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Welcome to BlackBerryCentral's Rumour Roundup!

Each Tuesday, we'll bring you the most interesting rumours in the BlackBerry community and let you know if there's any real supporting evidence. Devices, OS's, and more hot topics - it's your one-stop post to get the latest rumours.

Rumour

John Chen Part Of Recent Cuts

Source

Forums

Confirmations

Once you're done chuckling, head over to the link above and check it out for yourself. A non-sourced bit of info claiming that BlackBerry CEO John ...

Welcome to BBCentral's App Picks Of The Week!

Each week, we'll let you know all about our top 5 favourite BlackBerry 10 & Android apps, plus how to get them.

Have an app you'd like to suggest? Are you an app developer and would like to see your app here? Drop us a comment below and let us know what apps we should check out next!

This week, we're taking a look at:

     • Qubed

     • Cow ...

It appears that the workforce reductions are not over for BlackBerry after all.  There are multiple sources citing multiple reports that BlackBerry is set to cut 35% of its Waterloo-based staff.  This would be approximately 1,000 employees.  Additionally, it appears that the hardest cut section is coming to the BlackBerry 10 and Device development teams.  Ultimately, this has just added fuel to fire of the great “BlackBerry 10 dead or alive” debate which is running rampant throughout the community.

As ...

Welcome to BlackBerryCentral’s #ThrowbackThursday!

Each Thursday the BlackBerryCentral team will go back in the BlackBerry Chronicles to give you a glimpse of nostalgia. This will include device launches and announcements that made BlackBerry a household name and a superstar status.

This week we could not bypass a huge marker in BlackBerry’s history; the launch of BlackBerry 10 and, the Z10 and Q10. Back on 30 January 2012, BlackBerry held a launch event for BlackBerry 10, across six locations simultaneously: New York City, Johannesburg, Toronto, Paris ...

More users are reporting being able to record brief videos via the BBMC web portal - a feature announced nearly a year ago, that's finally begun functioning. The sub application within BBM has been long neglected by BlackBerry and demanded by the fan base for an update. While this feature is not on the app, it does appear in the web portal.

If you log into the BBM Channels web portal you should notice the icon in between the emoticon icon and add picture icon. This button ...

"We’ve got another great announcement for our fans at #TeamBlackBerry. As you know, last month we launched PRIV in The Netherlands, Italy, and Spain, France, and India, in addition to announcing full US carrier availability. It’s all part of our push to bring our first Android phone to as many of our fans as we can – and we’ve just taken another big step towards accomplishing just that.

Starting today, PRIV is now available in Australia through Optus for all consumers. Optus Business customers ...

Welcome to another Wallpaper Wednesday!

Each week, we'll bring you cool and popular wallpapers for all your BlackBerry devices. If you're a graphic artist, or photographer and would like your wallpaper shared - shoot us an email!

Here's how to download and install:

• Find the proper device / resolution wallpaper for your device
• Click the Download link
• Touch and hold on the image, selecting Save Image, or select Download in the top right corner
• Once downloaded, select the image in your downloads folder which should ...