NFL launches their BlackBerry 10 app today

Fresh off the first game of the football season yesterday, the NFL has gone live with their much-anticipated BlackBerry 10 app. The app provides NFL and Fantasy Football enthusiasts with up-to-the-minute tracking capabilities for access to the game and their favorite teams across the league. Whether looking to build a fantasy-team on-the-go, watch highlights from the latest game or stay on top of key players with customized alerts, the app puts those capabilities and more directly into the hands of BlackBerry 10 device users.

Download the free NFL Mobile app on via BlackBerry World 

Official Twitter app for Android tablets leaks online

Better late than never, right? At long last, during an IFA presentation no-less, the upcoming 'optimized for tablet' Twitter for Android was revleaed inadvertantly during a slide. Although no release date was given for the official app, an APK is available for download via the link below. Note: the app is optimized for tablets that have 10-inch screens. It's being reported that tablets with smaller screens are rendering a "cluttered" app experience.

Download Twitter for Android tablets here

Via AndroidPolice

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