BBM: Why to use only this App! – UTB Blogs

Whatsapp is the leading purveyor of metadata collection, a “cancer of mobile apps” perhaps. It has spread its tentacles far and wide and is making a mess of users’ privacy.WhatsApp also collects device-specific information when you install, access, or use their service — such as the model of your phone, its operating system, and information from your browser, IP address, and mobile network — including your phone number.Why should so much information be of interest to them? This goes against what they always claimed. That user privacy comes foremost.Please remember that their encryption protocol implementation is closed source; it’s proprietary. At any point in time, your messages can be easily seen by law enforcement. Who can collect it is a matter of debate but they are only interested in metadata which is more than enough to track any user. In fact, WhatsApp leaks your metadata like a sieve. Why do you want to stay invested in it?

Source: BBM: Why to use this app alone? – UTB Blogs

This Is The New BlackBerry by Mr Mobile!

Three things you need to know about the new BlackBerry: it’s at CES 2017; MrMobile went hands-on; and it’s so new it doesn’t have a name. Actually there are a few more details to be had (including the fact that this is almost certainly the “BlackBerry Mercury” all you QWERTY lovers have been whispering about for months) … but for the rest of the scoop, you’ll need to dive on in to MrMobile’s hands-on with the new BlackBerry!

BlackBerry DTEK70 lit up at the video for a few hours before the presentation – 4PDA

New renderings and official videos unannounced BlackBerry DTEK70, which is known under the code name of Mercury, flowed into the network shortly before the presentation at the CES 2017. The image shows the device in the black colors of the shell. On the front side of its appearance corresponds to what we’ve seen before, so most likely it will show today BlackBerry such a device. DTEK70 rear panel appeared for the first time. On the upper left side of it is a large unit of the main chamber, and the center – BlackBerry logo.

Source: BlackBerry DTEK70 lit up at the video for a few hours before the presentation – 4PDA

BlackBerry Android January Security Update Available NOW! 

BlackBerry is quick to roll out the first security update of the new year.Here we are three days in to the new year, and BlackBerry is already rolling out the January security update for Android powered BlackBerry devices.Owners of devices purchased through Shop BlackBerry should already have the update available. For the rest of us who purchased our devices through carriers, we will have to wait for our specific carriers to push the update to us.In a not from BlackBerry, “If your BlackBerry powered by Android smartphone does not have an up-to-date software build available, please contact your retailer or carrier directly for security maintenance release availability information.” I’d suggest to do this soon and do it often.Remind your carrier that the update is available and the only thing standing between that update and you is them. Remember, the world of mobile security is constantly moving, and having timely updates are integral to our device security.The latest update is dated January 5, 2017. To verify your version, head to Settings>About Phone. For information about the security fixes included in this update, click here.

Source: BlackBerry Android January Security Update Rolling Out – UTB Blogs

From Concept to Reality: BlackBerry-QNX’s Groundbreaking CES Tradition

The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been growing in importance for the automotive industry over the years. You can hardly fail to notice that this year, as in previous years, the big automakers vie for floor space and attention with the glut of big screen TVs and other consumer goods. As always, BlacBerry-QNX will be in the North Hall, proudly in the middle of the big automotive OEMs. At CES BlacBerry-QNX has an enviable history of bringing concept cars that rival anything on the show floor, with one important difference – ours are not pure flights of fancy, and we show technologies that will become realities in the near future.We started this trend back in 2010 with an LTE-connected Toyota Prius – 18 months before the first commercial LTE deployment in mid-2011. Working with Alcatel-Lucent to provide the experimental network, we demonstrated Google maps functionality with local search and an embedded Pandora radio app in a car for the first time. Connectivity is standard in many cars today, but in 2010 we demonstrated the future.

Source: QNX Auto Blog: CES Blog Series: From Concept to Reality: BlackBerry-QNX’s Groundbreaking CES Tradition

BlackBerry ‘Mercury’ could make its way to Verizon | CrackBerry.com

While TCL has already committed to telling us more about their BlackBerry plans at CES 2017, that certainly has not stopped the bits and pieces about the BlackBerry ‘Mercury’ from popping up unofficially. The latest comes by way of Roland Quandt, some of which has been floated about before, but some of which is certainly new information, such as a possible launch of the device on Verizon.In a stream of Tweets, Quandt notes the list of model variations for the ‘Mercury’ as well as claiming the device will come with a Snapdragon 625, a rumor floated about for a while now, but one he feels confident enough in confirming.

Source: BlackBerry ‘Mercury’ could make its way to Verizon | CrackBerry.com

While BlackBerry Offers A Complete Security Portfolio, Apple Offers Almost Nothing – UTB Blogs

While BlackBerry Offers A Complete Security Portfolio, Apple Offers Almost Nothing December 19, 2016 Canuckvoip 221 Views 0 Comments On the eve of BlackBerry’s Q3 fiscal results I’m reading the usual bears posting thinly veiled or blatantly negative articles on the company. One can only surmise that these attack pieces are meant to either bolster their position in stocks like AAPL, or to attempt to force a dip in BBRY. We shall see what happens to those shorts tomorrow, Tuesday Dec 20th 2016. What caught my eye was the amazing amount of people, mostly day traders and investors that are completely and utterly ignorant. Not only are they ignorant about what BlackBerry does, but they are ignorant about BlackBerry’s focus and direction.   Statement after statement is about how Apple’s iOS is the most secure mobile OS available, which I find to be frustratingly hilarious. When it is pointed out that iOS gets jailbroken within days of a new version coming out, what you get back is “iOS gets hacked because it’s popular”. Or how about “Security through obscurity is not security”. Even though nobody has ever rooted a BlackBerry 10 or BlackBerry Android device somehow it magically doesn’t matter. Absolutely amazingly myopic logic (or lack thereof). So I thought to myself  “What is the difference between these two companies?” I mean, why do Apple boosters actually think that what Apple offers is better/more secure than what BlackBerry offers? I decided to write it down.

Source: While BlackBerry Offers A Complete Security Portfolio, Apple Offers Almost Nothing – UTB Blogs

BlackBerry Rebrands their Enterprise apps – UTB Blogs

BlackBerry announces their new apps for enterprise. We all know BES or WatchDox but from today BlackBerry rebrands their names. The changes are here Good Work – BlackBerry Work Good Connect – BlackBerry Connect Good Access – BlackBerry Access Good Share – BlackBerry Share Good Notes – BlackBerry Notes WatchDox – BlackBerry Workspaces Docs to go – BlackBerry Docs to go BlackBerry Tasks Since BlackBerry acquired Good Technology they have had two kinds of Enterprise solutions, Good and BES12. From now on there is only one solution, BlackBerry have unified all their enterprise into one app called BlackBerry UEM Client that replaces BES12. So when you speak about BlackBerry servers, UEM is the new name. No more BES. BlackBerry have also released the new BlackBerry Work guide that will definitely make you want use some of these BlackBerry solutions.

Source: BlackBerry Rebrand their Enterprise apps – UTB Blogs

Blackberry Android QNX Hypervisor and More

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To say that BlackBerry is testing various implementations of Android on reference hardware, testing ARM, Exynos, Qualcomm and other SOC pairings to see how best to deliver their future hardware solutions, is not out of the realm of possibility. We’ve already seen BlackBerry (Secusmart) hardware and the Secusuite software portfolio ported to Android-based Samsung tablets with an IBM secure app container. To further tout the power of BES12, BlackBerry will likely make an incremental move and release Android-based devices.

However, if the implementation were to come by way of the QNX Hypervisor, which is a Type 1 hypervisor, it would function dissimilar to the Dalvik which is basically just an application running on BlackBerry 10 (Android Player). The hypervisor would allow a seamless and secure switch between the two environments, BlackBerry 10 and Android, and would, from a code perspective, be the closest to true compatibility and optimal performance.

Source: The Future of Android on BlackBerry