We’re here in sunny Orlando Florida for the BlackBerry Live conference. This is our biggest event of the year and promises to bring a lot of news, announcements, sessions and of course special guests. So, you’re probably wondering – “How can I stay on top of all the information?” Great news! There are a number of ways to stay connected and even follow the action live from wherever you’re tuning in.

We will be live streaming the General Session keynote on BlackBerryLive.com
Tuesday May, 14th 9:00am-11:00am

And the Keep Moving Experience produced by Alicia Keys
Tuesday May 14th, 7:30pm-8:30pm
The Keep Moving Experience produced by Alicia Keys promises an unprecedented night of musical and artistic collaboration with Miguel, Alabama Shakes, Maria Gadú, and Cedric Gervais!

Keep it locked to the Inside BlackBerry blogs because we’ll be bringing you all the action as it happens as well.

• Inside BlackBerry
• Inside BlackBerry for Business Blog
• Inside BlackBerry Developer Blog

Our social media properties are also a great set of resources for real-time information and updates. @BlackBerry will be live-tweeting providing news and updates as they happen. @BlackBerry4Biz will be a great resource for business related announcements and updates, and @BlackBerryDev will provide up-to-date information for developers.

We will also be posting updates throughout the day on our LinkedIn Company Page, and the BlackBerry for Business LinkedIn Group will be a great forum to join in on conversation.
You can also check out our blogs regularly for more in depth updates and information about the newest BlackBerry 10 features:

How to join the conversation

We also want to hear from you. Leave us your reaction BlackBerry Live in the comments below. If you’re tweeting, be sure to include the #BBLive and #BlackBerry10 hashtags. We’ll be back tomorrow with updates.

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If you’re currently developing for BlackBerry 10 or looking to get started, BlackBerry Jam Americas in Orlando, Florida is the place to be from May 14^th to May 16^th.  The session catalog and session scheduler are now live, and it’s jam packed (no pun intended) with over 60 sessions and more than 7 hands on labs.  But be sure to leave some wiggle room in your calendar, there’s still another 20 or so sessions and even more hands on labs yet to come!

Whether you develop in C/C++, HTML5, AIR, or Android, we’ve got sessions for you.  Whether you’re a newbie, a pro, a hobbyist, an enterprise developer, a game developer, a startup, or a professional development house… we’ve got sessions for you.  Whether you’ve just launched, you’re about to launch, in development, or just considering BlackBerry as a platform, we’ve got sessions for you.

A selection of what you’ll find:

• BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 Connection Service versus VPN… Fight!
• Lab: Android 201: Three Devices, One App! Developing for Tablet, All Touch and Physical Keyboard form factors
• Background Services – Event Driven Processing for your Application
• Lab: Adding a new Dimension to your BlackBerry Apps – Stereoscopic 3D (and other advanced applications for output to the HDMI display)
• Unity for BlackBerry 10
• Building for the Multi-Device Enterprise using Sencha
• The Ultimate Hybrid App, Native App Built with Web Technologies
• Demystifying NFC Payment
• Case Study: ESPN La Conexión

This year’s session catalogue offers more variety and diversity than ever.  Whether you prefer the traditional one hour session format or want to get some hands on time with the code in a 2 hour guided lab, come ready to learn, as we’ve got more content than ever before and loads of community speakers ready to share their lessons learned.  If that’s not enough for you, there will also be some bonus sessions running after hours where you can sit down face to face with our product managers and provide direct feedback on the tools and SDKs.

Check out the session catalog and plan your conference now!

The time has come to cast your ballots for the 2013 BlackBerry Achievement Awards! Using BlackBerry technology to help power innovation, the awards celebrate ideas coming to life. Everyone is encouraged to vote, so visit the website before April 15^th at 5pm ET to help us determine this year’s winners.  

A special category that is near and dear to our hearts is the App of the Year award. This year, Cine Hoyts Argentina, Cooklet, and PriceCheck Pty Ltd have been nominated as finalists. Make sure you check them out before voting for your favorites.

The full list of 2013 nominees is as follows:

App of the Year:

1. Cine Hoyts
2. Cooklet
3. PriceCheck Mobile

Putting Customers First:

1. ING DIRECT Canada
2. LoyaltyMatch Inc.
3. MMMOOO

Mobile Innovation of the Year:

1. DIRECTV Latin America
2. Mippin (Refresh Ltd.)
3. Waytag

Making the World a Better Place:

1. e-Cycle Solutions
2. Sussex Police
3. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB)

Entrepreneur of the Year

1. EducationApps Limited
2. Nobex Technologies
3. SkyPark Café

This year’s winners will be announced at BlackBerry Live in Orlando, Florida. The award recipients will receive a series of incentives for their participation. Prizes for first place include: travel and accommodations to BlackBerry Live 2013, conference passes, extensive BlackBerry training, BlackBerry 10 smartphones and more.

For more on the BlackBerry Achievement Awards and BlackBerry Live, make sure you visit our landing pages at http://www.blackberrylive.com/special-programs/achievement-awards/about and http://www.blackberrylive.com/ respectively.

Do you have a nominee that you’re rooting for? Let us know who your favorites are in the comments below!

The BlackBerry Live 2013 early bird registration price of $449.00 USD ends this Friday, March 22^nd. There isn’t a better opportunity this year you as a developer to make connections with mobile decision makers from around the world.

• Interested in enterprise app development? Meet Information Technology admins, execs, and developers from Fortune 500 companies
• Have an app that you know should be preloaded? Meet with wireless operators, dealers, retail partners at our Partner Showcase
• Talk up your app with internation press and financial analysts

If you’ve been to BlackBerry Jam Americas before, you know what to expect in the keynote and breakout sessions (and the tweetup too). Now that BlackBerry Jam Americas is part of BlackBerry Live, you have the added opportunity to meet with our retail, carrier, and enterprise partners – and gain added exposure for your apps.

Here’s a quick glimpse of what BlackBerry Live was like last year. Hope to see you in Orlando this May!

BlackBerry 10 has launched – but that doesn’t mean we’re standing still. In the spirit of our Keep Moving Project, BlackBerry Jam Americas is not just moving dates – but we’re moving cities too. BlackBerry Jam Americas is part of our BlackBerry Live conference happening May 14-16, 2013.

BlackBerry Live is all the amazing developer content you’ve come to expect – plus you’ll get to experience what we like to call “the big show”. We’ll be sharing the venue with enterprise developers, carrier partners, and more in Orlando  – showcasing the best that BlackBerry and our partners have to offer.

We’ll have more details on the session catalog, keynote and other exciting things soon – but make sure you register today!

Here’s your chance to get recognized! BlackBerry is now accepting developer nominations for the BlackBerry Achievement Awards.

The BlackBerry Achievement Awards (formerly the Wireless Achievement Awards) have been renamed to highlight the diverse BlackBerry community. These awards aim to recognize and reward exceptional developers, business leaders and entrepreneurs at the annual BlackBerry Live conference hosted in Orlando, Florida in May 2013.

With the rebranding of the BlackBerry Achievement Awards, a series of new award categories have also been introduced to make sure we recognize the wide variety of BlackBerry success stories.

Award categories include:

1. App of the Year
2. Putting Customers First
3. Mobile Innovation of the Year
4. Making the World a Better Place
5. Entrepreneur of the Year

To be considered for an award, nominations must be received by March 22, 2013.

Award recipients will receive a series of incentives for their participation. Prizes for first place award recipients include: travel and accommodations to BlackBerry Live 2013, conference passes, extensive BlackBerry training, BlackBerry 10 smartphones and more.

To read more about the BlackBerry Achievement Awards, recipient prizes and the selection process, please visit: http://www.blackberrylive.com/special-programs/achievement-awards

Check out the nomination page for more details or feel free to email achievementawards@blackberry.com