Kobo comes to BlackBerry Z10 and Q10

Blackberry Z10 and Q10 owners who are also invested in the Kobo book and social reading ecosystem can celebrate because today their world's collide, in a good way. If I remember correctly, Kobo was the only eReader platform to be made available to the BlackBerry PlayBook and continues its support for BlackBerry in BB10.  Kobo for BB10 brings the rich tapestry of features and even allows first chapter previews for thousands of select books.

Google plugs serious Android exploit, OEMs to issue fixes

There was a huge, gaping exploit that enabled hackers to enslave regular apps in the Play Store with malicious code. Well, it seems that Google has finally gotten around to patching this particularly problematic flaw and OEM partners are expected to push out updates to secure the millions of devices that are open to attack. Companies like Samsung and even custom ROM's like CyanogenMod have started pushing out updates to address the issue. As for the rest of Google' partners and carriers, only time will tell when they will update their customer's devices.

Twitter update includes direct message syncing and mobile search improvements

New Twitter update for Android, iOS, Twitter.com, mobile.twitter.com, and TweetDeck now lets you sync your direct messages or DMs across your devices and Twitter accounts. If you read a DM on your phone, it’ll be marked as read on your other devices, vice versa.

Search results have also been improved. You just need to make sure you have the latest version of the app from the iTunes App Store, Mac App Store, and Google Play Store.

Pearson comes out with new iOS developer books

IT publisher Pearson has just released four new iOS development titles you should check out.

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