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10M Early Downloaders Show BlackBerry Some BBM Love

There has been no shortage of questions and concerns about BlackBerry's ongoing viability in recent months, but this week brought some good news for the once-dominant mobile phone maker at last. Specifically, just 24 hours after releasing its BlackBerry Messenger chat app for Android and iOS devices, downloads had already topped 10 million ...

Microsoft Steps on the Glass Gas

Google Glass may currently be the name most associated with Internet-connected eyewear, but Microsoft is apparently hoping to make its own mark on the nascent category. Specifically, the company is now testing prototypes of a smart glass technology of its own, according to a Tuesday report in The Wall Street Journal ...

LG Goes Chrome-Crazy at Trademark Office

LG last week filed for trademarks on three names that contain the word "Chrome," sparking widespread speculation that the company is planning to launch an array of devices that run Google's Linux-based Chrome OS ...

Sony Gets Its Videogame Mojo Working

Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console showed in September that it still was able to pack a bit of a punch, dethroning Microsoft's Xbox 360, according to the NPD Group. The Xbox 360 had been the top-selling video console for 32 straight months since January 2011. ...

Adidas Trots Out Smartwatch for Runners

Adidas on Wednesday introduced the miCoach Smart Run, its new fitness-based smartwatch for runners, just a day after rival Nike introduced the latest update to its own Nike+ Fuelband SE tracker. ...

Ubisoft Won’t Be Letting the Watch Dogs Out

Ubisoft -- Europe's largest video game publisher -- might have a less-than-merry holiday season. It announced Wednesday that two of its hotly anticipated titles, Watch Dogs and The Crew, would be delayed until sometime in 2014. ...

Sony’s US Mobile Strategy: Whatever

Sony announced Tuesday that its SmartWatch 2 and its Xperia Z1 and Z Ultra smartphones, introduced in Europe and Asia earlier this year, are now available in the United States ...

Netflix Is Thinking Inside the Cable Box

Netflix may be angling to provide streaming content to cable subscribers, based on a report in Monday's Wall Street Journal. It appears Netflix is exploring deals with Comcast and Suddenlink Communications to launch an app for set-top boxes ...

Unu Plays 3 Ways to the Android Gaming Crowd

The Android gaming market is becoming increasingly crowded, but on Thursday Sunflex announced a fresh contender: the Unu, a combination console, tablet and home entertainment device that will arrive at retail next month ...

Google Maps Learns to Multitask

Google Maps has become the default source of directions for many users, but one feature it has notoriously lacked is the ability to provide directions to multiple destinations. On Wednesday, however, the company announced that it is now rolling out the feature at last ...

Samsung Leaps Ahead of the Curve With New Galaxy Round

Hard on the heels of LG's announcement earlier this week that it is planning flexible-display handsets of its own, Samsung Electronics on Wednesday announced the release of the Galaxy Round, which it says is the world's first smartphone featuring a curved screen ...

LG Jumps Out of the Box With Curvy Phone Displays

Following its launch earlier this year of a 55-inch OLED TV display, LG on Monday announced that it is working on bringing similar technology to mobile devices. ...

Amazon May Have 2 Smartphones Up Its Sleeve

It's been rumored for some time that Amazon was working on a smartphone project known as "ProjectB," but this week new details emerged that could offer a closer look. Specifically, the company is reportedly in the process of developing two handsets aimed at different ends of the market ...

Game Like It’s 1995 With Web-Based Hover

There's little doubt Microsoft has its gaming sights set primarily on the future with the approaching launch of its next generation Xbox One video game console next month, but on Wednesday the company took an old school turn and launched an updated version of the classic Windows 95 game Hover ...

Roadblocks Stymie GTA’s Online Launch

The launch of Grand Theft Auto V last month was a success by any measure, but Tuesday's debut of GTA Online wasn't quite as smooth ...

Valve Releases Steam Controller

Valve Software on Friday announced the Steam Controller, the third part of its trio of initiatives designed to bring Linux-based gaming to the living room. Valve dubbed the controller "a different kind of gamepad." ...

Judge Cuts Google No Slack in Gmail Wiretap Case

Google may have breached federal and California wiretapping laws by machine-scanning Gmail messages in order to deliver targeted advertising, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh ruled on Thursday. As a result of the ruling, a class-action suit against Google over the issue can now proceed. ...

eBay Snags Braintree’s Mobile-Payments Brain Trust in $800M Buy

eBay on Thursday announced that it is acquiring payment startup Braintree for US$800 million in cash. eBay will combine Braintree, which provides technology for processing payments on the Web and mobile devices, with its PayPal payments division ...

RealNetworks Banks on Cloud for Video-Sharing Comeback

RealNetworks on Tuesday announced RealPlayer Cloud, a new service that allows users to upload video files to the company's servers and then view and share them across devices ...

Valve’s SteamOS Arms Linux Gaming for Living Room Wars

After bringing its Steam gaming service to Linux earlier this year, Valve on Tuesday unveiled SteamOS, a new, Linux-based operating system that is designed to deliver PC entertainment in the living room ...

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