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In the past we have seen embarrassing tweets and posts from celebrities who were paid to endorse a particular phone brand, but ending up tweeting that promotion from another device instead. Perhaps learning from many such mishaps, Samsung has reportedly told all Olympians to hide the Apple logo from their iPhones if they were to use it to record events during the open ceremonies. As you guys are aware, the Winter Olympics are upon us and in light of that, Samsung has decided to take it as a great opportunity to spread the word about their products.

According to reports, Samsung has apparently given every Olympian taking part in the games a free Samsung Galaxy Note 3, and because of that, they are asking Olympians to hide the Apple logo from their iPhones. These guidelines were revealed when members of the Swiss Olympic team found them inserted into the gift bags. What do you guys think? Do you feel that it is unreasonable for Samsung to ask that the Olympians hide the Apple logos from their iPhones? Also, do you think that Samsung’s guidelines will be enforced? Or will we be seeing Olympians openly use their iPhones to start recording the ceremonies anyway?

Samsung Wants Apple’s Logo Hidden During The Olympics original content from Ubergizmo.

For those who love all things mobile, such as phone and tablets, MWC is probably an event you don’t want to miss. We expect that there will be many devices announced at MWC 2014, but in terms of companies confirmed to make an announcement, Sony has recently started to send out invites to an event that they will be hosting on the 24th of February in Barcelona where MWC will be held at. Unsurprisingly the invite does not tell us what sort of devices we might be able to expect from Sony, but given the fact that the event is about mobile and the leaks we’ve been hearing about, it’s not too hard to guess.

One of the possible announcements Sony is expected to make will be about the Sony Xperia Z2, the follow up to last year’s Sony Xperia Z1. The device is rumored to feature a display with a higher resolution and while the camera’s megapixels will remain the same, it is rumored to have been improved upon, although this will require us to take it for a test-spin to find out. There is also the possibility that Sony could announce a new tablet too in the form of the Castor, although the exact specifics remain unknown. Either way do check back with us then for all the details.

Sony Sends Out MWC 2014 Invites original content from Ubergizmo.

Some companies are not very good at keeping secrets, and when it comes to Nokia’s Treasure Tag, this is one particular device which has seen its fair share of leaks in the past, so much so that not too few people were surprised to see that Nokia’s Treasure Tag Bluetooth 4.0 accessory failed to materialize in the flesh at Nokia World last year. Well, just like how all good things always come to those who wait, apparently this particular device is being ramped up to make its way to the market especially when you take into consideration that an internal app has already showed its face in the Windows Phone Store for the Nokia Treasure Tag Bluetooth 4.0 accessory.

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Nokia Treasure Tag App Appears As Internal Beta original content from Ubergizmo.

BlackBerry continues to improve its now cross platform messaging service, BlackBerry Messenger, after opening it up for other platforms for the time time in history last year. Today an updated BBM for Android and iOS app has been announced which brings a new feature called Find Friends. This will allow users to easily find out which of their contacts are using BBM so they can send them a PIN invite. The feature is quite similar to what other cross platform messaging apps like WhatsApp offer, it too is capable of scanning through the users’ address book to find out which of their contacts are using its service.

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BBM For Android And iOS Gets Find Friends Feature original content from Ubergizmo.

There have been a lot of rumors about the Galaxy S5 launch, even though Samsung has already rolled out invitations for its Unpacked 5 event, which will be held on February 24, the day Mobile World Congress 2014 kicks off in Barcelona. Today the New York Times claims to have heard from its sources that Galaxy S5 is indeed going to be the device Samsung unveils at the event, and that contrary to some media reports, Samsung is sticking with the Galaxy S5 moniker for its next flagship. The report also claims that a new Galaxy Gear smartwatch will be launched alongside the Galaxy S5.

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Galaxy S5 Launch ‘Confirmed’ For MWC 2014 original content from Ubergizmo.