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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
BlackBerry bringing BBM to Android and iOS this summer — BlackBerry has just announced that its hugely popular BBM messaging service is going multi-platform: it will be released for Android and iOS as a free app this summer. BBM will support iOS hardware running iOS 6 and above …
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Inside BlackBerry, CNET, BlackBerry, VentureBeat, iMore, BGR, Mobile Marketing Watch, BetaNews, Inquirer, ZDNet, NEWS.com.au, Ars Technica, AllThingsD, ReadWrite, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, LAPTOP Magazine, TechCrunch, CNET, 9to5Mac, Wired, The Next Web, Engadget, TechSpot, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice and Phone Scoop
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| Donny Halliwell / Inside BlackBerry: |
New BlackBerry Q5 Announced Today at BlackBerry Live for Select Markets — As the BlackBerry Live keynote news keeps flowing in I'm happy to introduce you to the youthful and fun BlackBerry Q5 smartphone, running BlackBerry 10. With a QWERTY keyboard and a confident design …
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| Michael C. / Inside BlackBerry: |
BlackBerry 10.1 Now Available for BlackBerry Z10 — Onstage at the BlackBerry Live conference in Orlando, Thorsten Heins, President and CEO, BlackBerry just announced that all of you BlackBerry Z10 customers are in for a treat. An update to BlackBerry 10 software has been released with new features designed to keep you moving.
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BetaNews, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Engadget, Examiner, ZDNet, AllThingsD, The Verge, BGR, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Yahoo! News and Macgasm
| Michael Gorman / Engadget: |
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| Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat: |
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| Douglas Pearce / The Microsoft Office Blog: |
Outlook.com now lets you chat with Google friends - one more reason to make the switch — The last three months since Outlook.com came out of preview have been filled with releases to help make you more productive and your experience more personal. These were often based on your feedback.
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The Verge, Digital Trends, ABCNEWS, GeekWire, InfoWorld, GigaOM, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, LiveSide.net, BetaNews, PC World, Ubergizmo, Engadget, memeburn, Neowin and PC Magazine
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nokia's aluminum Lumia 925 is the best Windows Phone yet, but that's not enough (hands-on) — Nokia just unveiled its Lumia 925 at an event in London, and I've managed to take an early look at the handset ahead of its release in June. Nokia has swapped out a unibody polycarbonate look and feel for metal.
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Nokia's Latest, the Aluminum-Clad Lumia 925, Heads for T-Mobile USA and Vodafone — At a press event in London on Tuesday, Nokia is showing off the Lumia 925, a new variant of its flagship Windows Phone. — The aluminum-clad phone is similar to the Lumia 920 that has been sold for months at AT&T … | Mat Smith / Engadget: |
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Nokia Conversations, Bloomberg, Vodafone Social, ZDNet, The Register, CNET, BBC, WebProNews, My Nokia Blog, Technology Personalized, GigaOM, Digital Trends, The Verge, The Droid Guy, MobileSyrup.com, IntoMobile, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Electronista and ABCNEWS. Tweets: @benedictevans
| Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
Microsoft drops the Blue codename, confirms Windows 8.1 will be a free upgrade available ‘later’ this year — One of the worst kept secrets rattling around Microsoft's campus is Windows Blue, the forthcoming update to Windows 8 that addresses users' bugbears about the OS.
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The Windows Blog, CNET, Digits, TechCrunch, The Next Web, The Register, CITEworld, ZDNet, GigaOM, GeekWire, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Associated Press, The Verge, Ars Technica, Techie Buzz and Electronista
| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Square Debuts Its Latest Hardware, Stand, A $299 Card Swiper For iPad Registers — At an event in San Francisco at Blue Bottle Coffee, Square debuted a stand built specifically for the iPad, which turns the device into a card-swiping register. — Hardware has always been a part …
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Square, AllThingsD, The Next Web, AppleInsider, MacRumors, VentureBeat, NYT Bits, GigaOM, CNET, Fortune, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Forbes, iDownloadBlog.com and Valleywag. Tweets: @zseward
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Nvidia Shield gaming handheld priced at $349, pre-orders begin on May 20th (preview) — The biggest surprise at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show is about to go on sale. The Nvidia Shield, a five-inch portable Android game console that can also stream PC games from a nearby gaming computer … | DealBook: |
Hedge Fund Manager Loeb Targets Sony for a Breakup — Updated — An American hedge fund billionaire known for starting big fights has called for a breakup of the entertainment and electronic colossus Sony, according to people briefed on the matter, possibly setting off a battle … | Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
No Nexus Q News at Google's I/O This Year — Nearly one year ago, at its I/O developer conference, Google unveiled its Android-powered Nexus Q media player product to much fanfare. Little more than a month after the big reveal, Google suspended the launch of the Q indefinitely.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft shares details about its next Windows Phone 8 update — Summary: Microsoft is starting to detail features coming in this summer's GDR2 update to the Windows Phone 8 operating system. — Microsoft is starting to open up a bit on what Windows Phone 8 users can expect with the next version … | Jessica E. Lessin / Wall Street Journal: |
Web Browsers Are Reinvented — File-sharing, Apps and Voice Commands Change How Internet Is Used — Mobile phones, wearable devices and self-driving cars are generating buzz as the future of technology. But the old Web browser is being reinvented too, in a trend with implications … | Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
RelayRides Acquires Wheelz To Boost Inventory And Improve Hardware For Its Peer-To-Peer Car Rentals — There's consolidation afoot in the peer-to-peer car rental space. San Francisco-based RelayRides, which launched about five years ago and is now available nationwide, has gobbled up fledgling competitor Wheelz.| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo Wins U.S. Court Ruling Over Video-Game Systems — Nintendo Co. (7974), maker of the Wii video-gaming system, won a U.S. appeals court ruling that makes it harder for patent-licensing companies to seek an import ban on products as a way to demand royalties.| Myriam Joire / Engadget: |
Raspberry Pi camera module comes to the UK May 14th, lands early for some (updated) — Remember that Raspberry Pi camera module we wrote about a few months ago? It looks like UK-based electronics retailer CPC / Farnell will start taking orders for the shooter on May 14th.
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Raspberry Pi, Inquirer, Macgasm, Lifehacker, ZDNet and bit-tech.net
| Shaunacy Ferro / Popular Science: |
How Facebook Used Science To Design More Emotional Emoticons — With the help of a psychology professor and a Pixar illustrator, Facebook is trying to make our messages a little more emotional. — Surprise Matt Jones / Facebook — In 1872, Charles Darwin published The Expression …
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| Jonathan Skillings / CNET: |
Aereo gets set for Atlanta debut — The capital of Georgia will be the third city to get the TV streaming service, following New York and, from tomorrow, Boston. — Aereo is getting on a roll, with plans now to bring its streaming TV service to Atlanta. — The Atlanta launch is scheduled …
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter and The Next Web. See also Mediagazer
| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
500 Startups bets big on international as it reveals the names of its spring 2013 accelerator class — 500 Startups has announced the names of the startups that joined its accelerator program this spring — perhaps the most internationally diverse yet as 71 percent of companies come from outside the US.
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, 500 Startups, GigaOM, MediaNama, PandoDaily and NextBigWhat
| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Apple wants to add Galaxy S4 to second patent case against Samsung in California (spring 2014 trial) — Late on Monday, Apple and Samsung submitted statements in response to Judge Koh's April 24, 2013 order to narrow their second California case. Narrowing will occur in several steps until the spring 2014 trial.
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BGR, AppleInsider, MacRumors, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, CNET, Electronista, PhoneArena, iClarified, Ubergizmo and iDownloadBlog.com
| Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land: |
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