BlackBerry 10 Global Launch Event Keynote Wrap-Up

Today was a truly amazing day for us here at BlackBerry. We officially launched our new platform,BlackBerry 10, and some of you will be able to get your hands on a BlackBerry Z10 as soon as tomorrow. Check out the recap below to stay on top of the day’s news.

Research In Motion is now BlackBerry

On stage, Thorsten announced that from now on the company will be called BlackBerry – one brand, one promise. Check out the full blog post, and don’t the miss the interview with Frank Boulben, CMO of BlackBerry.

BlackBerry Z10

The BlackBerry Z10 is a stunning device with a gorgeous touchscreen that uses the latest technology for fast, accurate typing and a crystal clear display. Running on the new BlackBerry 10 platform, this device has elegant features that bring the BlackBerry experience to the next level. Read more about the BlackBerry Z10 in the full blog post.

BlackBerry Q10

The BlackBerry Q10 is the first BlackBerry 10 device to feature a physical keyboard. It’s packed with the same great features you’ve become familiar with in BlackBerry 10, but provides an unmatched physical typing experience for customers who just need to have that keyboard. See how it works in the full blog post and video.

BBM Video Chat with Screenshare

BlackBerry Messenger, or BBM, has been taken to the next level with BBM Video Chat and screen sharing capabilities. This is going to open up some new possibilities for collaborating and communicating with your friends and colleagues. Watch as Vivek demos this on stage from the Global Launch event, and read more about it in the full blog post.

BlackBerry Story Maker

Easily compile your photos, videos and songs into your own movie – BlackBerry Story Maker allows you to create your own cinematic moments on the new BlackBerry Z10 and share them with your friends. Check out Vivek’s demo here:

70,000 Apps at Launch

BlackBerry 10 will launch with more apps than any first-generation platform, and will have more than 1,000 of the top apps from around the world. BlackBerry 10 also has commitments from partners including Disney, Cisco, Foursquare, Skype and Rovio. Check out the full blog post and video here.

BlackBerry Welcomes Alicia Keys as Global Creative Director

We’re very excited to be entering into a partnership that will see a unique collaboration between BlackBerry and 14-time Grammy® Award-winning artist, Alicia Keys. She’ll be working with the team for creative inspiration and will lead the BlackBerry Keep Moving Projects. Read more about our collaboration with Alicia Keys and the “Keep Moving” Projects here.

This has truly been an exciting day for all BlackBerry customers and fans. Let us know your impressions of the global launch of BlackBerry 10 below!

For more: http://blogs.blackberry.com/2013/01/blackberry-10-launch-event-keynote-recap/

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Google comes under the radar, India had a whole lot of demands!

The world over, Google has been asked to facilitate police and government investigations, probing into the background of people using the online search engine.

Google comes under the radar, India had a whole lot of demands!

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Finally - Google Panda Update Version #24

Google finally has announced a new Panda refresh, making this version number - 24.

This refresh has a noticeable impact 1.2% of English based queries according to Google.

The previous confirmed update was #23 and it impacted 1.3% of English queries on December 21, 2012. Prior to that was a refresh on November 21^st that impacted 0.8% of queries. It seems like Google is now rolling out their updates every 4 weeks or so.

Last week there were significant reports of a Google update, which Google denied.

Here are all the releases so far for Panda:

1.    Panda Update 1, Feb. 24, 2011 (11.8% of queries; announced; English in US only)

2.    Panda Update 2, April 11, 2011 (2% of queries; announced; rolled out in English internationally)

3.    Panda Update 3, May 10, 2011 (no change given; confirmed, not announced)

4.    Panda Update 4, June 16, 2011 (no change given; confirmed, not announced)

5.    Panda Update 5, July 23, 2011 (no change given; confirmed, not announced)

6.    Panda Update 6, Aug. 12, 2011 (6-9% of queries in many non-English languages; announced)

7.    Panda Update 7, Sept. 28, 2011 (no change given; confirmed, not announced)

8.    Panda Update 8, Oct. 19, 2011 (about 2% of queries; belatedly confirmed)

9.    Panda Update 9, Nov. 18, 2011: (less than 1% of queries; announced)

10.  Panda Update 10, Jan. 18, 2012 (no change given; confirmed, not announced)

11.  Panda Update 11, Feb. 27, 2012 (no change given; announced)

12.  Panda Update 12, March 23, 2012 (about 1.6% of queries impacted; announced)

13.  Panda Update 13, April 19, 2012 (no change given; belatedly revealed)

14.  Panda Update 14, April 27, 2012: (no change given; confirmed; first update within days of another)

15.  Panda Update 15, June 9, 2012: (1% of queries; belatedly announced)

16.  Panda Update 16, June 25, 2012: (about 1% of queries; announced)

17.  Panda Update 17, July 24, 2012:(about 1% of queries; announced)

18.  Panda Update 18, Aug. 20, 2012: (about 1% of queries; belatedly announced)

19.  Panda Update 19, Sept. 18, 2012: (less than 0.7% of queries; announced)

20.  Panda Update 20 , Sep. 27, 2012 (2.4% English queries, impacted, belatedly announced

21.  Panda Update 21, Nov. 5, 2012 (1.1% of English-language queries in US; 0.4% worldwide; confirmed, not announced)

22.  Panda Update 22, Nov. 21, 2012 (0.8% of English queries were affected; confirmed, not announced)

23.  Panda Update 23, Dec. 21, 2012 (1.3% of English queries were affected; confirmed, announced)

24.  Panda Update 24, Jan. 22, 2013 (1.2% of English queries were affected; confirmed, announced)

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Facebook lets some people email Mark Zuckerberg for $100

Facebook is apparently offering some users the opportunity to shell out $100 to email CEO Mark Zuckerberg and make sure their message lands in his main inbox rather than the box where spam-like messages to non-friends usually end up.
Sound enticing?

For most people, if you want to email President Barack Obama, basketball star LeBron James or author Vince Flynn you can certainly do so but most likely they’ll never see your message.

That’s because if you don’t know someone your missives don’t end up in their main mailbox. To see this for yourself, just go to your messages, click on “See All” and then you can access not only your inbox, but these “other” messages, as well.

The option to pay $100 to message Zuckerberg isn't open to everyone, but was spotted by Mashable, which posted a screen capture of the option in action. Apparently, Facebook is playing around with a feature it introduced last month when it began allowing people to send emails to persons they’re not friends with for $1.

“For example, if you want to send a message to someone you heard speak at an event but are not friends with, or if you want to message someone about a job opportunity, you can use this feature to reach their Inbox,” Facebook wrote in a press release. “For the receiver, this test allows them to hear from people who have an important message to send them.”

At the time, Facebook said the $1 test only worked between individual users in the U.S., and users could have no more than one message per week routed from their "other" folder to the inbox. Apparently the social network’s priority-email-for-a-buck trial got some traction, or it wouldn't throw the $100 option out there.
It’s an interesting concept, but one has to wonder how effective such messaging would actually be.
Zuckerberg has 16 million followers on Facebook, after all. Unless the message is somehow flagged something like “Hey, this person actually paid $100 to get this through to you” you’d think these famous people would have in-boxes all clogged up with tons of messages, making the chances of them opening one from a stranger unlikely. 

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Facebook is Top Social Network in 127 Countries

Facebook's reach just keeps getting wider.

According to social media analyst Vincenzo Cosenza's biannual World Map of Social Networks, Facebook is the leader in 127 of the 137 countries observed, the Los Angeles Times reports. Armenia, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam are among the 10 countries where Facebook now reigns supreme.

SEE ALSO: Facebook World Map Reveals Unexpected Trends Between Friends

The biggest recent growth area, according to Cosenza, is Asia, which now has 278 million Facebook users and boasts the social network's largest population. Europe now has fewer users than Asia, netting 251 million users total; North America has 243 million users; South America has 142 million users; Africa has 52 million users and the Oceania region has 15 million users.

The countries where non-Facebook networks still dominate? Russia, led by Kontakte and Odnoklassniki; China, lead by QZone; and Iran, led by Cloob.

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