Software : BBM delivered to Wi-Fi iPads and iPod touch |
| BBM delivered to Wi-Fi iPads and iPod touch Posted:  The roll-out of BlackBerry Messenger across platforms and devices has resumed, with an update for the iOS app adding support for Apple iPads with Wi-Fi and the iPod touch. Since its launch last month, BBM has been restricted to iPhone and Android users, but now users of Apple's other iOS devices can join the super fun instant messaging party. Layout on the iPad has remained the same and there's no unique tablet-optimised user interface. Basically it's just an upscaled version of the app. Meanwhile there's also a tweak for the Android version which promises to ease the drain on battery life, while BBM PINs and PIN barcodes can now be shared to social networks. Going great gunsFollowing a stumbling start, the roll-out of BBM for Android and iOS is proving to be rare ray of sunshine for struggling BlackBerry. Just last week we learned it had already been downloaded 20 million times by Android users, who're spending an average of 40 minutes per week (and rising) texting away. In early September there were rumblings that a launch for Windows Phone 8 devices may also be in the pipeline as the Canadians seek to become the dominant messaging platform on mobile devices |
| Blip: Snapchat's billion dollar buyout part two: the Googling Posted:  Previously on over-dramatised tech tales: Facebook made a $3bn bid to buy Snapchat but neatly-coiffed 23-year-old CEO Evan Spiegel was all "nu-uh, girlfriend" leaving Facebook's lawyers to face Zuckerberg's wrath. Here's what happened next... We open on a round table in the corner of a dimly lit, opulently furnished bar. The armchairs are artfully over-stuffed and finished in polished leather. There's cigar haze and the scent of wealth in the air. A young man is speaking. He's waving his hands energetically as he spins his yarn for the three other men around the table, all business-casual with odd single-lensed glasses on. Their eyes flicker between Evan and something in the air just up and to the right of them. "...and it was only $3 billion!" Spiegel exclaims as his story reaches its conclusion and all four men laugh. Moving languidly with the ease of a person who has more money than most small countries, the sciurine man opposite leans forward. He smiles the small, satisfied smile of someone who knows he's about to make a really clever joke. "$3 billion's not cool," he says. "You know what's cool, Evan? $4 billion." Evan sits back slowly. There is a pause. "Larry," he sighs. "I'm not looking for cool. I'm looking for ice cold." He raises his eyebrows, looks each man in the eye, swigs the last of his Mexican Coke and is gone. More blipsWill Snapchat ever sell? Pass the time between installments with the rest of TechRadar's blips. |
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