BlackBerry to offer BBM as standalone app for iOS and Android this summer BlackBerry to offer BBM as standalone app for iOS and Android this summer

Thorsten Heins just broke what has to be the biggest news out of BBLive this morning: BBM is breaking out of its walled garden. Starting this summer, users running iOS 6 and Android ICS or higher will be able to download the BBM app for free and join in the messaging experience so highly curated by BlackBerry. Initially, however, only the messaging and group features will be accessible for...

May 14, 2013, 14:58
This 90-Year-Old Grandma Freaking Out Over the Oculus Rift VR Goggles Is What Makes Technology Great

More or less, this is all anyone ever wants from a piece of technology. Here's a 90-year-old woman strapped into an Oculus Rift VR headset, and totally losing her mind over how amazing it is.

April 15, 2013, 3:26
Viber announces new desktop app, revamps Android and iOS versions Viber announces new desktop app, revamps Android and iOS versions

Along with claiming more than 200 million users worldwide, Viber's also taking this day to announce what it is referring to as the biggest update yet. For starters, the applications have both been on the receiving end of a pretty meaningful refresh, following of VoIP calling on older versions of BlackBerry OS. An all-new desktop app will, as of today, also be available to Viber users on a...

May 7, 2013, 12:00
Adapteva shows off production Parallella mini 'supercomputer' boards

With its ambitious computing project funded on Kickstarter since last October, Adapteva's now showing off its first mass-production boards. These -esque devices are capable of supercomputer-like performance thanks to power-sipping Epiphany multi-core accelerators. As proposed, both the $99 13GHz 16-core (26 gigaflops) and $199 45GHz 64-core accelerator (90 gigaflops) variants make an...

April 20, 2013, 11:03
HTC looks to boost One sales with new weekend promo, offers $100 to $375 for trade-ins HTC looks to boost One sales with new weekend promo, offers $100 to $375 for trade-ins

HTC has already gone the trade-in route to offer folks a discount on its new smartphone, but it's now giving it another go this weekend with an expanded promo in the US and Canada. This new one is open to anyone that buys an HTC One between today and Sunday, May 5th (the previous promotion required folks to pre-register), and it now offers up to $375 for smartphones that you trade in. Unless...

May 2, 2013, 17:25
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