Step-4: Set up BBM After BBM is installed, click on the Open button to launch BBM. Set up BBM with a BlackBerry ID and run through the initial setup BBM should now have been installed on the PC.

Emtek, which now runs BBM, will shut it down on May 31, it said Thursday. Users will need to download their photos before then.

BlackBerry says it has a lifeline for BBM fans upset about the impending shutdown of the once-popular messaging service. The security software company announced Thursday that it is opening up the ...

Rounding out the comparison is relatively recent entrant 2go (which is doing well elsewhere in Africa, but seems to have lost market share in South Africa), and BlackBerry Messenger (BBM).

Blackberry announces it is resuming the rollout of its BBM messaging app for Android and iPhone after September's botched launch.