BlackBerry Bridge received a small upgrade. The upgrade fixes an issue where BlackBerry Bridge is disabled after the BlackBerry OS 7.1 Upgrade. To update your BlackBerry Bridge, simply click on App World, go to My World and refresh. If you have a BlackBerry PlayBook the Bridge is FREE!

Download BlackBerry Bridge from App World here

I love Scrapbook and it always has surprise content packages coming out. Today it’s a 3D Content package. Scrapbook is the result of the TAT acquisition and makes virtual scrapbooking fun and easy to share. What does the new content package contain?

There are the following with the new 3D Content Pack:

9 3D Stickers

4 3D Wallpapers

Also you can now download Scrapbook content packages and connect to Facebook via the BlackBerry Bridge!

Open your Scrapbook app and download the new content. If you haven’t tried the free Scrapbook app for the BlackBerry PlayBook you can download it at the following link:

Download FREE Scrapbook from App World here

BeBuzz by Bellshare GmbH was previously named BerryBuzz. It’s been my favorite alert notification app so far and it’s extremely easy to customize. It allows you to set up your notifications personalized for contacts, emails and more. The pro version was updated on the 8th. What’s new?

I love BeBuzz. You can choose notification LED colors, sounds, to vibrate or not, customize your emails, messengers, twitter clients, facebook, etc. This latest update actually now supports the messaging client Hookt. There’s also a few other items in the changelog as well.

Here’s the changelog for the latest version of BeBuzz:

• Added support for Hookt
• Fixed potential resource leak in repeating audible reminders
• Dual LEDs crossfade when ‘Smooth Pulse’ LED type is selected
• Fixed ‘Check for Update’ not showing a message when there is no update available
• Fixed spelling error

BeBuzz has a huge selection of LED choices, from two different colors to flash, to making your own colors or even disco colors. You’ll love the ability to be able to personalize it to your tastes.

If you haven’t checked out BeBuzz, there’s a lite version and the paid version available in App World.

Download BeBuzz lite version from App World here

Download BeBuzz for $5.99 from App World here

Wikitude is one of my all time favorite apps for my BlackBerry device. With it I can find people and places around that I wouldn’t notice but can find through Augmented Reality. I especially use it for cafes, tweets, and Youtube. I missed posting two updates, so I’ll post the changelog I’ve missed.

One more thing about Wikitude I didn’t mention in the beginning is that it’s FREE! If you haven’t checked out Wikitude yet,  keep reading.

I’ve included this video that shows how to use the Wikitude World Browser on the BlackBerry.

Changelog for v6.5 and v6.5.1

• Fix: integrated workaround to avoid BBM connection problems resulting in “BBM connection pending” state.
• Improved: faster switching between BBM contacts and normal POIs in list/map/cam

Here’s the description of Wikitude from App World:

Wikitude World Browser finds cool people, places and things and allows you to discover your surroundings in a completely new way. Provided that your BlackBerry has a digital compass built in (most OS7 devices), you can simply hold up your smartphone and explore what’s around you in Augmented Reality (AR). Identify places, sights and even your BBM friends through your camera’s field of vision – a truly engaging and immersive experience. Don’t worry should you not have a digital compass in your BlackBerry (all OS6 devices). You can still explore places, things and people around you on a map and list view. As a BBM connected app Wikitude can locate your friends and other BBM users, of course only if they share their location. A great way to meet other BBM users and make new friends. Wikitude has been voted “The most addictive social app using BBM”.

Note: Wikitude automatically checks your device on whether you have a digital compass built in or not. With a compass you will be AR enabled, but not to worry if you do not have one, Wikitude works great in map view as well ;-)

Search through lots of exciting content and points of interest from Wikipedia, Youtube, Twitter, Flickr, Starbucks and thousands more. Use Wikitude to browse through what’s around you or to specifically search for places you are interested in. Craving sushi? Just type “sushi” into Wikitude’s search box, hold up your phone and see all the sushi restaurants around you. Looking for special offers near your home or nearest shopping centre? Simply view all the augmented reality mobile coupons to get up to 50% off !

Here’s what’s new:

With the all new Wikitude myWorld feature you can create your very own Augmented Reality World. The “Create Place” tool allows you to mark the location of your favorite Mexican restaurant or any other location that is special to you, perhaps your favorite store or the amazing hotel you discovered in Italy last summer. Your World can be shared with your friends on Facebook, meaning you see their favorite Places, and they see yours. Also check out Wikitude myWorld on facebook.com Try it now!

Here are the features in their entirety:

• Create your very own AR World and share it with your friends, meaning you see their favorite Places, and they see yours
• Find events, tweets, Wikipedia articles, ATMs, restaurants, user reviews and much more around you
• Interact with your BBM contacts and discover new BBM users around you like you have never done before.
• Experience places near you in augmented reality or show them on a map or list view
• Browse more than 150 million places and interactive content from more than 2,500 content providers or so called “Worlds”
• Explore and identify places and objects around you
• Search for specific places, for example “thai restaurant”
• Find mobile coupons and discounts for stores and shops near you

It’s really a fun app that has so many opportunities and capabilities as we also saw for future BlackBerry 10 devices from BlackBerry 10 Jam. It was a friend of mine who introduced me to Wikitude by Wikitude GmbH and I have really adored it ever since, especially with knowing that the Wikitude team is great with answering questions and concerns. You’ll love it. If you haven’t checked out Wikitude, do so now. It’s free and fun, what more could you ask?

Download the latest version of Wikitude from App World here

This was another important showcase from BlackBerry 10 Jam I missed. Wikitude is one of my most favorite apps. I always show this app because I love the way it allows you to view the world in an Augmented Reality, looking at it with new sight. I’m really excited about the possibilities and the potential with Wikitude!

I’ve had the honor of interviewing Andy Gstoll, the CMO from Wikitude and at that time he hinted to the fact that there were exciting plans in the works for BlackBerry and the PlayBook. Now here it is, the future with BlackBerry 10!

Wolfgang Damm, Lead Software ARchitect for Wikitude, and Martin Herdina, the CEO of Wikitude, were at BlackBerry 10 Jam and showed us the wonderful things we are in store for. They spoke about the tools they have for developers including the ability to publish your AR content in the Wikitude World Browser, or use the Wikitude’s Augmented Reality SDK and build it into your own app. Obviously, building into the Wikitude World Browser would give your content exposure with all the Wikitude users, but the great point here is that you have choices.

I love the way the glimpse worked, letting us see how to find people and places, how the Twitter bird shows the tweets, how you can see sales and offers, and even more fun was seeing the game with the spaceship. There are currently games in the Wikitude for BlackBerry but I am really excited and looking forward to seeing this in action on my BlackBerry 10 when it’s available.

If you’re a developer and interested in using Augmented Reality, you can click here for Wikitude’s Developer page

Another app that was released for the BlackBerry PlayBook during the BlackBerry World 2012 was MyCityWay. Available in BlackBerry App World, the app currently features the top five cities in the U.S. however there are 68 additional cities making their way to the app soon. Check it out…

MyCityWay is pretty neat. Fist of all it’s free. When you click on it, it opens into two views. The first is called Snapshot and it includes movies, events, traffic cameras, news, gas prices, the weather, and deals. Each of these little subsections opens up to give you a much more detailed view. The second view is called My City. When you slide My City over, Snapshot dims. My City includes Dining, Nightlife, What’s On, Shop, and Travel.

Dining opens up different restaurants and delis, categorizes them, prices, and ratings and allows you to search. Nightlife includes Bars & Pubs, Night clubs, Music Venue, and Comedy clubs. What’s On includes Events and Movies. Shop includes Deals & Offers as well as Shopping which has several categories to help find you exactly what you’re shopping for. Travel has Airports, Hotels, and Attractions.

The five cities that it currently supports are:

• New York
• San Francisco
• Chicago
• Austin
• Seattle

Here are the features included:

• Have the first app that offers a personalized all-access snapshot of the city, instantly connecting you to all the up-to-the-minute usable information you crave.
• Know all the city’s hotspots and restaurants
• Keep up-to date with local news and the latest deals
• Stream live traffic cameras and avoid those bottlenecks
• Find the cheapest gas prices, the hottest sales, or upcoming events and concerts in your neighborhood

Just think, you can keep your city in your pocket and be in the know no matter what. No word yet what new cities will be added, but I’m pretty excited to find out which ones they’ll be. You can be anyone’s guide including yourself with this key to the city.

Download MyCityWay from BlackBerry App World here

UberSocial has updated twice in two weeks, and with this latest update it fixed a couple bugs. UberSocial is available for the BlackBerry and is Twitter client that has themes available for download that are media related such as Sherlock Holmes 2, Ashton Kutcher’s A.plus, and Uber50 by 50 Cent. Check it out…

If you’re interested in one of the UberSocial themes, you have to have UberSocial installed and set up on your BlackBerry. UberSocial already comes eight themes included: Gray, Pink, Nature, Blue, Purple, Classic Uber, Red, and Midnight. It’s a fun Twitter app and is available in the BlackBerry App World. The themes you can download can be fun and even include sounds. My favorite is Sherlock Holmes 2.

Here are the key features:

• tweet/retweet, direct mentions, @replies, @mentions
• manage multiple accounts
• photo and video support integration with multiple providers
• location services including tagging and search
• protected tweet mode for privacy
• a complete set of Twitter functionality

UberSocial Firsts:

• dual post to Facebook
• Set your BBM status with every tweet
• advanced search
• mute capabilities
• home timeline combines tweets, direct mentions, @replies, @mentions
• multiple themes to personalize your experience
• UberChannels with branded content from USA Today, Mashable and others

Recent Innovations:

• set your BBM status automatically when you tweet
• the Inner Circle creates a separate timeline of your closest friends
• celebrity themes (50 Cent, Ashton Kutcher, etc) include unique graphics, sounds and content
• deals from GroupOn, LivingSocial and others available in the optional DealBox

Last week’s update included the following changelog:

• Removed/replaced all of the deprecated Twitter API calls
• Updated copyright statement
• Increased tweet cache max to 3000 tweets
• Fixed dealbox indicator showing even when user had it turned off
• Fixed bug which could cause significant battery drain in some instances
• When logging out of facebook, also cleared the cache of the facebook newsfeed

And the most current update has the following changelog:

• Fixed the photo picker in OS 6.0 and 7.x to use thumbnails
• Fixed the lack of notifications showing up in the notification bar in OS 6.0 and 7.x

You can download UberSocial for Twitter and Facebook from BlackBerry App World here

We’re thanking Ronen from BerryReview for posting about Viber releasing their Viber Messaging app in BlackBerry App World. It’s been available for iPhones and Android devices, and is popular in Europe. It’s made its way to BlackBerry for texting and picture texting, voice calls soon to follow. Check it out…

What are the features of Viber?

• Free international calls and text messages to other Viber users using 3G or Wi-Fi.
• Uses your existing contact list – see which of your phone contacts are already on Viber and call them for free.
• Go ahead and call. It’s free* and it works great!

Here’s the description:

Viber is an application for iPhone®, Android™, Windows Phone and Blackberry phones that lets you make free phone calls to anyone that also has the application installed.

When you use Viber, calls and text messages to any other Viber user are free, and the sound quality is much better than a regular call. You can call or text any Viber user, anywhere in the world, for free. All Viber features are 100% FREE and do not require any additional “in application” purchase.

For now the BlackBerry version of Viber is a free beta, and the calls are not included at this time. But it’s great to know that BlackBerry is being included. For more details, be sure to read Ronen’s post on BerryReview here.

Download the free beta Viber Messaging App from App World here

[via: BerryReview]

The BlackBerry Bridge app that connects your BlackBerry to your BlackBerry PlayBook has been updated. This small update fixes the Predictive Text issue with the Tablet OS 2.0.1 update. If you use the BlackBerry Bridge, open your BlackBerry App World, click on My World, click your Options button and click Refresh List. If not you can download it at the following link.

Grab the BlackBerry Bridge updated v2.0.0.30 from BlackBerry App World here

Wikitude by Wikitude GmbH has updated for the BlackBerry and the changelog is included. The Wikitude Browser is my favorite and free Augmented Reality browser that allows you to see what’s going on in your location through a different view.

Changelog is as follows:

• Fix: integrated workaround to avoid BBM connection problems resulting in “BBM Connection Pending” state.
• Improved: Faster switching between BBM contacts and normal POI’s in list/map/cam

In case you don’t know what Wikitude is, here’s the description from BlackBerry App World:

Wikitude World Browser finds cool people, places and things and allows you to discover your surroundings in a completely new way. Provided that your BlackBerry has a digital compass built in (most OS7 devices), you can simply hold up your smartphone and explore what’s around you in Augmented Reality (AR). Identify places, sights and even your BBM friends through your camera’s field of vision – a truly engaging and immersive experience. Don’t worry should you not have a digital compass in your BlackBerry (all OS6 devices). You can still explore places, things and people around you on a map and list view. As a BBM connected app Wikitude can locate your friends and other BBM users, of course only if they share their location. A great way to meet other BBM users and make new friends. Wikitude has been voted “The most addictive social app using BBM”.

WHAT’S NEW: With the all new Wikitude myWorld feature you can create your very own Augmented Reality World. The “Create Place” tool allows you to mark the location of your favorite Mexican restaurant or any other location that is special to you, perhaps your favorite store or the amazing hotel you discovered in Italy last summer. Your World can be shared with your friends on Facebook, meaning you see their favorite Places, and they see yours.

Features:

• Create your very own AR World and share it with your friends, meaning you see their favorite Places, and they see yours
• Find events, tweets, Wikipedia articles, ATMs, restaurants, user reviews and much more around you
• Interact with your BBM contacts and discover new BBM users around you like you have never done before.
• Experience places near you in augmented reality or show them on a map or list view
• Browse more than 150 million places and interactive content from more than 2,500 content providers or so called “Worlds”
• Explore and identify places and objects around you
• Search for specific places, for example “thai restaurant”
• Find mobile coupons and discounts for stores and shops near you

If you have Wikitude, be sure and upgrade now. Open BlackBerry App World, click on My World, if it doesn’t show you can click on your Options button, and click Refresh List. If you haven’t checked out Wikitude, it’s free and available for download in BlackBerry App World.

Grab the updated Wikitude from BlackBerry App World here