Emtek is finally shutting down the consumer version of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) on May 31. In a blog post, the company said that “users have moved on to other platforms” and that it was “sad to say ...

Remember BlackBerry Messenger? Well, its consumer version is scheduled to shut down on May 31. Emtek, the company running over the BBM app since 2016, has announced that it will end support for the ...

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UPDATE: There are some screenshots of BBM for Android at the bottom of this post. By now you’re probably already aware that BlackBerry Messenger is coming to Android and iOS this summer, but ...

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It's the end of an era in the history of instant messaging. BlackBerry Messenger has been shut down. If you can remember a world without an iPhone in it, you'll likely remember ...

Emtek, the company BlackBerry partnered with in 2016, announced today that it will officially shut down the consumer version of BlackBerry Messenger next month. A new messaging app for iOS users to ...

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Today, Emtek pulls the plug on BlackBerry Messenger. The company announced last month that it would shut down the consumer service, which has been steadily losing users and failing to attract new ones ...

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