BBM to Support Photos in Group Chat and 16MB Attachments

The next release of BBM will support photo sharing in multi person chats. This comes as an addition to existing sharing options that exist in multi person chats – sending voice notes, sharing your location powered by Glympse, and sending files from your Dropbox account.

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Lenovo’s Spokesman Ashton Kutcher Set To Launch New Phones, Dude Where’s My Phone

After playing Steve Jobs in an epic movie that didn't do very well in the box office, Two and A Half Men and That 70's Show star Ashton Kutcher quickly changed teams to Team Android. Kutcher was hired on to be an "engineer" of sorts for Lenovo, a position that blends his acting abilities and [...]

SanDisk Launches a 128GB Micro SD Card

According to the California company, this new 128GB microSD card means that, "Consumers can now store 16 hours of Full HD video, 7,500 songs, 3,200 photos and more than 125 apps, all on a single removable card."

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The Glowfaster Smart Jacket Lights up As Your Heart Rate Speeds Up

That is a pretty cool concept: visual feedback based on the wearer's heart rate. The app that controls the jacket - currently only iOS but an Android application is in the works - is full of features:

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Creative Launches Booklet-Size, 5-Driver Portable Wireless Speaker

Creative, the company behind Sound Blaster sound cards, just announced a new portable speaker. The announcement makes some bold claims, but based on the specs of the new speaker, these claims seem to be about right.

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Nintendo Sunsetting Some Online Features Of Wii And DS Games

Nintendo has announced that they are sunsetting some online features of the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS handheld system that will adversely affect some of the more popular titles. Beginning May 20th Nintendo will disable online play, matchmaking and leaderboads on several games including; Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros., Brawl Fire Emblem: Shadow [...]

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Verizon CEO Wants to Charge Power Users More, in Defense of Net Neutrality

It seems that McAdam's statement, to the effect that everyone pays based on usage, is in direct conflict with net neutrality, rather than being "the most important concept of net neutrality." In fact McAdam's statement is in direct conflict with net neutrality.

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Leaked Images of Scrapped Motorola/Google Smartwatch

Before Google sold of Motorola, it seems that the company had a working prototype of the fabled Google Watch. Although there are reports of a Google/LG smartwatch coming as early as June of 2014, it appears that the Mountain View company already has experience in building such a product.

BlackBerry Revives the Classic Design With the New Q20

On February 25, 2014, at Mobile World Congress BlackBerry announced two new devices. The first, the BlackBerry Z3 (pictured above) will be exclusive to Indonesia for some reason. The second device, BlackBerry Q20 will feature the company's physical QWERTY keyboard, as well as the "‘Menu’, ‘Back’, ‘Send’ and ‘End’ buttons and the integrated trackpad to enable the fast efficient navigation and one-handed use that has endeared the brand to its QWERTY customers."

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T-Mobile And MetroPCS To Carry Samsung Galaxy S 5

The big announcement for the next big thing happened yesterday here on the ground in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress. That's when Samsung revealed their latest installment in the Galaxy S series of Android powered smartphones. In keeping with tradition, Samsung brought about improvements to their flagship, higher end Android device. While the smartphone world [...]