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BlackBerry To Launch BBM On Android And iOS This Summer

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS Today at BlackBerry Live, CEO Thorsten Heins announced BBM will soon be available on Android and iOS. The messaging app will launch globally this summer. This is a huge move for BlackBerry as it brings BB10′s strongest feature to literally hundreds of millions of potential users. “It is a state of confidence,” Heins explained. “The BB10 platform is so strong and the response has been so good that the…

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Google

Sign-up page for revamped Google Maps shows off plenty of new features

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr Just hours before its I/O event, Google has apparently had a little accident: the sign-up page for “the new Google Maps” briefly went live, revealing a slew of extra details about what’s coming in the rumored refresh before quickly being pulled. Droid-Lifemanaged to grab some screenshots, including the one above, which gets to the heart of what Google is trying to achieve. The central idea is that Google will create maps tailored…

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Business Hardware Dev

Sony announces pricing for 55- and 65-inch 4K TVs in the UK, pre-order now, in-stores June

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As reported on Engadget. By James Trew Fancy some of the 4K magic from Sony, but are living over in the UK? Well you can get one step closer by pre-ordering today. The Bravia X9 — as it’s known over there — comes in two sizes (55- and 65-inch) both of which will land in bricks and mortar stores in mid-June. The price? Well, £4,000 and £6,000 respectively. That outlay will get you upscaling on all your…

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Business

Dell XPS 10 with Windows RT gets major price cut: base model now $300

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg We don’t know for sure that Dell’s been experiencing the weak demand for Windows RT Samsung’s been so vocal about, but significant price cuts to its XPS 10 tablet hybrid suggest it hasn’t exactly been flying off the shelves. Not only has the $500 tag for the tablet with 32GB of storage dropped to $300, but adding another 32GB now only costs $50 more, instead of $100. Savings have extended to the keyboard dock, too — opting for the…

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Hardware Dev

Panasonic refreshes Toughbook H2 with faster processor, bigger storage and stronger shell

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As reported on Engadget. By Daniel Cooper We’ve never understood why Panasonic chose to brand its top-line tablet as theToughbook H2, but given the hairy-chested types who build and use the gear, we’re not gonna challenge ’em. The company hasn’t messed too much with the Windows 7slate, except pushing the top chip to a 2.8GHz Intel Core i5-3427U and to swap out the 320GB 7,200RPM shock-mounted HDD for a 500GB model. Panasonic has also tweaked the hardware’s polycarbonate-encased magnesium alloy…

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Automotive

‘The Egoist’ Is Proof Lamborghini Has Lost Its Mind

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As reported on Wired. BY DAMON LAVRINC   The crew from Sant’Agata has lost its collective mind. There’s no other explanation for the Lamborghini Egoist concept. Only Lamborghini, a company that has no interest whatsoever in subtlety, could, and would, name a car “The Egoist.” This rolling compensator is a single-seat, four-wheeled birthday present to itself in honor of its 50th anniversary. Start racking up the decades and odd things can happen to your mental faculties. This…

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Culture Games

A VIDEO GAME ABOUT MASS SURVEILLANCE IN THE AGE OF BIG BROTHER AND LITTLE BROTHERS

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As reported on Polygon. By Brian Crecente We live in a hyperconnected, technologically turbo-charged world of mass surveillance and “digital shadows” that is so subtly controlling, that it makes the notion of Big Brother seem quaint. In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, the only person watching you was the government. In today’s society, the millions of digital eyes found in laptops, video game consoles, tablets and smartphones and a person’s growing trail of data and information left online,…

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Environmental

Climate change threatens to destroy Alaskan village within four years

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As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor   The Guardian this week published a fascinating in-depth report on the village of Newtok — a remote Alaskan community that, because of climate change, will likely be underwater within the next few years. Experts say it could be just four years beforerising sea levels swallow Newtok, and although the community has already agreed to relocate to higher ground, a shortage of money and resources has precluded them from taking action. Meanwhile,…

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Culture

Hacker Andrew Auernheimer Placed In Solitary Confinement For Tweeting From Prison

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOHN BIGGS Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer has been placed in “administrative segregation,” prison shorthand for solitary confinement for “investigative purposes.” Supporters believe he was locked down and given no Internet access because of his ability to send Tweets to a third party who relayed them on his private account. Auernheimer has not sent electronic messages since April 8. In a letter acquired by the Daily Dot, Auernheimer writes: I am disgusted to have to…

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Application Games

Dots

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS I’m addicted to Dots. It’s betaworks‘ new game. 389. That’s my high score. No power-ups. I’m pretty proud of it. The game consumes my time. I no longer browse reddit during my “private times”; I play Dots. Dots is simple. It’s elegant. The game has restored my faith in mobile game development. But more importantly, it’s fucking addicting. I can’t put it down. Dots a simple game: just connect adjoining dots…

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