Saturday, January 26, 2013

[Technology] Can BlackBerry dominate again?

Can BlackBerry dominate again?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2013/01/24/rim-lenovo.html
Summary: With a number of SDKs for developers, BlackBerry Balance, innovative camera features, and the fastest HTML5 rendering, BlackBerry may have what it takes to come back on top.

BitTorrent announces cloud storage and sharing service Sync
http://www.slashgear.com/bittorrent-announces-cloud-storage-and-sharing-service-sync-26266835/
Cloud backup services are popping up everywhere these days, with even BitTorrent now jumping onto the cloud craze. BitTorrent has announced a new cloud backup service it calls Sync, and though it of course has plenty of similarities with other cloud ...

Huawei's Smartphone Sales Eclipse Nokia, RIM
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/riding-on-googles-android-samsung-retains-smartphone-crown-apple-comes-in-second/317795-11.html
China's Huawei Technologies Co. has jumped ahead of Nokia Corp., HTC Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. in the world-wide smartphone race, but steep challenges remain for the telecommunications firm as it pursues a bigger role around the world.

Catch Your Android Phone Thief in the Act with this New App
http://www.latinospost.com/articles/10527/20130126/catch-android-phone-thief-act-new-app.htm
The unlucky thief that tries to steal an Android phone equipped with this app will unwittingly create a mugshot while committing their crime.

AT&T will buy mobile spectrum from Verizon for $1.9 billion
http://www.zdnet.com/woes-of-a-smartphone-enthusiast-why-at-and-t-exclusives-suck-7000010319/
Grant Gross covers technology and telecom policy in the U.S. government for The IDG News Service. More by Grant Gross. AT&T will buy mobile spectrum in the 700MHz band from Verizon Communications for US$1.9 billion, AT&T said Friday.

Microsoft Video Reintroduces Internet Explorer to Generation Y
http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/microsoft-video-reintroduces-internet-explorer-to-generation-y/
The software giant released a "Child of the 90's" promotional video in hopes of building buzz for its once-mighty Internet Explorer browser.

Vergil's Story Will Be Told In 'Devil May Cry' Comic
http://www.gamedot.co.uk/2013/01/25/devil-may-cry-review/
The two-part comic, "DmC: Devil May Cry: The Vergil Chronicles" from Titan Comics, offers up Dante's dapper brother's side of the story.

What the French war on anti-Semitic tweets says about hate speech in France
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/twitter-ordered-to-identify-anti-semitic-tweeters-in-france/articleshow/18175090.cms
A new French court ruling will require Twitter to release the personal data of anyone found to be tweeting racist sentiments. AP. The ruling comes after a legal complaint filed in October by France's Union of Jewish Students, which argued that several tweets ...

Lottery ticket sales well ahead of previous fiscal year
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130126/NEWS01/301260057/Lottery-ticket-sales-well-ahead-previous-fiscal-year
The sale of Kentucky Lottery tickets surged 8.1 percent in the six months ended Dec. 31.- 2:53 pm. Animal Services seeks public's help in cat cruelty case.

Cisco Sells Linksys Unit to Belkin
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/belkin-buys-ciscos-home-networking-business-including-linksys-brand-322509
Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to sell the home-networking unit that includes its well-known Linksys brand to Belkin International Inc., moving the maker of routers and switches further away from the consumer market.

UN group OKs new video format to save bandwidth
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/un-group-oks-new-video-format-to-save-bandwidth-1.1130863
GENEVA -- The U.N. telecommunications agency says its members have agreed upon a new compression format that could dramatically cut the amount of Internet bandwidth currently used by video files.

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