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BlackBerry ‘Venice’ leaks again with live images, more spec news

BlackBerry’s upcoming slider smartphone is fast becoming tech’s worst kept secret of the year (nope, not even the iPhone 6S really comes close) and…

BlackBerry’s Android-powered smartphone GIFs leak on Twitter

We love a good GIF, and even more so when its of BlackBerry‘s purported Android phone. That’s right, the BlackBerry Venice has been spotted…

BlackBerry Leap finally arrives in South Africa

BlackBerry has announced the availability of its next touchscreen smartphone in South Africa — the BlackBerry Leap. The phone is the company’s latest contender…

BlackBerry Classic review: expensive nostalgia

Ah BlackBerry. Probably the most misunderstood technology companies on the planet was once a tour de force on the mobile device world stage. Since…

Unboxing the BlackBerry Classic [Video]

We’ve been using the BlackBerry Classic now for over two weeks, and it’s a bag of mixed nuts. Cashews and pistachios though. Clearly BlackBerry…

BlackBerry ‘Slider’ announced at MWC 2015, alongside ‘Leap’

BlackBerry has been lurking around MWC for the past few days now, without revealing so much as a new partnership with Samsung on the…

BlackBerry 10.3.1 brings Assistant, Blend and Android app support [update]

Update: The full device list that will receive the BlackBerry’s latest OS update has been outed, and includes the following devices: BlackBerry Passport, Z30,…

BlackBerry Passport the ‘IMAX of productivity’ says ever-hopeful company

BlackBerry may be onto something square, according to company blog Inside BlackBerry. The company, which has long since been scrubbed from relevancy, is hoping…

Blackberry phones gain Amazon’s Android app store with BB 10.3 OS launch

BlackBerry sealed a deal with Amazon on Wednesday that will allow its mobile device users to access the online retail giant’s Android app store….

BlackBerry launches $200 Z3 ‘Jakarta Edition’ for Indonesia

BlackBerry is launching its latest smartphone this week. The Z3, also called the Jakarta Edition, is a sub-US$200 smartphone designed specifically with the Indonesian…

BlackBerry launches Q20 flagship with ‘classic’ keyboard

BlackBerry unveiled the Q20 at the Mobile World Congress in Spain this week, sticking to its guns of bringing us another “classic” QWERTY smartphone….

T-Mobile stabs BlackBerry in the back with iPhone 5s trade in offer

Use your rusty old BlackBerry as down payment for a shiny new powerful iPhone 5s. That’s what the US telecom giant T-Mobile was hoping…

BBM update brings Voice, chat Channels to iOS, Android and BlackBerry

BlackBerry Messenger’s getting a nifty update today in the form of BBM Voice and Channels: Voice will let BBM users talk to each other…

BlackBerry OS 10.2.1 update is a big deal, adds radio

Today, BlackBerry’s rolling out OS 10.2.1 with “hundreds of new enhancements and refinements”. While the embattled company says the update is live, none of…

BlackBerry Z30 review: flagship down

For a while now, I’ve been struggling to enjoy BlackBerry’s latest smartphone, the 5-inch Z30, its “phablet” version of the Z10 (a phone I…

Goodbye iPhone, hello BlackBerry: my week with the Z10

The day my iPhone left me, it rained. I appreciated the dramatic emphasis provided by the storm outside as I stood clutching the phone’s…

BBM for Android to be preinstalled on new smartphones in Africa, Middle East

Much to the surprise of… no one, BBM will soon come as a pre-installed app on “a variety” of Android phones, said BlackBerry. BBM…

RIM shot? BlackBerry 10 OS update may get Play Store [Update: it’s not]

Update: Google Play store is not coming to BlackBerry 10 OS. A representative from BlackBerry confirms the bad news: “I can confirm that there…

BlackBerry 9720 review: too little, too late

While both the Q5 and 9720 look the same to a layman (as opposed to BlackBerry fans), the 9720 sets you back R2 600…

BBM for Android and iOS review: robust chat made the BlackBerry way

I waited a long time for this, and it’s here, but was it worth the endless delays? BBM for Android and iOS is exactly…

Here’s the new BlackBerry Z30 with BB OS 10.2

BlackBerry’s just announced the Z30, a 5″ touchscreen smartphone which has the “biggest ever” screen yet, for a BlackBerry. It also launches with BlackBerry…

Have a look at BBM for Android [beta] in this video

BlackBerry Messenger for Android is coming real soon and today has been captured on video, first posted by BlackBerryOS. If this is the beta…

BlackBerry Q10 review: the smartphone grows up

I dislike BlackBerrys. But I like the Q10. It’s a fresh take on the old Curves and Bolds, with a touchscreen thrown in for…

Epson Survey Reveals Surge in Demand for Projectors as Home Cinema Trend Takes Off

Opera Mini Brings Free AI to South Africa, Tackling Data Costs and Boosting Digital Inclusion

HONOR X7c: Does This Budget Beast Deliver on Battery and That 108MP Camera?

Umvuzo Health Turns 21 with a Tech-Driven Medtech Model That’s Redefining Corporate Healthcare

Kazang Brings Card Payments to Spaza Shops, Driving Fintech-Fuelled Financial Inclusion

Flutterwave Launches Accelerate Workshop to Upskill Young Africans in Tech

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

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