BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO), which has been coy about its ambitions to make a mainstream Android smartphone, fueled more speculation about its plans this week when it scooped up two Android-related domain names.
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Motorola Droid Turbo Rolls Out the 5.1 Lollipop Update; Battery Issues Hound Users
Battery life has always been one of the strongest points of the Motorola Droid Turbo. At 3900mAh, it can last up to 28 days on standby and two days with careful use. The fact that it comes with a 5.2-inch AMOLED display and quad-core Snapdragon 805 processor and charges rapidly with the unique Turbo Charger gives it even more edge over pricier competition. However, after installing the latest update, Droid Turbo users have begun complaining.
OPM data breaches started in 2013; director resigns
The US Office of Personnel Management's 21.5M stolen data could compromise the lives of individuals directlyand indirectly connected to the US government. The hack stole security information, backgrounds and filed fingerprints that could potentially reveal identities of US secret agents around the world. OPM director's resignation could be a justified move but it hardly offers solution to the crisis.
Under Armour's MyFitnessPal and Endomondo apps now run in tandem
Fitness and food tracker apps MyFitnessPal and Endomondo have started sharing content with one another, several months after both companies were acquired by sports apparel and fitness technology maker Under Armour in a deal worth $560 million.
Facebook is getting more personal with its latest News Feed update
In an unremitting bid to personalize the entire facebooking experience to billions of Facebook users, world's most popular social network giant has updated its news feed.
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Clear Channel in partnership with Google and leading automobile companies bring up the newly updated iHeartRadio app. With its integration to Android Auto, the Google's application for simultaneously utilizing smartphone to your vehicle, you can now play iHeartRadio to your car.
BMW seem to be emerging as a leader in tackling the challenges of meeting the ever-increasing demands for alternative auto fuel sources. The German automobile giant at the recently held Innovation Days 2015 in France unveiled its all new and enhanced BMW Hydrogen-Powered 5 Series GT which was co-developed with Toyota.
In what seems to be the smaller alternative for X-T1, Fujifilm touts the anti-smartphone camera X-T10 the best pick for its price. Basically, X-T10 is projected towards traditional photographers who are obsessed with the complexities of manual camera adjustments or settings. In other words, Fujifilm claims X-T10 to be a handy and worthy companion for the ones who despise touchscreen and adore the touch of physical buttons.
Microsoft is writing off the $7.6 billion that it paid to buy Nokia's handset unit in 2014 and dropping some 7,800 jobs in its roll, most of them from the phone business. The reductions will take place over the next few months.
For those who were lucky enough to be given an invite to Project Fi MVNO service, a new version of Lollipop is soon to arrive in all Nexus 6 smartphones.
ClipMine announced to have amassed a whopping $2.6 million in funding to roll out world's first crowdsourced online video indexing and annotation service.
A Google subsidiary has started a carpooling program Monday in Tel Aviv. Israel-based mapping and navigation provider Waze, which was acquired by the Internet giant in 2013, will handle the project.
Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC predicts a loss as it released preliminary results for the fiscal second quarter of 2015. The Company's campaign in the mid-tier smartphones competition is considered to be a major factor in their financial distress.
Yahoo's official launch of its daily fantasy sports league has stirred a joyful gush of excitement among the millions of fantasy users across the world. Yahoo Sports has been a leader in entertaining their fans with highly engaging sports updates, news, events and mainly sports fantasy contests and appealing prizes.
