BBM to “sunset” May 31st, but BlackBerry makes BBMe available to individuals

WATERLOO – The consumer version of BlackBerry Messenger will reach its end of life next month, but an enterprise version will live on.In a blog post on Thursday, Emtek, the company who has been running the instant messaging app for the last three years, said that it will be closing BBM consumer service on May 31st.“…we are proud of what we have built to date,” reads the post. “The technology industry however, is very fluid, and in spite of our substantial efforts, users have moved on to other platforms, while new users proved difficult to sign on.Though we are sad...