BlackBerry Passport is now available in silver

The new and impoved BlackBerry Passport now features a stainless steel frame, runs the latest BlackBerry 10.3.2 operating system and is available in Canada for CAD $649.00.

The BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition will be available through ShopBlackBerry.com in North America starting today for $549 USD. The BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition will be available through ShopBlackBerry.com in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands in the coming weeks. Amazon.com, Carphone Warehouse and Selfridges will be launching the BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition online in the next couple of weeks. Selfridges will also launch the BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition in the BlackBerry Shop at Selfridges London. Distributors in select regions will also carry the BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition in limited quantities. Check out our comprehensive review of the original Passport here.

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Apple’s Siri will supposedly be able to transcribe your voicemail

A new report claims Apple will be expanding the capability of Siri, turning it more into a virtual secretary. This voice assistant will reportedly get the ability to transcribe your voicemails into text. When someone calls you you, the calls will be redirected to Siri instead of the audio recorder and a beep. Siri will then give select callers a message as to why you can’t be reached at the moment and even give your location if needed. Siri will then transcribe the message it received. This is reportedly in limited testing at Apple now and should be released by next year, possibly in time for iOS 10.

Source: SlashGear

KFC Canada adds a photo printer into the base of the Memories Bucket

KFC’s known to introduce some pretty interesting gimmicks. This time, to celebrate the 60^th anniversary of the fast food joint in Canada with the Memories Bucket. The iconic chicken bucket comes with a photo printer installed into the base. It connects to smartphones via Bluetooth so you can print some precious memories while you scarf down chicken. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a lot out there. If you stumble on one, let us know how it works.

Source: Gizmag

Twitter experiments with News tab

Twitter continues to try out new features in hopes to get more people to use their social network. This time around, they introduce a new Trending News tab to show iOS and Android users the trending news on the app. When you tap on a news item, it shows you an image, block of text and link to the source. At the same time, it shows tweets from other publishers and Twitter users related to the item. The items here are populated algorithmically. Since it’s an experiment though, we’re not sure if it’ll be a permanent feature.

Source: Buzzfeed | Via: Engadget