Fast Company: Belkin's got the Internet of Things covered

Fast Company  named Belkin International, the company behind the WeMo family of home automation products, Echo water and power solutions and the Linksys home networking brand, to its 2014 list of the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in the Internet of Things. The list is published as part of the magazine’s annual Most Innovative Companies issue, which celebrates companies that exemplify the best in business from across the economy and around the world.

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iTunes Radio debuts down under as Australia gets streaming service

It's certainly a G'day in Oz now that iTunes Radio has officially been launched. Apple announced iTunes Radio as available to music fans in Australia. iTunes Radio is a free Internet radio service featuring over 100 stations and an incredible catalog of music from the iTunes Store, combined with features only iTunes can deliver.

When you tune into iTunes Radio on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC or Apple TV. Apple's Eddie Cue noted that the company hopes to launch the service in 100 countries, could Canada be far behind? Fingers crossed, we'll get out iTunes Radio sooner rather than later.

BBM chief parts ways with BlackBerry

Andrew Bocking, head of BBM instant messaging business, has just left BlackBerry on Monday. Reuters reports that John Chen, the company’s new chief executive, confirmed Bocking’s departure from the Waterloo, Ontario-based technology company. BlackBerry won’t confirm if his departure was part of an internal management shuffle or if it was a personal decision to leave the company. Enterprise segment head John Sims will now be in charge of BBM.

Pebble (kind of) gets Flappy Bird

We all know Flappy Bird has been pulled from Android and iOS application stores but that doesn’t mean clones won’t pop up. Developer Stuart Ha created Tiny Bird for the Pebble smartwatch. And while the 144x168 monochrome display isn’t touch-enabled you can get the same infuriating experience on the watch by pressing the up button on the watch to make the bird flap.

Source: Ubergizmo