The upcoming Passport is generating a lot of excitement among fans. To keep fans and consumers updated with the latest news BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) is now allowing fans to pre-register to receive emails about BlackBerry’s Passport Smartphone availability and other upcoming BlackBerry products and services. Inside Blackberry, the official BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) Blog announced the news today. With Pre-registering for news and information regarding Passport, BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) wants that the brand’s fans are the first to know about the latest information about BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s Passport and its availability. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s Passport has generated a lot of buzz even before its launch owing to…
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) announced yesterday that it added 36 new university campuses across the U.S. and Canada to the Street View feature on Google Maps. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) already offers a host of locations across the world in Street View. With the addition of these new 36 universities, parents and students would be able to take a virtual tour of these campuses to get a feel of the premises. To see if Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has enabled Street view tour for a university, one needs to search for a particular university on Google Maps and click on the ‘Pegman’ to…
When Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) came up with its ‘social games’, everyone from the analysts to industry experts hailed it as the ‘next big thing’, but over the years the company has failed to deliver on the promises that its once made. Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) reached wide variety of users, thanks to the user base of social networks like Facebook and Twitter, but it hasn’t been able to maintain its popularity. All the initial game releases from Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) like Texas HoldEm Poker, Mafia Wars, Farmville found success among online gamers, but it has been more than five years since…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Google+ might be lagging far behind its rivals like Twitter, Facebook etc. in terms of active users, but the social networking platform is quite a hit among the travel brands. L2, a subscription-based business intelligence service that benchmarks the digital competence of brands, recently came up with L2’s Intelligence Report: Social Platforms. The report found that though Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Google+ is the preferred choice of travel brands for social outreach than other networks. An important reason for travel brands to be present on Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Google+, as the report pointed out is because of (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s…
Contrary to popular opinion, a lot of new UHD TVs in the market can’t play Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX)’s 4K videos, even though they have built in HVEC decoders. An article from ConsumerReports was published on Yahoo! Finance, elaborating on this issue. The team at ConsumerReports tested the latest batch of 2014 Tvs and found out that some of them don’t play Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX)’s 4K streams. Models from all the major consumer electronics brands like LG Electronics, Samsung, and Sony were able to play the 4K videos. A TV from another major brand, Panasonic’s TC-58AX800 was not able to play the…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently announced on its OneDrive Blog that its cloud storage app is now available in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s AppStore. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s customers can download the OneDrive on their Kindle Fire and Fire Phone. A few weeks ago, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) had also released the OneNote app on (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s AppStore. By introducing OneDrive Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has enabled Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s users to store, view, and share their favorite photos and important documents right from their phone or tablet. With its addition to Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s AppStore, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s OneDrive has a presence in all major mobile and desktop platforms. Disclosure: None Suggested Articles: Most Expensive Homes In…
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Same-Day Delivery service, with the new ‘Get It Today’ feature, has been expanded to six more cities, the company informed in a press release. The six cities that have been added to the list are: Baltimore, Dallas, Indianapolis, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington DC metro areas. This facility will enable Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s users residing in these cities to order from more than a million products and get the deliveries the same day, even if they order as late as noon. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) also informed that its ‘Prime’ members will need to pay only $5.99 for all…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has revealed on its Nokia Conversations page that it introduced new camera apps for Windows Mobile 8.1. The highlight of the update is the new Nokia camera, which now includes a simplified user interface, with an easy access to manual controls, video, smart sequence and improved Camera Roll. It seems that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has also taken ‘selfies’ seriously, which can be seen in the ‘Facetune’ app that will tidy up photos of people by whitening teeth, removing blemishes and smoothing skin. It also has a powerful image editing tool. The ‘Walgreens’ app helps Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s phone users in…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) finds itself in a problem, which neither it helped in creating nor does it have a solution to. Yes, even the world’s largest company finds itself in a trouble that it can’t solve with its multi billion dollar reserves. You may ask, what exactly is the problem? Well, for starters the problem is not restricted to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), but almost every company that finds its origin in the U.S.. Ever since the news of the U.S. Government snooping on other countries became public and Edward Snowden revealed how the U.S. Government agencies are keeping a tab…
Email IDs have always been a problem for those whose names contain accented characters or is written in a different script as while signing up one can only use non-accented Latin alphabets. Well, no more now, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) revealed on its official Gmail blog that it’s among the first email providers to have adopted the new email standards created by the Internet Engineering Task Force(IETF) that supports addresses with non-Latin and accented Latin characters. From now on, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Gmail will recognize addresses that contain accented or non-Latin characters. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) also announced that this feature would soon…
It’s official now, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Google Maps now takes you outside this world. The mapping service is now not restricted to the Earth, but also now lets you explore the Moon and Mars, albeit not as clearly as Earth. PetaPixal, revealed in a post that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Google Maps can now be used to explore the surface of the Moon and Mars more thoroughly than has ever been possible before. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s unveiled this new feature to celebrate the Mars Curiosity Rover’s second ‘anniversary’ on the Martian surface. The source mentioned that even though this new service is not as detailed as Google…
CNBC recently came up with its list of 50 companies, measured by their research quotient (RQ). CNBC partnered with Washington University in St. Louis business school professor Anne Marie Knott, who specializes in innovation, to develop this list of publicly-held U.S. companies, who invested $100 million or more in R&D. Surprisingly, one of the biggest names when it comes to R&D and innovation, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) was not included in the list. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has always been considered the frontrunner in the world of tech innovation and its name not being featured in the list definitely raises a lot of eyebrows. Perhaps the…