Apple Board Member Uses a Blackberry

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While some may argue that this is neither newsworthy nor does it hold any relevance, I argue that it does. This random piece of information stood out to me as a subliminal message, simply saying — You still have the choice. Lately online media has drawn and pushed the mental  picture that you either have [...]

OS10 Shows Up on The HTML5 Test

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OS10 has shown up on the HTML5 Test Site, and as shown on the mobile results page, OS10 has shown up, and it’s blowing the competition away.

RIM Interviews App Analytic Distimo – It’s all about the data (and reporting)

We’ve been covering the Distimo App report since the start of our Blog for a couple of years now. Every month, the app analytic company Distimo releases app stats from the leading mobile app stores. In sum, they tell you what’s hot and what’s not when it comes to mobile applications. While at BlackBerry DevCon Europe, RIM had [...]

“I couldn’t even Ba-BiM” – Why BlackBerry > iPhone [video]

[Click here for Mobile Viewing] This video is awesome! Great job @JusReign. I think he might have overdid it a bit when he talks about broadcast messages but then again, it is somewhat of a downfall only because it’s misused 99% of the time. On that note, viewer discretion is advised. Enjoy! Source: CB Twitter: [...]

BIS Services down again in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)

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Only hours after I announced that BIS services had been restored in Europe, Middle East & Africa users are yet again faced with another outage…

RIP Steve Jobs: 1955 – 2011

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Steve Jobs 1955-2011 It is with the deepest regret that I bring you the news that Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs has died today aged 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

BlackBerry Brand Value Declines 25%, Now Worth $3.3 Billion

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Being the stats nerd that I am along with being a huge BlackBerry fannatic, I couldn’t help but to post on this article that surfaced which has measured the BlackBerry brand value over recent years. According to the study from Brand Finance,  the BlackBerry brand value has decreased  by almost 25% since January of this year. The London-based [...]

Carriers Pushing for a Third Contender? BlackBerry is the Chosen One?

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Moving into the coming weeks, the BlackBerry 7 generation lineup should be available to more carriers as devices make their way into operator channels. This means that carriers now have to “push” another brand in BlackBerry so that handsets get sold and consumers subscribe. Certainly, operators are familiar with the BlackBerry brand but since there was a long [...]

Apple Opens Up Store in Waterloo

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As of now its no secret that things are heated in the smartphone arena. Well apparently Steve Jobs has added fire to the flame and has opened up an official Apple Store in the heart of BlackBerry land – Waterloo, Ontario in Canada. Will they achieve success? Well it’s a little too early to tell but 200+ people waited [...]

Apple Marketing 101: Choose Casey Anthony as News Category App Icon

Here is a taste of Apple’s marketing. Days after the acquittal of Casey Anthony, Apple has chosen Anthony as the poster girl for their News Category icon. Apple users browsing through “categories” have sent this to sites such as brobible, showing a photo of Casey Anthony displayed over the News section. Noting the social outcry over this verdict, [...]

Why Can’t They Get Along

Let us all remember when the iPhone hype made every non-Apple smartphone producer shake in fear. Showing off at the Academy Awards with the latent support of Holywood,Apple rolled in its baby: the iPhone. Although we all loved the pinching and the swapping and so forth some of us who were smart enough saw that [...]

Apple Borrows from PlayBook

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The old adage maintains “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”. Well as shares in Research in Motion tumble to an all new 52-week low, they could certainly use a “pick-me-up” in the form of flattery.

RIM and Apple Infringe on Kodak Patent [GUILTY]

  I reported earlier this year that RIM and Kodak were fighting in court over a patent which allows the previewing of digital images using ‘less processing power and storage space.’ According to Kodak, RIM and Apple must fork over $1 billion in licensing fees or else. Apple, who was also in the forefront of this suit [...]