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BlackBerry Pivots to Social Media with BBM Channels
BlackBerry has introduced an updated version of its messaging app that makes the service a social network — but Android and iOS users will have to wait for the new features.
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How to Catch Customers #BlackFriday [Infographic]
You couldn't have made it through the past month without hearing one prediction after another about the importance of mobile commerce this holiday season. And guess what? Everyone who emphasized that optimizing for mobile was an essential retail strategy was apparently right, according to early insight from IBM.
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Buy Tech Products on Launch Day at Your Own Risk
Today's Microsoft Xbox launch comes with a required two-gigabyte update to access the most basic of the console's features. Owners are effectively left with an expensive lump of plastic and silicon without it. Similar mandatory or essential updates were needed for Sony's PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Wii U.
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Apple Releases iOS 7.0.4 Update to Squash Bugs
Apple is pretty coy about its technical failings, leaving highly ambiguous terms in the update documentation. While it is not the only company that does this, you have to wonder why.
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Research Shows Android Wins Market Share, But Apple Gets the Money
Two heavyweights — International Data Corporation (IDC) and Gartner — just released quarterly statistics on smartphone shipments and market share. The consensus: Android is running away with market share, now accounting for four out of five mobile phones sold worldwide.
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Pebble Skips On as Majors Stutter in the Smartwatch Battle
While Samsung and Sony make no noticeable impact on a nascent market with their smartwatch offerings, crowdsourced favorite Pebble continues to make headway.
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Google+ Upgrades Hangouts and Photos
Google+ has a reputation for being a bit barren for many users. But it just made several upgrades that could improve the user experience. Now there’s the ability to schedule a Hangout On Air and backup photos via auto syncing for iOS.
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BlackBerry Attracts 20M New BBM Users on iOS and Android in a Week
In just one week, 20 million new users signed up to use BlackBerry's BBM service through a free app available on the iPhone and Android stores.
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Nokia Back in Smartphone Game with 8.8 Million Units Sold in Q3
Nokia's play to stay in the smartphone game is paying off as buyers flock to its wide range of Windows Phone 8 devices packing great camera technology. With its upcoming acquisition by Microsoft, the $7.
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Apple Is Live Streaming Today's iPad Event
Get ready to sit back and relax as Apple makes a video stream available for the world to watch it show off its latest tablets.
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Android TV to Replace Google TV in Battle For the Smart Set
While smartphones and tablets have exploded, the smart TV concept has struggled. Sure, people are buying sets, but those extra features and apps have been overlooked thanks to niche stores, complex menus and other customer experience issues.
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Apple Acquires Cue, Another Personal Assistant, As the Buy Out Frenzy Continues
Over the week, we heard that social and personal assistant Cue (formerly known as Greplin) was shutting down. The reason for that is now apparent with Apple confirming they have acquired the company to bolster its own personal service efforts.
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Apple Fixing iMessage Bug, But Retina Supply May Threaten iPad Mini Launch
Apple is having a few gremlins with iOS 7, with its massive user base magnifying any issues, so expect a new iOS update very soon to fix that pesky iMessage bug. However, a far bigger problem could be a lack of retina screens for the new iPad mini.
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Box Refreshes iOS App, Adds Metadata File Access
Online file storage company Box announced it has fully integrated its Folders and CrocoDoc acquisitions from earlier in 2013, and has now updated its iOS app and added metadata access to stored files. iPad Box Users Get Updated UI, Preview Enhancements Box bought both Folders and Crocodoc in May,
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