EST, we kick off the first in a series of webinars on the subject of Near Field Communications (NFC). NFC is in the media a lot these days, but usually in the context of contact-less mobile payment solutions. Through our series of webinars, we plan to explain and demonstrate […]
Recognizing the Most Committed BlackBerry Developers
We’re extremely excited to let you know that we have just launched the BlackBerry® Elite program for our developer community. This is an exclusive program that recognizes, empowers and rewards our most influential and passionate BlackBerry developer advocates around the world. In the initial launch wave, we are inviting 100 developers from around to become […]
What motivates BlackBerry Devs? We want to know!
There was a boatload of great announcements and demos during the keynote presentation here at BlackBerry® Jam Americas. The one that stood out for me is our “10k Reasons to Believe” program. We know why we’re excited about BlackBerry® 10 – and we want to know what motivates you. Is it all about the choice […]
Special Opportunity – BlackBerry Jam Session
Here’s a guest post from Patrick Mollins – Ed. Next week is BlackBerry® Jam Americas in San Jose, California. All of us here at BlackBerry are super excited to share some amazing updates to our BlackBerry 10 frameworks, tools and APIs. BlackBerry Jam Americas is going to be one of the most exciting developer events […]
African mobile developers get a taste of BlackBerry 10 Jam in Nigeria and Kenya
Guest post from Georgina – Ed. Following the huge success of the BlackBerry® 10 Jam event in Cape Town, South Africa in July, Research In Motion® (RIM®) held a BlackBerry 10 ‘Mini’ Jam roadshow in Lagos, Nigeria at the CcHub and in Nairobi, Kenya at at the Ole Sereni Hotel in late August. BlackBerry continues […]
Asia Developer Groups buzzing this week!
It’s another busy week here for developers in the Asia Pacific region this week! We have not one, not two, but THREE groups putting on BlackBerry® Jam Sessions this week! Organized by Apstrak Studio, a partner in Thailand, BlackBerry Jam Sessions Thailand provides Thai developers in Bangkok and Chiangmai insights into app development for BlackBerry® […]
