Mainstream news outlets heavily rely on user-generated content already, but in a bid to boost it even more, NBC has bought Stringwire, a social video streaming company that allows for real-time sharing of videos recorded with smartphones. NBC thinks it’ll be the next generation of news coverage. When news breaks locally, news crews try to […]
It’s no secret that Wii U sales are going downhill, and many critics are suggesting that a price drop of the console will boost the number of units that the company sells. However, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says that the pricing model of the Wii U isn’t the issue, but rather the relatively low number […]
Lytro has been an awfully quiet company recently. After creating waves by releasing their Lytro camera, which allows to change the depth-of-field after a photo is taken, the company sort of disappeared from the limelight. However, 2014 is expected to be a big year for the company, and they have a lot of new things […]
Remember the rumor that BlackBerry was planning to take itself private? Just a few days later and the company has confirmed that some very fundamental discussions are indeed taking place. In a press release, the Canadian smartphone maker revealed that a committee has been formed to look for “strategic alternatives” to push BlackBerry 10, which could involve a merger, selling the company or taking BlackBerry private. Naturally, there’s no indication that anything will actually change at the beleaguered company, but at least we know Thorsten Heins is actively pursuing new options.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Blackberry
Via: The Globe and Mail
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This afternoon Apple has been denied the right to suspend the verdict handed down in its defense against charges of conspiring with book publishers to raise the prices of e-books. At the moment this means that Apple is sentenced to terminate current agency agreements with publishers and hold off any multimedia agreements that could in […]
Word has already gone around that a Nexus 10 reboot is heading our way in the near future, but while Samsung was responsible for the production of the 10-inch Google slate, it’s rumored that ASUS will take over manufacturing and will become the sole manufacturer of Google’s Android tablets. According to Geek, “multiple sources” have […]
We’ve known for a while now that Microsoft has had a hard time selling Windows RT tablets and ASUS has expressed in the past that they weren’t to happy about that, and it seems they’ve had enough. The company has confirmed that it will no longer manufacture tablets running Microsoft’s Windows RT operating system. According […]
It is no secret that Blackberry has fallen from its once high-and-mighty position, suffering financially in the midst of that and making a rather gallant effort to turn itself around. Although the company poured a lot of effort into BlackBerry 10 and the related handsets, it is still faltering, and as a result is open […]
Earlier this evening, secure email service provider Lavabit announced without warning that it was shutting its doors, doing so after having spent several weeks in a legal battle it wasn’t authorized to talk about. Following this, a similar service called Silent Circle has announced that it will be shutting down its email service, doing so […]
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