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Some have predicted the fall of BlackBerry even before the BlackBerry 10 OS became a reality. If you’ve been following the company’s exploits for the last year or so, you’ll know that the company formally known as RIM has fallen on some hard times, laying off scores of workers and trimming their device lineup. In…
Just when you think BlackBerry is dead and gone, the Waterloo company surprises us as it continues to truck along. Yesterday, Rogers, Canada’s largest cellular provider clarified to its subscribers that it would in fact carry the next BlackBerry flagship smartphone, the Z30. However many U.S. retailers have yet to show the same commitment to…
T-Mobile just announced Phase 3 of its UnCarrier plan, which will bring international unlimited data and texting while travelling in 100 countries. T-Mobile customers with Simple Choice plans will now receive data coverage in more countries at no extra charge, beginning on October 31st. T-Mobile also announced a new Stateside International Talk and Text, which…
AT&T is continuing its march to light up the U.S. and parts of North America with 4G LTE coverage by announcing the expansion of their blazing fast data network to thirteen new markets today. The launch is just a part of AT&T’s Project Velocity IP, which is a three-year plan to expand its IP broadband…
BlackBerry’s Z30 smartphone will be making its way to Canada soon, and will be available on carriers Bell, TELUS, MTS, SaskTel and other retail partners on October 15th. Pricing and availability will be determined by the carrier. The BlackBerry Z30 boasts a 5-inch 720p HD screen, 1.7GHz dual-core processor, 8-megapixel camera on the back, 2,880mAh…
Ready for the next installment in the Hunger Games? We sure are! Beginning on October 1st, you can purchase advance tickets for “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” with your mobile device via Fandango. The tickets will go on sale at 9AM PST on October 1st, and will be available for showtimes starting at 8PM on Thursday,…
Maybe those dead batteries aren’t so dead. Most discarded batteries have an average of 400 milliamps of power left in them, which means that we’re throwing out a lot of already purchased energy. Vitamilk, Thailand’s leading soymilk brand has created an interesting way to power smartphones by using what would be considered to us just…
BlackBerry will not be launching any new BB10 devices until March of next year, according to a report from Pocket-Lint. BlackBerry currently has four BB10 devices on the market, the BlackBerry Z10, Z30, Q10 and the Q5. BlackBerry had stated in 2012 that 2013 would see six BB10 devices released, but due to BlackBerry’s hard…
New York state is taking texting and driving very seriously by introducing dedicated “texting zones” on New York highways. Here’s the interesting part though; New York will not be constructing new areas, just rebranding current rest stops and parking areas as safe places to text, check a Facebook status or put a new pic up…
Today BlackBerry has confirmed its most grim news to date, as the company announced it would be laying of 4,500 more employees, which is almost 40 percent of its workforce. After the layoffs the Waterloo company will have 7,000 jobs remaining. In addition BlackBerry reported that it had lost $950 million for its last financial…