Tumblr for Android gets revamped activity screen and push notifications

A quick update for the Tumblr for Android app now includes a new activity screen similar to the web version and push notification capabilities. You can now be instantly alerted if someone follows your blog or interacts with your posts. To control what activities you get updates for, just head to the Account tab and tap on Settings. iOS Tumblr users just have to wait for a bit, an update is headed your way as well. 

New iPhones spike online buy and sell activity

With the upcoming release of the Apple iPhone 5s and 5c, a lot of Canadians are getting ready to make the switch. 

On Kijiji, a local classifieds ad site, there are now over 29,000 iPhone ads, with more than 9,000 of those for the iPhone 5. There has been over a 36 percent increase in search traffic related to the iPhones with a Canada-wide daily search that has increased up to 32,633. The provinces with the largest search increase since the announcement of the new iPhones include Atlantic Canada at 127 percent, Quebec at 60 percent, and Ontario at 37 percent. Also, average daily mobile phone ad postings across the country have increased by 17 percent since the announcement making it up to 6,856 searches.

BBM officially landing on Android Sept 21st, followed by iOS on the 22nd

Someone's ears must have been itching over in Waterloo today. Hours after it was reported that cross-platform BBM would potentially be launching on Friday, BlackBerry sent a tweet out (as seen above) confirming that BBM for Android (4.0 and higher) would be launching this Saturday Sept 21st, followed by iOS on Sunday the 22nd. 

Who's excited!

See the tweet here

Thanks for the tip, Paul!

First look at Nokia's Lumia 1020 with National Geographic's Stephen Alvarez

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Nokia's Lumia 1020 is the latest Windows Phone 8 flagship that improves on last year's Lumia 920 by slimming it down but also adding an improved 41 Megapixel sensor from the PureView 808. Nokia Canada showed off the new smartphone, features and accessories today with the help of National Geographic photographer Stephen Alvarez who took the Lumia 1020 on an amazing photoshoot in the American West.

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