Rakuten Acquired Viber For US$900 Million
I am not entirely sure how we might have missed this news, but FaceBook’s news definitely dwarfed this out. With less than half of Whatsapp users, the amount offered by Rakuten and accepted by Viber is tiny compared to FaceBook’s and Whatsapp deal. Nonetheless, the result was similar – Rakuten had a steep drop of…
Google Offered US$10 Billion For Whatsapp
Just as you thought FaceBook was the only contender in the instant messaging-bidding race, here comes another interesting titbit. Fortune is reporting that Google too offered to acquire WhatsApp, for us$10 Billion dollars, almost half of what FaceBook had offered of US$19 Billion (US$16 Billion + us$3 Billion). Also, Google’s bid also apparently came without…
BBM For Android Gingerbread: Available Today!
Back in January, BlackBerry said they were preparing BBM for Android Gingerbread devices. Today, they have announced that it is finally ready and available to Gingerbread users. This means that Android Gingerbread users can start to enjoy the immediacy, privacy and control of BBM to chat and share with friends, family and people they work…
Foursquare v5.5.29 Released For Legacy Devices
Whilst BlackBerry 10 is the future, there are still quite a few of us sporting a legacy device. Today, Foursquare released an update onto BlackBerry world, effectively bumping the version to 5.5.29. This update brings about a handful of bugfixes along with further improvement to location support.
Tilt For BlackBerry 10 Released!
The guys behind the amazing application ARKick as well as the addictive game Pastry Push is back with a new innovative application – Tilt. It is a very simple database application to show case information to you such as the news, weather, notes and more. Combined with its adaptive interface, it aims to prioritize these…
Celebrate Free App February On BlackBerry World!
After the EA Games promotion, the guys at OurBerries has found another promotion for BlackBerry. For this month of February, BlackBerry will be giving away another set of application just for Valentines day! Again, this promotion is limited to BlackBerry 10 users.
BlackBerry 10 Anniversary: Winner Of The BlackBerry-Mercedes Bagpack!
BlackBerry 10 is officially a year old now, whilst there was no big funfair about it, we had a giveaway for a Limited Edition Official BlackBerry-Mercedes Merchandise. This bagpack is sponsored by BlackBerry Singapore and up for grabs, until now. Now, its time to announce the winner and the winner is…
BlackBerry Giving EA Games Free This February
The guys over at OurBerries just let us know that BlackBerry is giving away all the EA games for BlackBerry 10 for free this month. There is a lot of games, so make sure you have sufficient device memory to install all of it! I really wish we had more memory on the BlackBerry 10…