11th August, 2011, 04:09 PM
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| “Absolute explosion” — How BlackBerry BBM fed the riots, says contact
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With riots and looting breaking out all over London earlier this week, media outlets have been poring over how the violence spread. We were amongst the first to identify the BlackBerry mobile handset and its unique, private Blackberry Messaging service (BBM) as a method whereby rioters and looters, many of them teenagers, broadcast and swapped information in a way that effectively crowd-sourced the riots. Today, in 2011, the BlackBerry is by far the most popular handset amongst Britain youth.
| The essential gadget of the under 25s, in London. “Absolute explosion” ? How BlackBerry BBM fed the riots, says contact
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