BLACKBERRY PLANS TO MAKE BBM AVAILABLE TO DESKTOP PCs.

BlackBerry is reportedly thinking about bringing its popular BlackBerry Messenger service, known as BBM, from mobile devices onto desktop computers.

BlackBerry chief executive John Chen said in an interview with Reuters that the move would allow employees of big companies and government agencies to begin group chats on their PCs and then switch over to mobile phones when they leave the office, without skipping a beat.

"We are certainly going to take a very serious look at putting BBM on the desktop," he told the news agency.