• BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins: “This is the starting line”

    By: Zain Nabi  |   January 31st, 2013   |   News, Smartphones

    A year ago, we could not have given any timeframe for the launch for the new BlackBerry phone because even the company was not sure when it would introduce the new version of its signature product in the market with ever increasing competition.   After some management changes and delaying the launch dates, the company, then known as Research in Motion and now as BlackBerry, announced th...

  • What Reviewers Have to Say About New BlackBerry?

    By: Zain Nabi  |   January 31st, 2013   |   Smartphones

    While the users will need some time to get their hands on the new BlackBerry smartphones (some more time if you are getting it from the U.S. markets), some analysts were lucky to get hold of the phone a few days before its launch that was staged in six different cities of the world at the same time yesterday.   The reviewers have so far given a mixed response to the new BlackBerry phone...

  • BlackBerry Shares Decline

    By: Zain Nabi  |   January 31st, 2013   |   Business, News

    Soon after the new models of the BlackBerry 10 were launched, the company’s stock value declined, apparently because the investors were disappointed to know that the smartphone would not hit the U.S. markets until March.   The new BB10 phones will be available in the UK from today, and will reach the UAE and Canada markets in the next week. However, the U.S. market will receive the ph...

  • Availability Dates for BlackBerry Z10 and Q10

    By: Zain Nabi  |   January 31st, 2013   |   News, Smartphones

    After an enthralling launch in six different cities at the same time, the new BlackBerry devices will be available for sale in different markets worldwide from today, but will take more than a month to reach out to all main global markets.   The two new smartphones, Z10 and Q10, will be available first of all in the UK from today, while they will be available in other markets after a fe...

  • BlackBerry 10 Unveiled

    By: Zain Nabi  |   January 31st, 2013   |   News, Smartphones

    When Thorsten Heins stepped on the stage to unveil the much-anticipated BlackBerry 10, the crowd that had been eagerly waiting to get a glimpse at the new phone roared in excitement, knowing the wait was finally going to over.   Back in 1999 when Research in Motion launched its first BlackBerry phone, the Canadian-based company did not know that it would have to face a number of ups and...

  • Canadian Startup Sortable Launches CPUBoss.com to Help People Find The Right CPU

    By: Jeff Stewart  |   January 30th, 2013   |   News, O Canada

    Finding the right desktop or laptop that serves one’s needs well is not an easy task and the search becomes even tougher when someone is looking to buy the perfect CPU. Most users are not very tech savvy and cannot tell the difference between AMD FX 6200 and Intel’s Xeon E5-2690. To help the majority of consumers who have this issue, Waterloo-based startup,

  • Rdio Offers Free Streaming Music Service To International Users

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   January 30th, 2013   |   News

    Online streaming music sites have been locked in heated battle over which service will become the dominant name in the sector. Rdio took another step closer to becoming a winner when it announced today that it is giving up to six months of free streaming music to users that live in approximately all of its current markets. New users in the includ...

  • Nintendo Cuts Sales Forecast For Wii-U Due To Weak Demand

    By: Talha Bhatti  |   January 30th, 2013   |   Games, News

    Nintendo has stated that it will end up selling four million Wii-U because of disappointing sales. The console has not been received well by consumers and the Japanese game developer has ended up slashing its previous  forecast by 27%. However, Nintendo still expects to make a profit this year because the Yen is weak compared to other curre...