Groupon acquires last-minute travel app Blink

Groupon today announced the acquisition of last-minute travel app Blink, a leading European destination for great deals on highly curated, same-day hotel bookings, bolstering its rapidly growing Groupon Getaways travel business. The Madrid-based Blink works with more than 2,000 hotel partners in eight European countries. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“We are very excited to welcome the Blink team to the Groupon family,” said Aaron Cooper, senior vice president of Groupon Getaways. “The combination of a fantastic mobile app, same-day inventory management for properties and a team that is obsessed with mobile and last-minute travel will help us further expand our travel business as the go-to destination for great deals on great places to stay.”

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New PS Vita coming to Japan in October

A new PlayStation Vita is coming to Japan on October 10th. The new Vita is 15 per cent thinner, 20 per cent lighter and will have a better battery life. Too keep costs down, Sony is replacing the stunning OLED screen with an LCD panel. The new PSVita will also feature a microUSB charging dock (yay!), 1GB of storage and pink, black, blue, grey, lime green, and yellow colour variants. No specifics on hardware and performance nor any indication of North American availability, but December or early 2014 makes sense for this product.

Source: Engadget

Facebook for Windows Phone now available on 256MB phones

The Facebook Beta app for Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 gets an update that makes it available on 256MB devices as well as added performance enhancements and bug fixes, according to a tweet from Windows Phone’s Corporate Vice President and Manager Joe Belfiore.

New #FB Beta for #WP7 and #WP8. not just bug fixes and perf... Also now available on 256MB phones! http://t.co/SYTRC5n4Rd

— joebelfiore (@joebelfiore) September 7, 2013

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear coming to TELUS on Oct. 4

Looks like we aren’t going to have to wait too long for Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear to land on Canadian soil. TELUS has said they will be carrying both devices on October 4 but have not said anything about pricing. We know the other carriers will be offering the Galaxy Note 3 but there is no word yet on availability. Stay tuned for more updates.

Source: Engadget