RIP BlackBerry Messenger (As We Know It)
Emtek is finally shutting down the consumer version of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) on May 31. In a blog post, the…
Please Let Me Explain My BlackBerry
A week before CES, I finally pulled the trigger and swapped my SIM card from my sputtering iPhone 6S to a new BlackBerry…
Here Are All the Interesting Smartphones Announced at IFA 2018
Held in Berlin, Germany, IFA is a huge mashup of appliances, audio equipment, computers, and sausages, and unlike CES,…
Doubts About Amazon Prime, Westworld Finale, and Nazi UFO: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Do you ever get that feeling that someone is pulling a fast one on you? That’s the feeling we’re starting to get with…
The BlackBerry Key2 Makes Me Wish Physical Keyboards Weren't All But Dead
Chances are that if you’re reading this, there’s one smartphone feature you care more about than anything else. That’s…
FBI Recovered 731 Pages of Messages and Calls From Michael Cohen's BlackBerry
The FBI just got its hands on a whole lot of Michael Cohen’s encrypted communications. In a letter submitted Friday,…
BlackBerry Doesn't Care About the Mainstream Anymore, and That's For the Best
After sales peaked in 2009 with just over 20 percent market share, BlackBerry phones quickly became irrelevant. Then…
Facebook Is Trying to Kill Its New Privacy Scandal on a Technicality
Ever since the Cambridge Analytica scandal first broke in March, Facebook has been scrambling to change its policies…
BlackBerry Goes After Snapchat in Saddest Patent Lawsuit Ever
BlackBerry is gradually feeling out its new niche as a veritable patent troll. Following a complaint it filed against…
The FBI Busts Phantom Secure CEO for Allegedly Selling Encrypted Phones to Gangs, Drug Cartels
The FBI has arrested the owner of Phantom Secure, one of a number of phone companies that it claims sells customized…
Blackberry Accuses Facebook of Patent Infringement, Seeks Injunction That Could Shut It Down
After allegedly trying to hold discussions with Facebook for the past “several years,” BlackBerry finally decided to…
The New BlackBerry Motion Ditches the Keyboard
BlackBerry put an end to its long-simmering hardware misery and stopped designing new phones in 2016, opting to move…
Um, Kim Kardashian? I Think I Found Your New BlackBerry
Pardon me dear readers. Normally this space is reserved for missives to you, but I am positive you do not care about…
The Nostalgia Tech Trend Is Bad
At the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, we saw two formerly great smartphone brands—Nokia and BlackBerry—…
Sad BlackBerry Will Stop Designing Phones
It’s the end of an era. BlackBerry, a name once synonymous with high-end smartphones, will no longer make mobile…
Please, Won’t Someone Help Kim Kardashian West Find a New BlackBerry?
Today, Kim Kardashian West tweeted out a strangled cry for help.
Blackberry Gives Up
Blackberry has basically given up. The dusty old smartphone pioneer is releasing its second Android phone, even after…
The US Senate Will Finally Stop Using Blackberrys
Blackberry’s most loyal customer has always been the US government. But it looks like things are changing, for the…
Blackberry Thinks Tech Companies Should Comply With 'Reasonable Requests' From Cops
While Apple has been waging a very public battle, it turns out that Canadian police have been decrypting the messages…
Canada's Mounties Hold the Keys to Blackberry's Encryption
Blackberry—the financially floundering smartphone maker that prides itself on end-to-end encryption—may have finally…