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  • BBM Aka BlackBerry Messenger to Shut Down in Might, however BBM Enterprise Turns into Obtainable to Particular person Customers

    BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is shutting down. Emtek, an Indonesia-based firm which had taken over the event of BBM shopper model in 2016, on Thursday introduced that it is going to be winding down the messaging service on Might 31, 2019. In mild of Emtek’s announcement, BlackBerry has acknowledged it’s releasing BBM Enterprise (BBMe) for the person customers. The Android model of the BBMe is already accessible for obtain, whereas the iOS model shall be coming quickly. BlackBerry Messenger as soon as was once one of the in style messaging apps in world and a key function of the BlackBerry units. It was later launched on Android and iOS platforms, however its recognition dwindled as competing chat apps like WhatsApp and Fb Messenger gained momentum.

    Emtek blamed the issue of bringing new customers to BBM as one of many the reason why it’s closing down the service. BlackBerry Messenger will proceed to stay useful as much as Might 31, after which the app will stop to function.

    “Three years in the past, we got down to reinvigorate BBM shopper service, one of the beloved on the spot messaging functions, as a cross-platform service the place customers cannot solely chat and share life experiences, but in addition eat content material and use cost providers,” Emtek wrote in a weblog submit. “The expertise business nonetheless, could be very fluid, and despite our substantial efforts, customers have moved on to different platforms, whereas new customers proved tough to signal on.”

    You will need to be aware right here that BBOS or BlackBerry 10 customers will stay unaffected as BlackBerry continues to handle BBM for the platform, however they will not be capable to ship and obtain messages from BBM for Android/ iOS customers after Emtek shuts the app down.

    In the meantime, following Emtek’s choice, BlackBerry has determined to step in, and the corporate revealed in a press launch that it’s bringing BBM Enterprise to the person customers. The service was earlier restricted to the corporate’s enterprise clients. BBMe is now available as a free obtain from Google Play Retailer and it is going to be coming to Apple App Retailer quickly.

    BBMe Screenshots Play store BBMe

    BBMe comes with built-in enterprise-grade end-to-end encryption
    Photograph Credit score: Google Play Retailer/ BlackBerry

    In response to BlackBerry, BBMe shall be free to make use of for the primary , following which the customers must purchase a six-month subscription at $2.49 (roughly Rs. 170). On condition that BBMe consists of built-in enterprise-grade end-to-end encryption, which isn’t accessible in BBM shopper model, the subscription could also be price value for avid BBM customers.

    “This choice [to release BBMe for individual users] was made out of BlackBerry’s respect for loyal BBM customers and was not a contractual obligation,” BlackBerry mentioned in an announcement.

  • BlackBerry Sues Fb, WhatsApp, Instagram Over BBM Patent Infringement

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    BlackBerry on Tuesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit in opposition to Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, arguing that they copied expertise and options from BlackBerry Messenger.

    Litigation over patent infringement is a part of BlackBerry Chief Government John Chen’s technique for earning money for the corporate, which has misplaced market share within the smartphone promote it as soon as dominated.

    “Defendants created cell messaging functions that co-opt BlackBerry’s improvements, utilizing numerous the revolutionary safety, person interface, and performance enhancing options,” Canada-based BlackBerry mentioned in a submitting with a Los Angeles federal courtroom.

    “Defending shareholder property and mental property is the job of each CEO,” BlackBerry spokeswoman Sarah McKinney mentioned in an e-mail. Nevertheless, she famous that litigation was “not central to BlackBerry’s technique.”

    The lawsuit adopted years of negotiation and BlackBerry has an obligation to shareholders to pursue applicable authorized cures, she added.

    Fb Deputy Basic Counsel Paul Grewal mentioned in a press release that the corporate meant to combat the lawsuit.

    “Blackberry’s swimsuit sadly displays the present state of its messaging enterprise,” Grewal mentioned. “Having deserted its efforts to innovate, Blackberry is now seeking to tax the innovation of others.”

    BlackBerry is making an attempt to steer different corporations to pay licencing royalties to make use of its trove of greater than 40,000 international patents on expertise together with working programs, networking infrastructure, acoustics, messaging, automotive subsystems, cyber-security and wi-fi communications.

    BlackBerry can also be promoting cyber-security software program for self-driving automobiles.

    BlackBerry sued Nokia Corp in February 2017, alleging infringement of patents referring to 3G and 4G wi-fi communications expertise. That case remains to be pending in federal courtroom in Delaware.

    Final yr Qualcomm Inc agreed to pay BlackBerry $940 million (roughly Rs. 6,100 crores) to resolve arbitration over royalty funds.

    In October 2017 BlackBerry introduced a confidential settlement with Blu Merchandise, a Florida-based maker of low-cost cell units it had additionally sued for patent infringement.

    © Thomson Reuters 2018

  • Uber Ties Up With BBM Messenger on Trip Reserving

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    Uber Technologies stated on Monday it has joined forces with BBM Messenger to permit customers world wide, together with within the utility’s largest market of Indonesia, to ebook rides through the messenger service.

    The partnership settlement is with Inventive Media Works, working as BBM Messenger, the corporate stated in an announcement.

    “With this partnership, BBM customers can shortly request an Uber experience through BBM regardless of variations in high quality of location, community pace, or system options,” said Chan Park, Uber’s normal supervisor in Southeast Asia.

    The settlement implies that BBM Messenger customers, together with each Android and iOS customers, can ebook an Uber experience with out leaving the BBM app, or being required to have a stand-alone Uber app on their cellphone, the corporate stated.

    Inventive Media works is a unit of Indonesian media group PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tbk. The corporate operates the worldwide BBM shopper messaging and social networking platform below a licence from BlackBerry Restricted.

    © Thomson Reuters 2017