The four major wireless carriers are putting their sway behind a massive ad campaign that aims to lower the amount of people that text while driving in the U.S. Initiated by AT&T, the multi-million dollar “It Can Wait” campaign now has the support of Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and more than 200 other organizations. Besides rolling …
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14 May
BlackBerry takes on Twitter with BBM Channels
ORLANDO, Fla. — BlackBerry wants to take on Twitter by creating its own social network through its BlackBerry Messenger service. The company on Tuesday unveiled BBM Channel, which allows users and brands to create a BBM profile that other users can follow, similar to how people can follow brands and users on Twitter. Related stories Best Password Manager to Use …
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14 May
Android crushes puny rivals with 74% of smart phone market
Nearly three in every four smart phones sold in the first three months of the year were running Android, according to analyst firm Gartner. The phone industry expert’s stats make grim reading for any company making mobiles with any other operating system, particularly BlackBerry and Nokia. Even without new Android flagships such as the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy …
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14 May
Snapchat admits it’s possible to recover deleted photos
Photo-sharing app Snapchat has admitted it’s “sometimes possible” to recover deleted photos — which could mean blushes for anyone using the app to send saucy snaps. Snapchat is a messaging service that lets you send a photo to a friend’s phone, the service sending more than 150 million photos in a day — more than three times the number of pictures …
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14 May
BlackBerry’s developer guru on its Android apps: Users hate them
ORLANDO, Fla. — BlackBerry’s advice for getting love from “CrackBerry” nation: build a native app. In an effort to augment its library, BlackBerry allowed developers to port over existing Android apps to run on BlackBerry 10 devices. While most of them work, they can’t access major features on the device. BlackBerry users notice the difference. Related stories Best Password Manager …
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14 May
BlackBerry Messenger expands to Android, iOS
ORLANDO, Fla. — More news rolled out of BlackBerry Live 2013 today, including the company’s plans to offer BlackBerry Messenger to Android and iOS devices. The BBM platform will hit these products by summer, but best of all, the service will be offered as a free download. The BlackBerry CEO sounded very excited about the move, a first for the …
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14 May
BlackBerry Q5 debuts with budget buyers in mind
ORLANDO, Fla. — BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins on Tuesday unveiled the BlackBerry Q5, a budget phone designed for emerging markets. Related stories Best Password Manager to Use for 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage Spending All Night With the First iPhone Kanye West’s Donda 2 Skips Spotify, 5G BlackBerry is Dead BlackBerry’s …
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14 May
BlackBerry Live by the numbers: 120,000 apps available
ORLANDO, Fla. — BlackBerry needs to convince developers that they aren’t wasting their time working on its platform. Related stories Best Password Manager to Use for 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage Spending All Night With the First iPhone Kanye West’s Donda 2 Skips Spotify, 5G BlackBerry is Dead BlackBerry’s 5G Phone …
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14 May
BlackBerry CEO likes tablets, just not as they are
ORLANDO, Fla.–OK, so is BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins a fan of tablets, or isn’t he? Heins, who made waves last month when he said he didn’t see a place for tablets in five years, made some seemingly contradictory comments on tablets when he spoke on Tuesday during a Q&A session with the media while at the BlackBerry Live conference. Related …
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14 May
Fit Radio streams up
The more I run, the more I realize my regular playlist isn’t cutting it. Even with some 150 hand-picked songs, I get bored hearing the same ones over and over. And although they’re among my favorite power-pop tunes, they’re quite diverse when it comes to tempo. I need songs of at least 128 beats per minute (bpm) to keep me …
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