J4funzies (just for funzies) is an electronic greeting card app that allows you to send cute and fun animated greeting cards.

J4funzies has animated greeting cards for lots of occasions. Choose from many different styles and personalize your greeting with a message. With plenty of free and paid cards to choose from it’s the ideal app [...]

Startup incubators are a great way for tech entrepreneurs to take something from idea to product and beyond. The programs generally give funding, mentorship and access to services that help entrepreneurs develop a great company that could potentially be the next big thing. Recently, a new incubator called HYPERDRIVE has launched with $30M+ in funding. [...]

Taptu is a social news reader for the BlackBerry Playbook that lets users “DJ their news” by giving them the largest array of news sources and the most customizable way to create personal streams of news.

Here of some of Taptu’s features:

User accounts that let you set up your streams on any device and have them [...]

Here’s something you may or may not have noticed: Apple is the only smartphone company that Twitter helps promote downloads by augmenting tweets that point to the App Store. App Discovery for iOS apps happens right in the Twitter stream by allowing users to click a “View App” button and then look at screenshots, a [...]

Whether you’re gathering evidence of an affair, enjoy taking photos of cop beatdowns, or are trying to improve your street pervert technique: ShutUp Camera is the app for you.

Some shutter-muting apps operate by taking a screenshot of what the camera sees, giving you a low-res photo. ShutUp Camera works with the native camera app to [...]

GPS Nautical Charts for BlackBerry is the first marine navigation app to offer offline GPS mapping. This is a must-have app for anyone interested in recreational boating or fishing.

The app’s mapping data is derived from the NOAA’s Raster Navigational Charts for it’s North American maps and Admiralty UK’s RNC for Europe. Charts can be searched [...]

Here’s a tip from a member of the BlackBerry theme building community: RIM will be releasing a new version of Theme Studio sometime this early summer giving theme developers lots more options when creating BlackBerry 7 themes.

Until then some of the more industrious theme designers are still churning out BlackBerry 7-compatible themes by reverse engineering [...]

Karta Mobile has launched a free communications app that brings voicemail functionality to BBM. VVM Messenger allows users to send short recorded voice messages to each other through BBM. A great timesaver if you want to get your point across quickly without having to type out several paragraphs.

Here are some of VVM Messenger’s features:

Designed for [...]

Recently, RIM released an update to the BlackBerry Desktop Manager, version 7, in the Beta Zone. While not explicitly stated, it seems the most recent update adds support for BlackBerry 10. Since BlackBerry Jam is around the corner, RIM probably needs Desktop Manager support for BlackBerry 10 out there, so devs can plug in their [...]

The last BBM Challenge Council Program, launched last October saw thousand of participants jump through hoops for Hope Solo, goaltender for the US Olympic soccer team and reality TV star Whitney Port.

This years’ BBM Challenge Council enlists the help from comedians Streeter Seidell and Amir Blumenfeld of MTV’s Pranked and CollegeHumor.com fame. The participants will [...]