Popular smartphone messaging service WhatsApp has been made available on web browsers for the first time. Jan Koum, the firm’s CEO, made the announcement on his Facebook page.
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The Internet is a wonderful place, with rumours abound. It doesn't take much to cause a stir and Reuters certainly did that earlier this evening when they published an article alleging that Samsung were reportedly in talks to purchase BlackBerry.
Under 18% of undergraduates studying computing are women, according to research just released by Information Age.
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Tesco has become the first major UK retailer to launch an app for Google Glass. The new app allows shoppers to browse goods, view nutritional information and add items to the basket and is voice activated like the rest of the Glass experience.
As part of his plans for new surveillance powers, announced in the wake of the recent shootings in Paris, David Cameron wants to block WhatsApp, iMessage, Snapchat and other encrypted messaging apps if he wins the next election.
Tundra Core Studios has released an update for the browser component application: Hub Browser. The application gives BlackBerry 10 users quick and easy access to the Internet from any application that they are in!
BlackBerry has announced that it has 90 million active BBM users and the service is growing. Under the reign of Thorsten Heins, BlackBerry stated that they would now be announcing "active" users as this figure had more meaning.
BlackBerry CEO John Chen took to the stage at CES 2015 to talk a little about the company’s plans for the next year. One of his major goals is still to monetize BBM.
ASUS has unveiled its latest ZenFone 2 smartphone at CES 2015 today. ASUS said the phone has a 72-percent screen-to-body ratio, which means there’s more display on the body and fewer bezels.
LG has today unveiled its second generation Flex smartphone, the LG G Flex 2. LG G Flex 2 is the first smartphone to feature the 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with octa-core 2.0GHz CPU under the hood.
Xiaomi has announced the Redmi 2, an affordable smartphone with LTE and a 64-bit Qualcomm chip. The specs include a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 clocked at 1.2 GHz, a 720p IPS display sized at 4.7 inches, a gigabyte of RAM, 8GB of storage (with microSD expansion available), an 8MP camera, a 2,200 mAh battery pack.
If you are looking to pick up a bargain, the Phones4u’s company’s hardware stock has gone up for auction after the company went into administration last September.
