Blackberry Messenger, styled as BBM is celebrating its 10 years anniversary today; the company’s instant messaging client was released back on the same day in 2005. As BBM Clocks 10, the Canadian-based company looked back at some important milestones in in the history of the PIN-to-PIN mobile messaging platform. • August 1, 2005: Birth of […]
Huawei is now officially confirmed as the third largest mobile phone maker in the world. The chinese smartphone maker pipped Microsoft to the position and now sits just behind Samsung and Apple. According to the latest report from Strategic Analytics for Q2 2015, Huawei shipped 30.6 million phones translating to a 7% market share compared […]
Pakistan has issued a directive through the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to the country’s network providers to commence blocking Blackberry Enterprise Services (BES) and all Blackberry Internet Services (BIS) starting December 1, 2015. According to the Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior citing security reasons, all plans are already on to pull the plug on Blackberry Enterprise […]
The dust is already settling on the Windows 10 OS Launch and some people, if not most people already have their upgrades by now. As promised, Microsoft rolled out the Windows 10 OS free upgrade on July 29th in 180 countries to eligible Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. The Windows 10 OS is a […]
Silent Circle has announced the secured Blackphone 2 smartphone, the successor to the original Blackphone, is the company first product to be part of the Google’s Android for Work program. The Blackphone 2 now runs Silent OS which is a secured and customised version of Android just like the PrivatOS on the Blackphone. It comes […]
Google and Sri Lankan Government has entered into an agreement to provide internet service access across the entire Island Nation using Google’s Project Loon. The service is expected to commence by March 2016. “The entire Sri Lankan island – every village from (southern) Dondra to (northern) Point Pedro – will be covered with affordable high […]
ZTE has added a new device to the blade series of smartphones from the company – the ZTE Blade V6. According to ZTE, the Blade V6 is the ZTE Blade D6 launching under another different name and is already selling in Mexico and Spain. Other countries getting the V6 includes – Germany, Russia, Japan and […]
US chip maker, Qualcomm has announced a new technology that lets all-metal rocking mobile devices charge wirelessly called the Qualcomm WiPower. Qualcomm’s new technology is based on the new-ish wireless charging standard – Rezence rather than established standard names likes Qi or PMA. According to Qualcomm, it has cracked the code which now lets metal […]
Despite not being official available yet, Android users can now install Cortana for Android thanks to a leaked APK of the app which was sent to beta testers in the Windows Insider Program. The Redmond giant confirmed in May that virtual assistant, Cortana will be coming to Android and iOS; whilst also pegging the Beta […]
Apple and Samsung as well as some other players in the Telecom industry are pushing for the implementation of the e-SIM (Embedded SIM) standard to replace the traditional SIM cards. According to Financial Times, two of the world’s smartphone makers – Samsung and Apple are in advanced talks with the GSMA to implement the e-SIM […]