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PineLake Communications on Porting Cubifice to BlackBerry 10

Milena H — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:41:05 +0000

When digital media company PineLake Communications® wanted to learn more about BlackBerry® 10 development, it developed a simple application on the Android™ platform and ported it to the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet and BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device. The company quickly learned that porting the app was not only a simple and straightforward process, but also that the visibility of their application on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet was far superior to any other platform. After enjoying measurable early success with their Cubifice® app, the company is looking forward to the official launch of the game on the BlackBerry 10 platform.

PineLake’s Creative Director, Bill Larocque, Cubifice lead developer, Dave Wagler and Associate Account Director, Liana Buenaventura Brown talked about the ease of porting the application, why it is important to develop for the BlackBerry platform and the importance of sharing the app with other BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device developers.

BlackBerry Academic Program Case Study: Dr. Christelle Scharff from Pace University on “Apps with Impact”

Christine B. — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:00:50 +0000

The BlackBerry Academic Program, sponsored by Research In Motion® (RIM®), provides free teaching resources – including free BlackBerry® hardware – to a variety of academic institutions around the world in order to help them deliver effective mobile education. One of these academic institutions is Pace University (Pace) in New York City, where Associate Professor Dr. Christelle Scharff is encouraging students to develop mobile apps that address real-world challenges.

Pace recognized the importance of mobile solutions early on, offering its “Mobile Development and Entrepreneurship” course beginning in 2008. Its mobile courses are built on the principle that what’s significant about mobile development is its potential to create useful tools that improve people’s lives both locally and globally. “In the different courses and projects offered at Pace,” says Dr. Scharff, “students worked on real world projects that impact the community.”

BlackBerry for Business group on LinkedIn

Hilary A. — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:46:41 +0000

(Originally posted on the Inside BlackBerry for Business Blog)

Hello BlackBerry® for Business Blog readers! We’re pleased to let you know we have expanded our social media presence with the launch of a new LinkedIn group. The BlackBerry® for Business group is the first official LinkedIn community from Research In Motion® (RIM®).

This community is an information and discussion hub for business users and decision makers. It’s a great venue to contribute best practices, advice, case studies and general knowledge as it relates to the BlackBerry platform in your industry. There will also be a good volume of discussion around the latest trends in mobility, computing and IT solutions.

The RIM team will be on hand to serve up discussion topics, add to the conversation and provide subject-matter expert’s opinions and answers where needed.

Join the BlackBerry for Business group today and invite your colleagues! We look forward to connecting with you and hearing what you have to say.