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To learn more about Gwava, head over to www.gwava.com. How does your business use tech solutions to meet regulatory compliance and maintain disaster recovery and prevention? Share in the comments below.

Check out the video below for a quick recap of the week and a list of links for you to dive deeper into all of the info:

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Learn more about the news and announcements at BlackBerry Live 2013:

• harmon.ie Office 365 and SharePoint client launched for BlackBerry 10 smartphones
• Michael Hicks shared how governments can leverage existing investments while upgrading to BlackBerry 10 and BES 10
• We interviewed Michael K. Brown on how BlackBerry security is evolving
• Check out highlights of Government Day at BlackBerry Live 2013
• Learn more about the new BlackBerry Q5 smartphone
• Download the new BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 version 10.1
• Follow brands and communities with BBM Channels
• Enterprise Instant Messaging 3.0 launched for BlackBerry 10 smartphones
• We broadcasted LIVE from the social media studio with guests Jeff Holleran and Gregg Ostrowski
• Take a virtual tour of the BlackBerry Booth in the Showcase
• SAP brought new mobile finance apps to the BlackBerry 10 platform
• We rounded up business and productivity apps that are on the way to BlackBerry 10
• Learn how to update from BES 4, 5, or 10 to BES 10 version 10.1
• The winners of this year’s BlackBerry Achievement Awards were announced
• See how attendees reacted to all of the news in the keynote general session
• The Co-Founder and CEO of Harmon.ie shared a demo of the new SharePoint and Office 365 app for BlackBerry 10

Lastly, here’s a quick BlackBerry Live 2013 overview video from Donny over on the Inside BlackBerry Blog:

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We hope that you had as much fun as we did, and we can’t wait to connect with you to discuss all of these news and announcements on LinkedIn, Twitter, Spiceworks, and of course the Inside BlackBerry for Business Blog. What was the highlight of your time at BlackBerry Live 2013, or of the news and announcements from the conference? Share in the comments below.

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See more feedback on BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 and BlackBerry 10, or leave some of your own on LinkedIn.

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To learn more, head over to www.harmon.ie.

There’s always significant anticipation for the BlackBerry Live keynote general session , and this year was no different as attendees, partners, customers, and developers were able to experience the vision for the future here at BlackBerry. App launches (including Skype for BlackBerry Z10 smartphones!), game demos, the launch of BBM Channels, a reinforced commitment to enterprise with an update of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, the 10.1 software update for the BlackBerry Z10, a new entry-level BlackBerry 10 smartphone coming for select emerging markets, and the future of mobile computing stacked together to pack one serious punch.

We hit the floor of the Marriott World Center to get reactions from attendees on all of the news, launches, vision, and announcements. Check out the video below for details:

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The most exciting element for me was all of the discussion around mobile computing. As a bit of a technology geek, I can’t wait to see what the future has in store. What was your favorite part of the keynote general session? Share in the comments below.

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If you missed the keynote general sessions, you can replay the full videos for BlackBerry Live and BlackBerry Jam and their respective web sites.

Make sure that you check out the daily specials in the BlackBerry Store, including HS250 Bluetooth headsets, and microfiber pockets for BlackBerry Z10 smartphones.

What are you most looking forward to today? Share in the comments below.

The BlackBerry Achievement Awards are presented to organizations that are doing business in new and innovative ways with BlackBerry products and services. The awards were classified into five categories: App of the Year, Putting Customers First, Mobile Innovation of the Year, Making the World a Better Place, and Entrepreneur of the Year. We’re super excited to announce this year’s winners!

App of the Year winner: PriceCheck Pty Ltd.

PriceCheck Mobile for BlackBerry 10 takes shopping to a whole new level by using a BlackBerry 10 smartphone to do the legwork and price comparisons, so customers don’t have to be near a computer or store. The app accesses pricing for more than 30 million products on sale through the Internet and online stores in South Africa. Built using HTML5 and JavaScript® source code, the app is wrapped with Cascades™ and uses some feature plug-ins.

Putting Customers First winner: ING DIRECT Canada

ING DIRECT offers today’s financially conscious customers a unique mobile banking experience on their BlackBerry 10 smartphones. As well as making it convenient and secure to conduct transactions, the app focuses on increasing savings with “Orange Alerts” that push notifications to the BlackBerry® Hub when balances reach pre-determined levels. Other features such as “Small Sacrifices” encourage positive decisions about saving and financial information by sharing info through Facebook®, Twitter®, BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) and YouTube®.

Mobile Innovation of the Year winner: DIRECTV

As a large satellite TV provider in Latin America and the Caribbean, DIRECTV makes customer service for their five million customers a priority. Their app for BlackBerry smartphones will allow their 4,000 technicians to manage an entire service call and work order process from their phones, and supports Bluetooth® technology to validate and adjust satellite signal strength. The app is helping DIRECTV improve customer satisfaction, reduce paperwork and technical calls, as well as decrease return visits to customer homes.

Making the World a Better Place winner: e-Cycle LLC

e-Cycle LLC has a simple, but meaningful mandate: offer enterprises a way to retire millions of mobile devices responsibly, by protecting data security, preserving the environment, and generating buyback revenue. As a recipient of e-Stewards® certification, e-Cycle is on the frontline of ensuring that harmful, toxic chemicals from mobile devices are not sent to landfills but are instead recycled safely. Their buyback program reimburses costs for devices that can have more value in the market, which offsets the costs of a company upgrading to new devices.

Entrepreneur of the Year winner: Nobex Technologies Inc

Many BlackBerry enthusiasts are familiar with Nobex Technologies’ innovative mobile app that allows people to listen radio stations on the go and share the experience and chat with friends through BBM. Nobex Radio for BlackBerry 10 continues its inventiveness with a newly designed app. It adds podcast functionality that allows people to search and subscribe to thousands of podcasts, with notifications sent to the BlackBerry Hub when new episodes are available.

Take a look below to find out about what we saw, and what is soon to be released on BlackBerry 10.

harmon.ie BlackBerry 10 Edition

harmon.ie for BlackBerry 10 enables secure mobile collaboration for BlackBerry 10 business users. This allows users to use full-featured SharePoint on-premise and Office 365 Apps across desktop and mobile. By providing fully functional, secure connectivity and offline document access, you can keep work moving from your BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

Gwava’s Retain™ for BlackBerry Unified Archiving

At BlackBerry Live this week, Gwava has announced the availability of its Retain Unified Archiving solution for BlackBerry 10 smartphones. Gwava’s Retain for BlackBerry provides unified message archiving, eDiscovery, and publishing for organizations looking for a mobile archiving solution for organizational or regulatory compliance.

This solution enables organizations to archive email and social messaging into one unified location. All messages are securely stored in a single database and can be easily accessed through the Retain web access archive viewer.

Skype

We’re happy to announce that Skype is available for the newly launched BlackBerry Q10 as well as BlackBerry Z10 smartphones. Skype is an excellent tool to use both for business communication as well as to stay in touch with family and friends.

While you’re on the go with your BlackBerry smartphone and the Skype app, you’ll enjoy the ability to have:

• Free face to face video and voice calls
• Instant messages
• low cost voice calls and text messages to landlines and mobiles over WiFi® or wireless network connections.

BoxTone Mobile Service Management

This week at BlackBerry Live BoxTone announced support for BlackBerry 10. BoxTone’s Mobile Service Management platform enables organizations to proactively monitor and support their end-to-end mobile environment. BoxTone delivers the control IT needs, supportability users demand and reliability the business requires for wide-scale, mission-critical mobile deployments.

The below applications were shown around BlackBerry Live, but have yet to be officially released. Keep your eye on BlackBerry World in the near future to get your hands on these quality apps.

HP ePrint

This week HP was showing off the Hp ePrint app for BlackBerry 10, giving you the ability to wirelessly print from your BlackBerry smartphone to any connected ePrint enabled printer. These print stations can be at your home, in the office or “on-the-go”. There are now 30,000 HP Public Print Locations at partners like FedEx Office, The UPS Store in addition to airports and hotels. This lets you easily print your digital content to your HP Printer via the Cloud or secure business network. This app will be available in BlackBerry World very shortly!

Reuters Eikon

Thomson Reuters Eikon is designed to provide a powerful and intuitive next-generation solution for you to consume real-time and historical data, connect with the financial markets community and execute financial markets transactions. In summer 2013 Thomson Reuters Eikon will be delivered on BlackBerry 10 and fully integrated into the core OS features for a smooth user experience. You will be able to set custom alerts for market data and automatically sync news with your desktop. There are plans for a new dashboard for BlackBerry that will make finding the news and quotes you’re looking for easier than ever.

We are truly excited about all of the releases and announcements at BlackBerry Live this week, and continue to work with partners to bring even more applications and functionality to the BlackBerry smartphones. These top-notch partner apps give you, the business user even more tools to stay productive throughout the day, so you can keep business moving while you are.

A Formula 1 display car, BlackBerry connected Bentley, and the Keep Moving truck are just a few of the highlights. Get hands on with BlackBerry Z10, BlackBerry Q10, and BlackBerry Q5 smartphones, check out the enterprise solution pods, and learn more about BlackBerry Training and Certification. Did I mention the BlackBerry Authentic Accessories pod, BlackBerry World booth, and the Porsche Design center? Check out the video below for the full scoop:

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What’s your favorite part of the BlackBerry Booth at this year’s BlackBerry Live conference? Share in the comments below.

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