In a fairly public departure from Research In Motion Tyler Lessard has found a new home and Fixmo mobile risk management (MRM) company. Tyler will join Fixmo a Toronto, Canada based company as their new CMO. Seems as though Fixmo is trying to harness the momentum that Tyler created at RIM and use it to grow their brand of products, which also include many BlackBerry applications. Check out the full press release after the break.

FIXMO APPOINTS TYLER LESSARD AS CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
Former Research In Motion Executive Brings Extensive Industry Experience to Mobile Risk Management Company

Toronto, ON. October 24, 2011 – Fixmo, the mobile risk management (MRM) company, today announced the appointment of Tyler Lessard as Chief Marketing Officer. Lessard will lead Fixmo’s marketing and product strategy for the company’s growing roster of solutions that manage the risk associated with the mobile workforce including the company’s flagship Fixmo Sentinel™ and the recently released Fixmo SafeZone. Lessard brings a combination of technical and business leadership to Fixmo, with over ten years of experience in the wireless industry spanning business development, marketing, product strategy and support.

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Fixmo Web Messenger(FWM) has been in beta for a little while now and the official launch version, v1.0, has just launched in both App World and ShopTheBerryFix.com. FWM is an app that mirrors your BBM to your desktop so you can chat and work all from the same screen. The beta version of FWM had tons of great features and version 1.0 has even more. Some of the new features include:

• Improved responsiveness through new “local Wi-fi” feature
• Pop-out the Fixmo Web Messenger application into it’s own browser window
• New BBM message notifications through the web browser tabs
• Enhanced application security
• Support for international characters
• Minor bug fixes

You can get a free trial Fixmo Web Messenger from the trial link below and you can purchase the app for the introductory price of $2.99 from either App World or ShopTheBerryFix.com. If you’ve been looking for BBM on your desktop and are tired of waiting for a solution from RIM, give Fixmo Web Messenger a try today.

• Fixmo Web Messenger Trial Download

• Download Fixmo Web Messenger from ShopTheBerryFix

• Download Fixmo Web Messenger from App World

Just a few days ago me and a few other bloggers were talking about how RIM should really release a desktop client for BBM, letting us chat it up through our desktops or laptops. We already know that RIM uses it internally but what about us?

Well Fixmo has designed a web application in conjunction with an on device app that does exactly that, gives us BBM on our computers. The system works by making a bridge between your BlackBerry and your computer letting you see whats happening on the big screen. The app is currently in beta but can be downloaded for free from fixmo.com/fwm.

Source: CrackBerry