BlackBerry's free Messenger service is being expanded to work with iOS and Android devices. Analysts regarded the move -- announced today at BlackBerry Live -- as mostly positive, since it could help an improving BlackBerry expand its ...
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Canadian Tire began issuing thousands of BlackBerry Q10 smartphones to corporate employees in Toronto on Monday after rolling out Z10 models weeks earlier. The overwhelming majority of the company's 3,000 corporate users wanted the Q10 ...
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Distracted driving is a serious epidemic on the road with over 3,000 people killed each year and nearly 400,000 injured. A recent Consumer Reports National Research Center survey found widespread use of cell phones behind the wheel. Despite ...
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In an effort to help balance technology and safety with the latest in-vehicle electronics, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have unveiled voluntary guidelines for ...
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There is ongoing debate among researchers as to the degree of danger associated with texting, handheld phone or hands-free phone use while driving. Now a new study sheds light on which types of distraction has the greatest risk of a crash, ...
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US Steel has sent a letter to employees at its pickling operations in Nanticoke, Ontario telling workers to not interact with locked out picketers at the company's Lake Erie Works plant. The letter from US Steel, posted on the USW Local ...
With the BlackBerry Q10 qwerty smartphone coming to the U.S. market in late May, it's fair to ask: How many customers will want to buy it? The BlackBerry Q10 has a physical keyboard that is still preferred by many Blackberry users. ...
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Chat Heads, the buzzy messaging feature released as part of Facebook's Home software for Android-based smartphones, is now coming to the iPhone and iPad. The app, which is designed to let users chat with their friends even while they are ...
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The war on smartphones at concerts and other live events seems unending. In the latest salvo, the art-punk trio called the Yeah Yeah Yeahs tried to keep smartphone-using fans at bay at a recent New York City Webster Hall concert, ...
DeLorme, which makes personal satellite communications and navigation technology, has announced the launch of its newest product inReach SE (Screen Edition). With 90 percent of the world's surface lacking cell phone coverage, inReach SE is ...
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Beginning April 19, AT&T plans to offer the highly-anticipated HTC One? smartphone to customers for $199.99 with a two-year commitment, for the 32 GB memory variant. AT&T is the only U.S. wireless carrier at launch to also offer a version ...
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Analysts offered divergent opinions of T-Mobile USA's "uncarrier" initiatives for no-contract service and low subsidies for mobile devices announced this week. Three praised T-Mobile, the fourth-largest U.S. wireless carrier, for taking ...
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What do you do with your photos after you capture them on your smart phone? Beyond posting them on Facebook or Instagram, or texting them to your friends and family, you may want to print some choice shots or use them in slideshows. Here ...
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With texting while driving and other forms of handheld cell phone use behind the wheel continuing to be a leading killer on U.S. roads, ORIGO? today launched a solution designed to end this deadly epidemic. ORIGOSafe is a new ignition ...
Typing and sending a text message on a smartphone can be a real pain. With Holler!, you can communicate via voice IM with anyone (either in your contact list or just a phone number) without having to type on a touchscreen or mess around ...
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