[Technology] BlackBerry 10 offers choice, but demand likely niche

BlackBerry 10 offers choice, but demand likely niche
http://www.zdnet.com/blackberry-10-offers-choice-but-demand-likely-niche-7000010600/
Summary: Analysts and consumers have positive impressions of BlackBerry's latest handsets, but say eliciting interest beyond existing users will be a "struggle" and the Canadian phonemaker will be a niche player.

Facebook moving fast on mobile, and spending tons on everything
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/facebooks-mobile-ad-revenue-doubles-in-fourth-quarter/369918-11.html
The social network showed for a second time that mobile can be a major cash cow. Too bad it takes money to make money. Jennifer Van Grove.

New York Times claims China hacked its computers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jan/31/new-york-times-chinese-hacked
Hackers with possible ties to the Chinese military have repeatedly attacked the New York Times' computer systems over the past four months, possibly in retaliation for a series of stories that the paper ran exposing vast wealth accumulated by the family of ...

Tumblr avoids porn label and adds mature rating to iOS app
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/01/29/technology-500px-app-store.html
After Apple pulled the 500px photo app from iTunes over porn controversy, it seems Tumblr is doing what it can to avoid the same by adding a 17+ age warning to its iPhone and iPad app.

Alicia Keys and BlackBerry? A match made in â€" somewhere
http://www.eonline.com/news/383455/alicia-keys-named-blackberry-s-new-global-creative-director?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories
Alicia Keys, who is still a Relevant, Hip Artist, has just become the Global Creative Director of BlackBerry. Because nothing says “this is a great device for encrypted end-to-end communications” like “Alicia Keys.

Kim Dotcom's Mega Gets Third-Party Search Engine
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10862541
The file-sharing site Mega, introduced two weeks ago by infamous file-sharing kingpin Kim Dotcom, just became a lot more useful to content pirates, thanks to a community-fed search engine of links to content hosted on Mega's servers.

Vodafone no-go on BlackBerry 10
http://www.guardian.co.uk/mobile/insideguardian/guardian-blackberry-app
Summary: Vodafone Australia has said that it has no plan to release BlackBerry 10-equipped phones any time soon. Josh Taylor. By Josh Taylor | January 31, 2013 -- 03:17 GMT (19:17 PST).

Facebook wants to know everything about you
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/yandex-puts-mobile-app-blocked-by-facebook-on-hold-324513
IT'S not enough that Facebook wants to know when you're stuck in the train with someone with a flatulance problem, it also wants to know your mood, what you eat, what you're listening to, reading or doing at any given moment.

Apple trademarks its Stores to deter copycats
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/apple-trademarks-design-of-its-retail-stores/articleshow/18251326.cms
Summary: Apple has been granted a trademark on the design of its Apple Stores by the US Patent & Trademark Office. Sam Shead. By Sam Shead | January 30, 2013 -- 16:58 GMT (08:58 PST).

No More Torture for Splinter Cell: Blacklist
http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/30/how-ubisofts-designers-transformed-sam-fisher-into-a-panther-and-a-leader-in-splinter-cell-blacklist-interview/
Ubisoft Toronto has decided that Sam Fisher shouldn't be extracting intelligence at knife-point. During E3 2012, Ubisoft Toronto presented footage from Splinter Cell: Blacklist in which a player-controlled Sam Fisher stabs and tortures an NPC for information.

evasi0n iOS 6.x jailbreak announced, tentatively planned for next week
http://www.computerworld.in/news/hackers-unveil-latest-apple-ios-6-jailbreak-website-66322013
The iOS 6.x jailbreak - dubbed evasi0n - has been announced, and according to a tweet from @planetbeing, one of the hackers working on it, is tentatively scheduled for release next week.

Dropbox Launches Document Previews, Makes It Easier to Share Photos
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/dropbox_launches_document_previews_makes_it_easier_share_photos776
Dropbox, which Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently described as “a fine little startup”, on Wednesday previewed a set of new features it believes mark the company's shift from having a “file-system centric view to a more content-focused view.