Taken from a recent press release on the official blog of BlackBerry, the mobile phone manufacturer announced that users can now connect their PayPal account to their BBM (BlackBerry Messenger). Canadian users will be the first to try out the new feature, which allows anyone to send and receive online payments via BBM. Speaking to the blog, Matt Gromada, PayPal's Director of Consumer Product Marketing said that "sending money with PayPal through BBM is easy because it's where your conversation is already happening. People don't have to leave BBM to send a photo or file. So, why should they have to with money? Pay and get paid [...] using your mobile device." Mobile security in general often finds itself in the limelight, as online shoppers are becoming increasingly worried about the safety and security of their online details. Along with PayPal, an increasingly popular online payment method called paysafecard is able to be used for online purchases in PC gaming, music streaming service Spotify and online dating site Lovoo, for example. As reported back in July, BlackBerry plans to acquire AtHoc to enable secure mass communication and collaboration; a deal which should be finalized by the end of 2016. However, on top of secure crisis communications, BlackBerry is invested in another security venture that is a definite game changer: a contract with airplane manufacturer Boeing. BlackBerry has confirmed the partnership with Boeing to produce a self-destructing phone, which has been perfectly named 'Boeing Black'. Targeted at people in defense and security sectors, like government agencies and their contractors, the 'Boeing Black' is precisely what it sounds like: a spy-like self-destructing phone. Although the phone won’t explode or destruct in a Mission Impossible kind of way, it is nevertheless incredibly impressive in a practical sense. If the phone is tampered with, particularly if someone attempts to break into the phone casing, this triggers the device to delete saved data and software and renders the phone inoperable. According to The Mirror, Boeing has mentioned that "it will only sell to 'approved' purchasers," and that "each customer will have to sign an agreement to keep the details of the phone secret from the public." The Boeing BlackBerry partnership should prove to be a unique development in the hardware, software, and services sectors. It will be interesting to see how the product actually works once released and to see what is in store next for BlackBerry and for mobile security as a whole. Do you have a question about mobile payments? Ask an expert at Backbone’s Ask the Expert, sponsored by Primus Canada. Posted by Sue Ansell at August 27, 2015 3:00 AM Categories: Mobility Trends
Boeing has announced that it has partnered with PayPal to provide instant mobile payments that enables customers' users to send and receive money through BlackBerry"s messaging service, BBM . To utilize the service, all individuals must do is integrate their PayPal account with the Boeing service. Meanwhile, BlackBerry has also teamed up with Boeing Black' to manufacture secretive, self-destructing, smartphones called ' BBM , which is to be targeted for defence and security sectors.