Android users can get smarter with Lumosity app

With 60 million users, half of which are on iPhones, Lumosity is finally ready for Android and is releasing its brain training app. Continuing what began as a successful web-based service in 2007, Lumosity offers 40 games to sharpen one's brain and expects to grow this for mobile.

“We’re excited to launch our Android app, which will allow us to reach more users and provide them with a convenient and fun way to train with Lumosity from anywhere at any time,” said Kunal Sarkar, CEO of Lumosity, in a statement. “Our goal is to create the best, most accessible brain training experience, and with Android reaching 80 percent of the smartphone market share worldwide, launching on Android is an important step toward that goal.”

Source: VentureBeat

BlackBerry launches BBM protected for secure enterprise messaging

Leveraging its renewed focus on enterprise over consumer products and services, BlackBerry today announced the availability of BBM Protected, the first solution in the eBBM Suite for secure enterprise-class messaging. 

The eBBM Suite is a new family of BBM products and services built for business that bring together the convenience and usability of BBM with the additional security and compliance required by enterprise customers. The eBBM Suite will include new services designed to enable mobile workers to be more productive on the go, while meeting enterprises' needs for security, manageability and control. The first product in the eBBM Suite which was announced earlier this year, BBM Protected, is being delivered ahead of schedule today

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Live at the 2014 Canadian Telecom Summit

13 years later, the Canadian Telecom Summit has grown into being the largest conference of its kind in Canada. Drawing the top dogs of telecom, attendees can always expect engaging keynotes.

On the docket for day one today:

Guy Lawrence, President & CEO of Rogers Communication

Mark Henderson, President of Ericsson Canada

Janet Kennedy, President of Microsoft Canada

and several others.

So stay tuned and keep your eyes on the site for news as it happens!

Samsung creates a smart bike concept to keep you connected, make rides safer

Samsung Smart Bike from Samsung Maestros Academy on Vimeo.

We’re slowly seeing the rise of smart cars making their way out of various OEMs. But Samsung is hoping to make bicycles safer and more connected with a new concept they designed with Maestros Academy, a design academy they co-founded. The smart bike concept comes with lasers that project onto the road in order to create visibility for those around you. The idea is to let the other vehicles around you know you are there. You also get a rear-facing camera to give a look at what’s behind you without having to look back.

You can also mount your Samsung smartphone at the center of the handlebars while you ride. And you would want to do that because an Arduino computer will be working with your device to track your rides, discover who else is riding in your area, and share anything you want to. The bike is meant to highlight the best in Italian design. And as much as we’d like to see a lot of these on the streets, unfortunately there are currently no plans to commercially manufacture the smart bike.

Source: Geek