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May 14, 2013, 1:55 PM

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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 …

More: CNET, Inside BlackBerry, BlackBerry, VentureBeat, iMore, BGR, Mobile Marketing Watch, BetaNews, Inquirer, ZDNet, NEWS.com.au, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, ReadWrite, AllThingsD, Gizmodo, LAPTOP Magazine, TechCrunch, CNET, 9to5Mac, Wired, The Next Web, Engadget, TechSpot, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice and Phone Scoop

Tweets: @stevekovach and @laughingstoic

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 …

More: Computerworld, CNET, BlackBerry, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, GigaOM, The Verge, The Register, Engadget, Pocket-lint, The Verge, Reuters, ZDNet, Wired, The Next Web, BGR, PhoneNews.com, IntoMobile, Softpedia News and SlashGear

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.

More: BetaNews, ZDNet, Examiner, ZDNet, AllThingsD, The Verge, BGR, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Yahoo! News and Macgasm

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

BlackBerry World hits 120,000 apps, as Skype launches on the Z10 along with 10.1 firmware update

More: Skype BlogsSkype Blogs, BetaNews, The Verge, CNET, CNET, AllThingsD, PhoneArena and SlashGear

Michael Gorman / Engadget:

BlackBerry announces BBM channels, gives dedicated messaging streams to brands and users

More: Inside BlackBerry, AllThingsD and CNET

Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

BlackBerry updates enterprise software for BB10, iOS, and Andriod devices

More: CrackBerry.com, iMore, The Next Web and AndroidGuys

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.

More: The Verge, Digital Trends, GigaOM, ZDNet, GeekWire, Gizmodo, LiveSide.net, 9to5Google, InfoWorld, 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.

More: Nokia, GeekWire, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Engadget, Mashable, LAPTOP Magazine, IntoMobile, LiveSide.net, Unwired View and Engadget

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Nokia's Latest, the Aluminum-Clad Lumia 925, Heads for T-Mobile USA and Vodafone

More: Examiner, Crave, Engadget, Engadget and CNET

Mat Smith / Engadget:

Nokia announces the Lumia 925: a thinner, lighter aluminum body coming June for 469 euros

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

With Oggl From Hipstamatic, Vyclone And More, Nokia Focuses Camera Features (But Still No Instagram In Sight)

More: Engadget, The Next Web, My Nokia Blog, Behind The Scenes …, Pocketnow, MobileSyrup.com and Engadget. Tweets: @stevekovach

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.

More: The Windows Blog, CNET, Digits, TechCrunch, The Next Web, The Register, CITEworld, ZDNet, GigaOM, GeekWire, VentureBeat, ZDNet, 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 …

More: Square, AllThingsD, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Next Web, VentureBeat, NYT Bits, GigaOM, CNET, Fortune, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Forbes, iDownloadBlog.com and Valleywag. Tweets: @zseward

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 …

More: Forbes, GamePolitics blogs, GamesIndustry International, VG247, Business Insider, Quartz, CNET, The Tell, Guardian, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Deadline.com and The Verge. Thanks:@m_delamerced. See also Mediagazer

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 …

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 …

More: The Windows Blog, The Next Web, The Verge, Nokia Conversations, WMPoweruser, WMPoweruser, Gotta Be Mobile, My Nokia Blog and Engadget

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.

More: AndroidOS.in, InfoWorld, Gotta Be Mobile and IntoMobile

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 …

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

PayPal's Cash For Registers Tries To Outdo Square And Groupon With Its Own Bid To Rule The Register — PayPal today announced Cash for Registers to encourage merchants to switch to PayPal-powered point-of-sale solutions. The program is part of the payment giant's bid to be the kingpin among …

More: AllThingsD, MacRumors, VentureBeat, Businessweek and Fortune

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.

More: VentureBeat, AllThingsD, Wired, GigaOM, dailywireless.org and PandoDaily. Thanks:@ripemp

Brad Stone / Businessweek:

Larry Page Explains Why He Lost His Voice — For the first time in nearly a year, Google CEO Larry Page is publicly addressing a question about his personal health: why he lost his voice and continues to speak more hoarsely than normal. — In a post to his page on the social network Google+ …

More: TechCrunch and Business Insider

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.

More: GeekWire, Reuters, GameSpot and Joystiq

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.

More: Raspberry Pi, Inquirer, Macgasm, 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 …

More: Betabeat

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 …

More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, TechCrunch and The Next Web. See also Mediagazer

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.

More: BGR, AppleInsider, MacRumors, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, CNET, Electronista, PhoneArena, iClarified, Ubergizmo and iDownloadBlog.com

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