RIM announces BBM Voice for free calls via WiFi on BlackBerry devices

BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) has gone to the next level and will soon enable users not just to message freely but to speak with their BBM contacts for free.

BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is taking the social networking experience to a whole new level with an exciting new feature called BBM Voice. Research In Motion today announced BBM version 7, a free update for the globally popular mobile social network, which will allow customers to make free voice calls to other BBM customers around the world over a Wi-Fi connection.

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Nokia goes from late arrival to Windows Phone to top seed with Lumia 920

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It was a little over a year ago that Nokia joined the ranks of  Microsoft Windows Phone handset partners. By leaving its own burning platform behind for a future with Microsoft, Nokia shook the foundation of the industry. While the company received criticism for joining Microsoft's crusade, it also began a journey to develop the ultimate devices for the newest mobile operating system.

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LG Optimus G superphone now available from TELUS, Bell, Sakstel and Rogers

LG's impressive Optimus G superphone is available in Canada from TELUS, Bell, Sakstel and Rogers.

The LG Optimus G has the specs of a notebook crammed into a sleek and elegant 4.7-inch smartphone. Not only is it powerful, the user interface running on top of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is unobtrusive and free of gimmickry for the most part. Read our full review here.

Review: Surface with Windows RT

Updated on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 1:39PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Updated on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 1:14AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla 

One of the most intriguing devices to come out this year, Microsoft’s Surface tablet is Redmond’s answer to the iPad, its big play in the tablet OS space as well as a peek into the future of Windows.

Microsoft’s Surface tablet is the first computing device designed and built by Microsoft. We’ve seen tablets before and we’ve seen notebooks but the Surface exists just within the boundaries of these two types of devices.

Is it as good as or better than tablets or notebooks, or is it just full of compromises. That’s what I tried to find out.

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