Q&A: How This Canadian Hospital Executive is Using PRIV, BES12, and BlackBerry to Make His Smart Hospital Even Smarter

BlackBerry loves their healthcare ties just as much as their devices and software are loved back. This week, they sat down again with Mackenzie Health - an Ontario based healthcare provider that has been with BlackBerry for years, and seemingly plans on a continued partnership for years to come.

Check out Nick and Sara's interview with Richard Tam - Mackenzie's Executive VP and Chief Admin Officer:

Originally posted on Inside BlackBerry Blogs:

As our regular readers will no doubt notice, we’ve talked about Mackenzie Health ...

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BlackBerry Hires Katy Warren - Canada's Smartest Person

The winner of Canada’s Smartest Person has joined BlackBerry as a Hardware Engineering co-op student. Katy is now working with the IoT division on the new BlackBerry Radar Solution, an industry-leading secure device that provides trucking and transportation customers with real-time information about their trailer, chassis and container fleets.

Originally Posted On Inside BlackBerry:

Last year I had the honor and privilege of participating in a nationally televised competition called Canada’s Smartest Person, where I was lucky enough to win my episode and compete in the ...

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Wallpaper Wednesday

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 ...
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Rumour Roundup

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. It's been a while since out last post, so please be patient as we try and get things back in motion!

Rumour

Next BlackBerry to Support Hypervisor With OS11 + Android 7

Source

Forums, Random BBM Channel ...

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BlackBerry Partnership to Bring DTEK Smartphones to World’s Fastest-Growing Smartphone Market

BlackBerry announced a new partnership this week with leading telecom enterprise Optiemus Infracom, bringing their new DTEK series smartphones to the market across India.

The deal also includes the Priv and BlackBerry 10 powered Leap.

“India is a very important market for BlackBerry,” explained Alex Thurber, BlackBerry’s Senior Vice President of Global Device Sales, (above) during the official launch event in New Delhi on Monday. “[Our] partnership with Optiemus Infracom strengthens our network of key partners in India, and enables us to deliver ...

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Rumour Roundup

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. It's been a while since out last post, so please be patient as we try and get things back in motion!

Rumour

BlackBerry DTEK60 Available On The 25th

Source

Forums, Early (3rd Party) Retail Page

Confirmations

That ...

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BBM Warns of Phishing Scams

BlackBerry has always been known for their world-class security. However, there are always people trying to do the “unthinkable” and break through. Today, BlackBerry has pushed out a notification through BBM stating that people are “phishing” through the popular app. The company is warning people that they would never ask you for your passwords or email address. Have a look at the screenshot from my Priv.

 

Personally, I have not seen one of these messages yet. But am always weary whenever I see emails ...

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Mercury Shows up on Geek Bench

With all the talk around the pending DTEK60 (Argon) release, there has been little talk about the Mercury lately, that is until now. The Mercury has made another appearance online this week, showing up on Geekbench. Despite my/our initial knowledge of the device as I outlined in my article “Iconic BlackBerry Physical Keyboards Will Live On” it is now known that the Mercury will not have those “top-tier” specs as what was believed.

What is known now is that the Mercury will ...

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