BlackBerry Messenger now available for Windows Phone

BlackBerry just announced a collaboration with Microsoft to bring BBM to Windows Phone 8 and higher. This makes BBM available on all major mobile operating systems.

“We are intent on bringing the most popular application experiences to Windows Phone, and with BBM, we are pleased to bring many of its top features to the Windows Phone platform,” said Bryan Biniak, Vice President and General Manager, Developer Experience, Microsoft. “BBM on Windows Phone brings our customers the secure, easy-to-use messaging experience they demand, and we expect that new features will roll out in the months to come.” Hit jump for all the details.

Click to read more ...

Facebook shutters Gifts service on its site

Facebook used to allow you to send gifts or digital gift cards to your friends on the social networking site. Now, this option is being taken away from you. Facebook is shutting down the service by August 12 as part of a move to help businesses and developers drive their own sales rather than turning Facebook into an online store of sorts. Or we’d like to think no one is really using the service anymore so it makes no sense that they keep it running. 

Source: Gizmodo

HTC rumoured to unveil new Windows Phone device at August 19th event

HTC has something up its sleeves and the tech rumour mill is buzzing. The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer is hosting an event in New York this coming August 19 and they aren’t saying what it’s for. Some people claim the event will be for HTC One M8 for Windows. The device will reportedly feature most of the same specs the Android flagship will have such as Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB of RAM, 5-inch 1080p display, and 16GB or 32GB internal storage. But the device will carry Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. Whether this rumour is true or not, we’d just have to wait and see what HTC has in store for us.

Source: Ubergizmo

Google takes out the need to have Google+ account to use Hangouts

Google is making it easier for business people to sign up for its Apps for Business service. The tech giant has taken out the need to have Google+ profile to use Google Hangouts. It would seem they finally got that some business users do not want to expose too much personal information to use the chat service. According to Google, they are promising 99.9% uptime for paying users. Let’s see how spot on that promise is.

Source: Lifehacker