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For those unfamiliar with BBM Channels, you could almost think of them as being somewhat similar to Facebook Pages, where individuals or companies can setup Channels that BBM users can subscribe to. Given BBM’s userbase, that’s a lot of potential users that companies could get access to and keep up to date via Channel Updates and more.

So with the release of BBM for iOS and Android, has this impacted Channels? Well it turns out that it did. In fact it seems that Channel subscribers for certain brands have actually doubled since the release of the cross-platform version of BBM. (more…)

BBM Channel Subscriptions Doubled After Cross-Platform Release original content from Ubergizmo.

As we reported the other day, BlackBerry appeared to be testing a beta for their BBM Android app that would introduce ads into the messaging service. Based on the description, it sounded like the ads weren’t intrusive as they would appear as Channel Updates.

This is versus more intrusive ads found in free games and apps where banners might appear at the top of the app or have a full popup ad display every now and then. The good news is that if you were worried that this could happen, you can rest assured as Jeff Gadway of BlackBerry posted on the BlackBerry blog detailing how BBM’s ads will work. (more…)

BlackBerry Explains Ads For BBM original content from Ubergizmo.

BBM or BlackBerry Messenger has been in the news quite a lot recently. Ever since it was opened up to Android and iOS last year, the messaging service has added millions of new users as well a handful of new features. Only recently BBM v2.0 was released which brought location sharing and more. The company has now detailed what the next major update is going to bring, users can once again expect multiple new features from the next release of BlackBerry Messenger.

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BBM Update To Bring Several New Features original content from Ubergizmo.

BBM for desktop? Now where have we heard that before? Our readers might recall that it was only a few days ago that BlackBerry’s CEO, John Chen, expressed the company’s interest in potentially moving BBM beyond handsets. This has led to speculation that BlackBerry could be thinking about moving BBM onto desktops.

This is actually not the first time the concept has been proposed, but unfortunately BBM chief, John Sims, poured cold water onto the idea when he revealed that moving BBM onto the desktop is something that the company is not focusing on at the moment. (more…)

BBM For The Desktop Might Not Be Arriving Anytime Soon original content from Ubergizmo.

In an interview with CNBC earlier today, BlackBerry CEO John Chen remarked that he would sell BlackBerry Messenger if someone came to him with a $19 billion offer, he’d “definitely sell,” and “recommend the board to take it.” Before people start flaming him out, its not that Chen was touting some absurd valuation of BBM which we all know isn’t worth $19 billion, BlackBerry’s entire market cap sits just above $5 billion. The $19 billion figure has been raising eyebrows recently because that’s what Facebook paid for WhatsApp.

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BlackBerry CEO Says He’d Sell BBM If Someone Offered $19 Billion original content from Ubergizmo.