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The First BlackBerry Jam Sessions Hackathon Kicks Off in Brazil

Veronica O — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:22:31 +0000

On August 25th, an event of particular awesomeness happened in Recife, Brasil — the inaugural BlackBerry® Jam Sessions Hackathon. Fuelled by pizza and energy drinks, over 80 developers had 10 hours to create their apps for BlackBerry® 10, using HTML, C++, Cascades™, Adobe® AIR® or Java®/Android™. Once the dust had settled 10 hours later, there were 16 apps ready to be showcased, as well as many happy and satisfied developers.

Our very own Demian Borba was on the scene, and captured some great photos to boot. Check out his recap of the event, and while you’re at it, have a look at the BlackBerry Jam Sessions calendar to see if one will be happening in a town near you.

Last but not least, LATAM here we go!

demianborba — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:13:29 +0000

Here’s a post from our Argentina based Developer Evangelist, Bryan Tafel - Demian

After three regions, 20 cities and hundreds of face to face meetings with developers all around the world, it’s Latin America’s time to shine (and it’s time to eat ‘asado’, ‘tacos’ and ‘queijo na brasa’).

Three cities will be hosting the BlackBerry® 10 Jam World Tour in Latin America. We are so excited about coming to this region, since developers here have shown an outstanding dedication to the platform and have been the focus of many of the success stories that we have shared around the world!

We are bringing the excitement of BlackBerry 10 to you. Come learn about what BlackBerry 10 means to you and to your users, and see the amazing tools and news we have. We listen and we care about you. We are committed.

So, ‘estimados’ friends of Latin America, please be ready to receive the tour during these dates:

Registration is now open! And if you think this is it… I’m happy to say you are wrong! We have already planned more than a dozen events for the next quarter around Latin America, so stay tuned!

BlackBerry Developer Group Meetings – Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Boston and Edmonton

Paul C. — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:31:18 +0000

As mentioned in my earlier BlackBerry® Developer Groups post, September is an exciting month with numerous BlackBerry Developer Groups around the world holding meetups! Now that Chicago, Zurich and Tel Aviv have had their meetings, there are three more groups meeting in the second half of September.

The Brazilian BlackBerry Developer group meets in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo every second Wednesday of each month, and the next meetings are as follows:

Sao Paulo:

Where: Restaurante América, Av. Paulista

When: September 14 (tonight!), 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM

Rio de Janeiro:

Where: Terraneo Bar – Marriott Hotel Rio de Janeiro, Av. Atlântica, 2600

When: September 16, 6:30PM to 9:00 PM

Discussions will revolve around the most recent announcements in the industry, including the BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 smartphone running BlackBerry® 6 and a preview of the activities at BlackBerry® DEVCON 2010 in San Francisco.

The Edmonton BlackBerry Developers Group will be meeting on September 15th at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, with special guest speaker Mike Kirkup, Director of Developer Relations from Research In Motion® (RIM). Mike will be presenting his insights on BlackBerry app development. There will also be a draw for a free BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone!

Finally, the New England BlackBerry Developer’s Group is holding its fourth meeting at the Boston Marriott Cambridge on September 21st. The agenda has not yet been finalized, but some potential topics of discussion include: optimizing performance and memory usage, BlackBerry JDE tips & tricks, BlackBerry shared libraries and open source, and advanced UI tricks.

We invite you to start a new group if one doesn’t already exist in your area! Are you planning on attending any of these meetings?