Blackberry Messenger


Don’t shoot the Blackberry Messenger, but it’s key in the London riots

London is burning and while Twitter and Facebook have played a part in decimating information, the message chat service Blackberry Messenger — a free chat service on Blackberry phones — is proving the most significant social media for rioters.

Ping! sends a shake-up message to nervous telcos

An application released last week for Apple’s iPhone, which gives users the ability to circumvent the carriers to send SMSs, will be making our large phone companies a little bit nervous,