Leaked Roadmap Reveals BlackBerry’s Second Attempt At An iPad-Killer
A leaked BlackBerry roadmap, first uncovered by TechnoBuffalo, suggests the Canadian company is gearing up to launch a new tablet, and two “phablet” devices within the next year. According to the roadmap, BlackBerry will release a tablet, dubbed the B10, around Q3 of this year. Before Q1 2014, it looks The…
Both TiVo For Phones And Tablets Updated With Support For Android 4.2 …
Look, the TiVo apps may not be the best on the market (their 2.5 star ratings speak pretty loudly), but that hasn’t stopped the team from putting together a generous new update for both the phone and tablet apps that brings support for Android 4.2, along with a handful of Among those,…
Facebook, TiVo wrestle over ‘thumbs up’ icon
TiVo is disputing Facebook’s claim over the trademarked “thumbs up” icon. Facebook and TiVo are in a trademark dispute over which company owns the humble “thumbs up” icon. In 2010, Facebook trademarked the icon that has permeated every corner of the site, with more than a billion people “liking” status In…
Vaillancourt: No more Surfin’ with Bobby :'(
This is it. After five years, the Surfin’ with Bobby column is coming to an end. In the half-decade that this column has run in The Sudbury Star, you and I have been on a wonderful journey discovering the enormity of the World Wide Web, its hidden treasures and its…
Skype for Windows 8 gains contact blocking and performances improvements
Those of you using Skype in Windows 8 will be happy to know that Microsoft’s just bumped the app to version 1.6. It’s been a few months since the last update, and this revision brings more features to the table, including contact blocking and a slew of performance tweaks. You’re…
Get Ready for a Facebook Android Experience
Facebook is quite the dictator when it comes to changes in the design, UI and working of the social networking site. And if the latest Facebook invite is to be believed, there’s more change on the way. 2013 has perhaps been the year for maximum major Facebook changes from the Facebook…
Several iOS developers targeted with iMessage denial-of-service attack
One of the nicer features of Apple’s iMessage messaging platform is the fact that it can work on the desktop but it appears that also opens it up to abuse. As The Next Web reports, several prominent iOS developers have had their iMessage accounts flooded with messages from at least…
New York City cab driver returns iPhone to customer, refuses reward (in this life)
A man who may be the most honest hack in town went out of his way to return a brand-new iPhone 5 to an absent-minded fare and refused to take a dime in reward. “Money is nothing to me,” Mohammad Riyaz said after returning the pricey phone to an IBM sales…
Muhyiddin: Pos Malaysia employees to receive insurance coverage and RM500 …
SHAH ALAM: Pos Malaysia employees will receive insurance coverage and a RM500 gratuity payment from their employer. The insurance coverage is also extended to their family, while the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM) will give out a netbook each to all the children of Pos Malaysia employees who excelled…
Foursquare’s API Is A Pillar Of The Mobile App Ecosystem
Editor’s note: Jonathan Barouch is the founder and CEO of location-based startup Roamz, developer of social media business product Local Measure. Follow him on Twitter @jbarouch. Foursquare has become entrenched in the fabric of the local web, providing an API that delivers common good for developers. Any destabilization in Foursquare…
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