Microsoft Invests in Blackberry, Makes Bing Default Search Engine

Steve Balmer showed up at Blackberry World and gave the news that Microsoft was planning to invest seriously in RIM and thus create a stronger partnership with the Canadians. Microsoft is going to invest in the Blackberry platform so that Bing becomes the default search engine. According to a Microsoft spokeswoman, they are planning to introduce Bing as a default search engine for US and international select markets starting from this years’ season holidays.

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Nexus One Gets Android 2.3.4

Nexus One gets Android 2.3.4 over the air, but it lacks the Google Talk video and voice chat options that Nexus S users will get to enjoy in their slice of the same Gingerbread iteration.Nexus One lacks a front-facing camera, but then it might have been nice to at least have voice calls integrated into Gtalk……….

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ViewSonic ViewPad 10 Gets Android 2.2 Upgrade

The dual-operating system tablet from ViewSonic, the ViewPad 10 has just received an update that brings its outdated Android operating system from 1.5 to a not-so-outdated version 2.2 and the tablet gives users the best of both worlds – a mobile tablet experience with Android and a productive workspace with Windows 7.ViewSonic ViewPad 10 owners will now get updated Gmail, Calendar, Google Maps, Gallery and YouTube apps, a refined onscreen keyboard, compatabilty with newer applications and a healthy dose of sorely needed eye candy…………..

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Bing Will Be The Default Search Engine For BlackBerry Devices

Microsoft announced that Research In Motion is adopting the Bing search engine for its BlackBerry phones and devices will use Bing as the preferred search provider in the browser and also Bing will be the default search and map application for new devices presented to mobile operators, both in the US and internationally.The partnership underscores the increasing importance of mobile search, a field where Microsoft competes primarily with search giant Google and both companies compete with Apple and its iPhone and iPad, and Google’s Android operating system for smartphones and tablets…………

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Enspert E401 Android Tablet

Enspert is scheduling to launch Android tablet, the Identity Tab E401 in July. The Enspert Identity Tab E401 will be the first model from the company with an 8.9 inch display and Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system.

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Verizon To Put Warning Stickers On Smartphone

According to electronista, Verizon plans to soon put a removable sticker on the display of new handsets that warns the user the device may be used to track their location. All four carriers acknowledged that they store location data for varying periods of time, but Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) was the only company to suggest a warning label.

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Android Also Collects Positioning Information, Not Just iPhone’s iOS

Apple has not at all denied the fact that they store information about their users’ location. One of the company’s lawyers stated in a letter sent to American officials that „Apple needs to have access to information about their users’ location in order to be able to provide high quality products and useful services”.

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Square Credit Card Reader

Square, the well-funded startup that found itself on the winning end of a pissing context with VeriFone last month, because it refused to encrypt mobile payment transactions has now reversed course and embraced such encryption and Visa had made an unspecified investment in Square.The current reader theoretically scans credit card data to any app, but the encrypted version will only work with Square, which should alleviate VeriFone’s concern that the company was essentially distributing card skimmers to anyone with a social security number and the new encrypted reader will remain free…………..

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