What Matters for BlackBerry is What Matters to Users

At this week's Computerworld Premier 100 conference in Tucson, I asked many of the IT leaders whether their companies will use the coming BlackBerry Z10 smartphone or its qwerty cousin, the Q10. I had done a review of the Z10 and found the underlying BlackBerry 10 OS to be very good. Based on my experience, I thought there might be some genuine interest.

Blackberry 10 Gets Its First Software Update

Despite only having been released a month ago, Blackberry announced on its blog that it already updated its software to version 10.0.10.85. While it’s really quite soon for a new version, it’s a good sign on the company’s part, which cites user feedback as its jumping off point for implementing the changes, five of which it pointed out on its blog as being the most significant.

RI Testing Ground for BlackBerry Money

The Canadian-based smartphone manufacturer, BlackBerry, has chosen Indonesia as a testing ground for its first-ever mobile money service, BlackBerry Messenger Money (BBM Money), which premiered in the country on Tuesday.

In a pilot project conducted in cooperation with Bank Permata, users will be able to transfer money to their contacts over the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service, executives of both companies said in interviews.