BlackBerry starts airing 'BBM for All' TV Ad

With its launch imminent, BlackBerry has begun airing TV ads to promote their famed instant messaging app BlackBerry Messenger going cross-platform (iOS and Android). Although it isn't much more than a splash screen with a URL directing viewers to the BBM.com domain, it's a sign of good things to come - especially considering back in May at BlackBerry Live, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins promised an "end of summer" release.

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iPhone 5s & iPhone 5c Arrive on Friday, September 20

Apple today announced that iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available to customers on Friday, September 20 at 8:00 a.m. local time at Apple retail stores and at 3:01 a.m. EDT at the Apple Online Store (www.apple.ca). iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available in the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK.

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Learning made fun with KidSquare

KidSquare is a new iPad-designed educational platform for the young ones ages 2 to 7 years old. The app combines educational games for the kids and services for the parents to monitor their child’s progress. New games are going to be added into the game every month and the parents can select what kinds of actions and training programs their child can engage in. It will be available on the Apple App Store on September 25. 

Phonebloks concept challenges smartphone customizability

Smart televisions have started to tackle the idea of customizability by offering kits that can upgrade a TVs software without changing the set itself. What if you can do the same thing to your phone? Take away the parts that no longer work or upgrade those that need to be upgraded. Dutch designer Dave Hakkens’ Phonebloks is a concept smarphone that has Lego-like blocks for the different smartphone parts. You need a battery upgrade, you change that block. You want a new camera phone, you swap that block. 

Aside from being most likely cost effective in the long run, Phonebloks will help reduce waste. And it can keep up with the constantly changing trends in the mobile industry. It is currently just an idea but it’s an idea that has been gaining a lot of support through the site Thunderclap.