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BlackBerry Looking to Launch Refreshed BB7 Devices as CEO Thorsten Heins Claims “BB7 is Still Very Successful”
0By: Ali Raza | April 3rd, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
BlackBerry 10 is the latest operating system from Canadian firm BlackBerry which the company launched at the start of February. The new software currently powers the latest BlackBerry Z10 smartphone and soon consumers will be able to experience it on BlackBerry Q10 as well. Andrew MacLeod, Managing Director of BlackBerry Cana...
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Study Reveals Medium Size Phones Like iPhone are More Popular than Phablets
By: Jeff Stewart | April 3rd, 2013 | Android, Apple, News, Smartphones, Tablets
Flurry, an analytics firm, has recently issued a report according to which phablets or hybrid devices that have a screen size from 5-inches to 6.9-inches such as the Samsung Galaxy Note are not doing well in the market as compared to smartphones and bigger tablets. The report points at the fact that smaller phablets hold just a 2 percent share in the total consumer base. The report also revealed t...
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Tim Cook Uses Apple’s China Website to Apologise About Warranty Policies
By: Jeff Stewart | April 3rd, 2013 | Apple, Business, iOS, News, Smartphones, Tablets
Last week China's state controlled media slammed California-based tech giant Apple over its warranty policies. The Chinese media said that the multinational company has a different warranty policy in China as compared to the US and other countries. The report stated that instead of replacing iPhones, Apple offered repairs only. To...
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China Strongly Opposes New U.S. Law That Regulates Government Purchasing of Chinese IT Systems
By: Ali Raza | April 3rd, 2013 | Business, News
The United States has passed a new law as a part of a large spending bill on Thursday, March 28th that confines government organizations from purchasing Chinese technology. As a result of this provision tensions between the two countries have once again increase as China strongly opposed the new law for government purchasing. Opposing the new provision, China said that the measure will badly affec...
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BlackBerry Q10 Likely to Hit Canadian Market in April
By: Ali Raza | April 3rd, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
Roughly two months after the launch of the all-touch BlackBerry Z10 smartphone,BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has made it known that the QWERTY/Touch Q10 handset is likely to hit the Canadian market in April and at this point in time it is being tested in 20 countries by 40 different telecom carriers. Heins revealed this news ...
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SEC Allows Companies to Share Important Data on Social Media
By: Zain Nabi | April 3rd, 2013 | News, Social Media
The Securities and Exchange Commission has allowed companies to use Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools to release important information, provided they release the information on the network known to customers and do it at the same time for all. The recent development has come up in the light of an inquiry that the regulators addressed concerning personal Facebook page of N...
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Nokia CEO Stephen Elop Expects Windows Phone to Beat BlackBerry
By: Zain Nabi | April 3rd, 2013 | News, Smartphones
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, the first chief of the Finnish company who does not belong to the country, expects Windows Phone to capture BlackBerry customer base, though he did not directly name the Canadian-based smartphone manufacturers in his interview recently. Elop, who is also from Canada, has been running affairs at Nokia rather successfully. He made Nokia and Microsoft join hands, ...
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BlackBerry Sets Eyes on Thailand
By: Zain Nabi | April 3rd, 2013 | News, O Canada, Smartphones
After being made available in Europe, Canada, and the U.S., BlackBerry is fast exploring Asian markets as the company continues with its ambition of expanding its consumer base and increasing market penetration all over the world. The new smartphone (Z10) of the company is already available in main markets of India and China, but now BlackBerry has set its eyes on Thailand where the new smartphone...
