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Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

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BlackBerry is pleased to announce that the US Defense Information System Agency (DISA) has awarded them with the “Authority To Operate” (ATO) where the BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones are concerned, alongside BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, so you should be able to see both smartphones burn up the lines over at the Department of Defense in due time. These are the first of a new generation of smartphones that were awarded the authority to operate under a new batch of IT guidelines.

Thanks to the ATO, DISA will now work on developing the infrastructure so that it can support BlackBerry 10 smartphones. DISA is tipped to deliver enough capacity for it to support a whopping 10,000 BlackBerry 10 smartphones by the time fall arrives, and to touch the 30,000 mark by the end of this year on DoD networks, depending on how much funding they receive in the first place. While missing an ATO would not mean total prohibition of operation on DoD networks, it does limit the access the devices have to classified services, and we all know how precious information can be. This is a PR coup for BlackBerry, but chances are it will not do too much for the company in the long run when the global market is so much larger than just 30,000 BlackBerry smartphones. [Press Release]

BlackBerry Gets “Authority To Operate” On U.S. Department Of Defense Networks original content from Ubergizmo.

This past week we’ve seen a couple of pictures of the BlackBerry Z10 Porsche Design, well not of the actual device itself, but of its components. This is the first time that the device has been pictured in all its glory, but there’s still no word as yet when it is going to be released. Don’t expect it to be any cheaper, even if the conventional Z10 prices are being slashed across the board. Porsche Design model of the BlackBerry 9900 has retailed for over $2000 in the past.

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BlackBerry Z10 Porsche Design Pictured Once Again original content from Ubergizmo.

Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

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Suffice it to say, the BB10 crowd hasn’t exactly been pleased with the current Twitter app on the platform — a quick look at the BlackBerry World reviews pretty much sums up the frustration. Now, hoping to alleviate some of those troubles, Twitter’s releasing version 10.2 of its application, which brings a hefty amount of improvements to folks with a Z10 or Q10. The app now displays a redesigned UI that makes it easier to browse, as well as other new features including access to DMs and multiple accounts, the ability to save photos being shared, an overhauled Discover tab and more enhancements to search. We have a feeling BlackBerry 10 users will certainly appreciate today’s beefy update, so do let us know in the comments below if you’re enjoying it thus far.

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Source: BlackBerry World