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.

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.

mesh13 prepares to host the top digital thinkers in Canada

mesh13, Canada's premier web and digital conference  begins today and is a chance to connect with people who are as excited about the potential of digital. mesh conference is a two-day event that explores how the web is evolving, the emergence of new and emerging trends, and what’s over the digital horizon. It’s a thinking person’s conference that features challenging, insightful, engaging and provocative speakers and content. You will come away from mesh with new ideas, inspiration and tons of food for thought on how you personally and professionally use the Web.

Canada’s premier digital conference is a chance to connect with people who are as excited about the potential of digital as you are — people who want to know more about how it is changing the way we live, work and interact with the world. And you won’t just connect with them in the hallways — at mesh, every session is interactive.

The Apple Beat: Wish List for iOS 7

Great Scott!: With iOS proponent Scott Forstall gone from Apple, what direction with the valuable iOS take?By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple's yearly WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) is a month away and we're sure to see the latest features and builds of Mac OS X and iOS. Studying the current mobile landscape and features available to competing smartphone and tablet platforms, I've compiled a personal wish list of features I hope to see on iOS 7.

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