TimmyMe BlackBerry app with NFC launch event happens today

Celebrate BlackBerry and Tim Hortons' TimmyMe app with NFC. BlackBerry and Tim Hortons announced a fast and convenient payment option for BlackBerry 10 smartphones users, who are now able to use their BlackBerrys to complete transactions at participating Tim Hortons across Canada and the United States. By leveraging near field communication (NFC) technology that's built into every BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

In celebration of this achievement, BlackBerry invites users to coffee and donuts ther BlackBerry 10 customer appreciation event being held at 2:00 PM today at Tim Hortons, 90 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, ON M5H 3V9. Some suprises await visitors.

Update on Friday, January 31, 2014 at 4:53PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Joffrey Lupul (Toronto Maple Leafs) buys coffee for BlackBerry users with Tim Hortons TimmyMe mobile app during the app event, launch.

Yahoo! Mail usernames and passwords stolen in latest breach

Yahoo! Mail is the second largest email service in the world and many of its user's names and passwords have been stolen in the latest security breach. Yahoo!'s blog has a recent post that states, "Based on our current findings, the list of usernames and passwords that were used to execute the attack was likely collected from a third-party database compromise. We have no evidence that they were obtained directly from Yahoo’s systems."

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Future's in the Cloud: Microsoft's next CEO likely to be Satya Nadela

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Microsoft seems to be moving closer to (finally!) choosing the successor to Steve Ballmer, who leaves later this year. The front runner is an insider and the head of Microsoft’s cloud and data center software group,  Satya Nadella. 

A profile on Bloomberg Businessweek says of Nadela, "he’s a sharp, persuasive individual who has spent more than 20 years working at the company. Crucially, he’s more or less Microsoft’s cloud master and has a firm handle on what it takes to run Bing, Office365, Skype, and Xbox Live. Nadella is also well-liked and respected throughout the industry."

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ARM Ecosystem collaborates for initial server platform standard

ARM  announced the collaborative development and immediate availability of a platform standard for ARMv8-A based (64-bit) servers, known as the ARM ‘Server Base System Architecture’ (SBSA) specification. This effort included input and support from software companies such as Canonical, Citrix, Linaro,Microsoft, Red Hat and SUSE, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) including Dell and HP along with a broad set of silicon partners.

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