Jason Kenney—Canada’s Minister for Citizenship and Immigration—today commented on the looming ban on BlackBerry smartphones in India that is set to go into effect near the end of October. Research In Motion (RIM)—the maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone—is a Canadian company. So why is a top Canadian immigration official commenting on a legal and ...

Users all over North America are reporting that their BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) is currently offline. Apps cannot connect to the internet and web browsing is offline for many users. There seems to currently be no clear pattern, but numerous users all over the United States and Canada are filling up message boards. Unlike other smartphones, ...

A couple of weeks ago, we reported that Pakistan had blocked the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS). Well, the service is still blocked and now India has given Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), Google, and Skype an ultimatum: give us backdoor access into users data or we will throw you out of the country. The real ...

Reports are coming in that Research In Motion Ltd.’s (RIM) BlackBerry Internet Service has already updated to version 3.1, and new icons and features are currently being pushed to devices. While the update is still rolling out, it allows you to synchronize your Yahoo! Contacts to your phone. However, Windows Live Hotmail synchronization support is ...