Facebook makes it easier to message strangers

This might be a boon or a bane for you but an upcoming Facebook Messenger feature will give you access to messages from people you aren’t Facebook friends with. Before, when you get messages from people you aren’t friends with, these messages get relegated to the Other section of your inbox. You also don’t get notifications for these. The new Message Requests feature will have these messages show up on Messenger as a message request. You can read the message and choose to respond to it or not, without the other person knowing. If you use Facebook to network, this might help you out. The feature is rolling out in the coming days.

Source: Mashable

Mazda plans to bring rotary engine to its new sports car concept

Mazda still plans to use rotary engines and they’re planning on putting in the new concept sports car they’re showing at the ongoing Tokyo Motor show. The new rotary engine is called the SkyActiv-R. It’s a challenge for the brand to have the rotary engine meet modern economy standards. But they seem to be working on that and plan to bring it to a two-seat pure sports car. At the moment, it’s called the RX-Vision. Mazda won’t say when this would come into production. But according to the company’s CEO Masamichi Kogai, he hopes the rotary-powered car won’t be a dream for too long.

Source: AutoCar | Via: SlashGear

BlackBerry Priv stock apps show up on Google Play before launch

BlackBerry’s getting ready for the launch of its new Priv smartphone. Some of the stock apps for the new phone have showed up on Google Play Store ahead of the full launch of the phone. The six apps already up include: BlackBerry Launcher, BlackBerry Keyboard, BlackBerry Services, BlackBerry Password Keeper, BlackBerry Camera, and DTEK by BlackBerry.

None of the apps are downloadable at the moment but having the apps broken out of the system means BlackBerry is free to issue updates when they need to instead of having to wait for device updates. And this could also mean that they can make these apps available to other Android devices as well in the future.

Source: CrackBerry

Cristiano Ronaldo and Monster out new audio gear

Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo partnered with Monster to introduce a new line of headphones and in-ears called Roc Live Life Loud. The new line brings three new products to the market: the Roc Sport SuperSlim wireless in-ear (US$170), Roc Sport Freedom on-ear wireless Bluetooth ($250), and Roc Sport Black Platinum over-ear ($300). You can grab one of these at eBay at the moment. Monster plans to bring the new audio gear to their own online store in two weeks.

Source: Engadget