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Culture Design

Blackberry To Offer BBM as an App for iOS and Android Scheduled For Release Summer 2013

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According to news reports sourced from engadget.com which hit Facebook and other social media news feeds which were ignored by most who no longer are interested in Blackberry/RIM announcements regarding smart phones as they have moved on to alternative technologies Blackberry representative Thorsten Heins – announced last week during a BBLive seminar that:

“BBM is breaking out of its walled garden. Starting this summer, users running iOS 6 and Android ICS or higher will be able to download the BBM app for free and join in the messaging experience so highly curated by BlackBerry. Initially, however, only the messaging and group features will be accessible for outside users, but throughout the year, the company hopes to add BBM voice, BBM channels, screen sharing and video capabilities.”

according to engadget.com “You’ll have to hold tight for a more specific launch date, as Heins didn’t announce any concrete timing. But if you’ve waited for this news for years, what’s a few more months?.”

In what will come as welcome news to the few that still communicate via BBM this would allow the technological have’s using Android and iOS the opportunity to communicate with the have nots who are stuck on using Blackberries.

Special Thanks to O.A for the newsflash.

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Events

London Riots

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The disenchanted youth of today go on an access all areas shopping spree, looting, rioting and setting buildings a blaze. The wide spread looting of clothing and electrical stores was sparked by clusters of inner city youths who ran riot. Police and the Government have allowed the situation to escalate in such a way that following Saturday’s nights riots in North London leading on from police attacking a member of the community who demanded that questions surrounding the shooting of a local man by police were answered. The riots followed on from Tottenhan spread to Enfield, Wood Green and Hackney. Once footage of the looting of JD Sports, Currys, Spec Savers and HMV went viral other youths under privileged, socially deprived, pushed to the outside of society by the budget cuts and job losses, university graduates with no jobs, school kids on Summer holidays with no youth centre to go to as well as opportunists, joined forces to rob and loot. Despite polices efforts to deter clusters of unruly mobs, large scale riots, acts of theft, vandalism and arson cotinued. There has been talk of drafting in the army and the police are placing the blame on Blackberry messenger. The youths of today nonchalant and boisterous can be seen displaying their spoils on various social networking sites including twitter, facebook and pictures and videos of various different locations are appearing via bbm. Today is Day 4, Extra Police have been sent to London in an attempt to stop the London Riots, however last night Other urban areas reported under 18’s looting and vandalising shopping centres.

Vandalised area’s of London include: Croydon, Brixton, Camden, Tottenham, Enfield, Ealing, Old Kent Road…..

leaflet tells looters how to avoid police