BlackBerry announces BBM channels

BlackBerry Live 2013 isn't just about new phones and OS versions, Thorsten Heins has just announced BBM channels, a way for people, companies and brands to provide streams of content in BBM. The new service allows users search for channels, subscribe to preferred channels, and can comment and share posts with friends, and also have one to one chats with those channel administrators. Users can create and curate their own channels as well, and get metrics to track the amount of traffic their BBM posts receive. So, it's essentially Twitter, only with a decidedly BlackBerry flavor. Lewis Hamilton joined Heins onstage to chat a bit more about the new platform and explained that the service will provide he and his F1 team the ability to communicate directly with fans. Excited to get on the BBM Channel bandwagon with Mr. Hamilton? Well, you'll have to wait until later this summer until they become available. BBM Channels See all photos

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