Thursday
May162013

Nokia Music launches in Canada for all Lumia handsets

Nokia Canada announced the launch of Nokia Music in Canada, its highly-acclaimed free music streaming service. Nokia Music is exclusive to Nokia Lumia smartphones, providing consumers with a simple and delightful way to discover and enjoy music. There is no sign-up, no ads and no subscription, meaning users can dive right into Nokia Music's catalogue of 18 million songs.

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Thursday
May162013

Apple celebrates 50 Billion App downloads

Apple today announced that customers have downloaded over 50 billion apps* from the revolutionary App Store. Customers are downloading more than 800 apps per second at a rate of over two billion apps per month on the App Store. The 50 billionth app was Say the Same Thing by Space Inch, LLC, which was downloaded by Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio who received a $10,000 App Store Gift Card to commemorate this historic milestone. 

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Wednesday
May152013

BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 gains momentum in North America

BlackBerry announced at the BlackBerry Live 2013 in Orlando, Florida that a number of enterprises in North America have already adopted BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 as part of their mobile strategy. Adopters have come from a wide range of sectors, such as banking, retail, tech, and government.

These growing number of organizations include the Canadian Tire Corporation, ING Direct, Ricoh Canada, Canadian Diabetes Association, BMO Financial Group, Torys LLP, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.

By using BlackBerry 10, Enterprise Service 10, and BlackBerry Balance technology, it gives their employees the functionality and user experience they want—both for corporate or personal needs—without compromising security.

Enterprise Service 10 offers everything from mobile device and application management to secure mobile connectivity that is at the same time a cost-efficient and reliable solution for the business sector.

Wednesday
May152013

Pinterest updates Android and iOS apps, adds notifications, mentions, and search suggestions

You’ve probably noticed that the Pinterest app on your Android or iOS device had a new update come in. What are the new things you can expect?

Now, you’ll be able to view comments and mentions within the app or through push notifications. You can also mention friends using the ubiquitous @ symbol on your mobile devices. And to speed up your searches, suggested search terms will show up and this will reflect the searches you do on your smartphone/tablet and the ones you do on your PC. Try out these new functions yourself or if you have been living under a giant rock and still don’t have the Pinterest app, you can download it from iTunes or Google Play.