Saturday, September 21, 2013

BlackBerry readies BBM messaging app for Android, Apple

<p>BlackBerry will this weekend take a historic fork in the road as it makes what was once its distinguishing application, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), available for download to Android and Apple smartphone users.</p><p>Announced as an intention several weeks ago, Android 4.x users are expected to get access to the app on September 21 from Google's Play, followed 12 hours later for iPhone users from Apple's App Store.</p><p>[ Security expert Roger A. Grimes offers a guided tour of the latest threats and explains what you can do to stop them in "Fight Today's Malware," InfoWorld's Shop Talk video. | Keep up with key security issues with InfoWorld's Security Adviser blog and Security Central newsletter. ]</p><p>The move is an extraordinary moment for Blackberry and given that BBM messaging will be free also between users running the app, potentially disruptive for the mobile market as a whole if it can grab new users. There are currently no plans for a Windows Phone app.</p><p><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/blackberry-readies-bbm-messaging-app-android-apple-227228">Keep reading...</a></p>

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