[tnewton85]

BlackBerry <fired> him lol

http://bgr.com/2014/02/10/blackberry...-news-3041062/

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[raino]

Source?...

[tnewton85]

BGR.com

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[AngryEdmontonian]

First, it's "Bocking"

Second, if true, it's weird we don't see news like this on Crackberry before BGR.

WTF is up with that?

[eldricho]

That typo was kinda funny tho, but didn't see the firing coming tho
First it was Kinsella, who was also on the BBM team and Bocking

Source?

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[raino]

First it was Saunders, who was also on the BBM team and Bocking

Saunders? Did you mean Kinsella, who actually left/quit?

[Hilman76]

MobileSyrup says he left the company (he was NOT fired).

In a statement today, BlackBerry confirmed “that Andrew Bocking, EVP, BBM has made the decision to leave BlackBerry. We thank him for his years of leadership and contribution.”

Bocking was with BlackBerry since 2000 where he started out as a Project Manager, then held various positions within the company until taking the lead on BBM in June of 2013. His LinkedIn profile still shows he’s with BlackBerry and there’s no reason for his sudden departure, nor where he’s heading.

According to BGR, who first broke the news, BlackBerry is once again considering making BBM into a separate company, something that was rumoured when BlackBerry was for sale last year.

BBM, BlackBerry’s popular messaging platform, is currently available on BlackBerry, iPhone and Android and has seen over 80 million downloads. There are also rumours that BlackBerry will be bringing BBM to the desktop in the near future.

BlackBerry's EVP of BBM departs the company | MobileSyrup.com

[eldricho]

Saunders? Did you mean Kinsella, who actually left/quit?

Yep, sorry for the name mishap lol

http://bgr.com/2014/02/10/blackberry...-news-3041062/

BlackBerry confirmed he's gone

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[kbz1960]

This guy do BBM4ALL? If so doesn't seem like much of a loss.

[cleaner24]

I hope his replacement can fix BBM. I still can't send most pictures and some messages reliably to android and IOS contacts. Those contacts tell me they would rather use other messaging apps.

[BergerKing]

Did some editing to get the name and position up, and thanks for posting!

[bicyclexpress]

Wasn't Bocking sent over to Sweden to work with BlackBerry Sweden (TAT)?

We will see and, like most things, there is likely more to the story. But, I think this is a big loss - he came across as very passionate about things.

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[anon(2757538)]

Wasn't Bocking sent over to Sweden to work with BlackBerry Sweden (TAT)?

We will see and, like most things, there is likely more to the story. But, I think this is a big loss - he came across as very passionate about things.

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That was Gary Klassen who was sent to Sweden to work at BlackBerry Sweden

[sbx9900]

First, it's "Bocking"

Second, if true, it's weird we don't see news like this on Crackberry before BGR.

Sometimes, I cannot help thinking that crackberry gets its news from BGR.com.

[cgk]

If it's true that he started carrying an Android device... he was sending a message to someone...

[raino]

If it's true that he started carrying an Android device... he was sending a message to someone...

Source for this?

[eldricho]

Source for this?

In the BGR report. It's not confirmed, but they wrote about it

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[tchocky77]

Is this the person responsible for the BBMX launch travesty?

No wonder he "left."

[LamarStarr]

Honestly. Bbm is going downhill. First Kinsella,now Bocking left

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[nabil114]

BlackBerry <fired> him lol

http://bgr.com/2014/02/10/blackberry...-news-3041062/

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Was he really that good?

[bungaboy]

Honestly. Bbm is going downhill. First Kinsella,now Bocking left

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Mine still works great. What's your point? That nobody is replaceable?

[early2bed]

If it's true that he started carrying an Android device... he was sending a message to someone...

If anyone at Blackberry could justify it, he probably could. I would point out that while there are thousands of Blackberry BBM users, someone at the company needs to use BBM on Android as their daily driver since there are probably going to be more Android users than any other kind of BBM.

[LamarStarr]

Mine still works great. What's your point? That nobody is replaceable?

Lol

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[joe_23]

The BBM team was put under John Sims of Global Enterprise Solutions at BlackBerry. He was the lead in mobile solutions for SAP. Relax guys. This is Chen putting the right guys in the right place.

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[nabil114]

The BBM team was put under John Sims of Global Enterprise Solutions at BlackBerry. He was the lead in mobile solutions for SAP. Relax guys. This is Chen putting the right guys in the right place.

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They might not monetize BBM by consumers rather enterprise. Look at Line