Archive for May, 2013

Golden Gate Bridge-sized asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31st

There’s no danger to Earth or the moon, so phew!!! Its a 1.7-mile long asteroid which pass by at about 3.6 million miles from the Earth (a weekend’s worth of drive ;)). Its called the “1998 QE2”.

BBM on Android and iPhone, am I dreaming?

I never thought I’d see this day. The app will be available for both Android and iOS this summer.

“Today at BlackBerry Live, CEO Thorsten Heins announced BBM will soon be available on Android and iOS. The messaging app will launch globally this summer. This is a huge move for BlackBerry as it brings BB10?s strongest feature to literally hundreds of millions of potential users.

“It is a state of confidence,” Heins explained. “The BB10 platform is so strong and the response has been so good that the time is right for BBM to become an independent mobile messaging platform.”

The app will be free on both Android and iOS. Much like other messaging apps, it will be a standalone application. iOS 6 or Ice Cream Sandwich will be required.”

For details check out this TechCrunch Article.

Facebook now wants navigation (Waze)?

waze Facebook Inc. is in talks to acquire mobile-driving application Waze in a deal that could be worth as much as $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

While these people characterized the discussions as serious, a deal may still fall apart, they cautioned. Waze, which has offices in Israel and Palo Alto, Calif., is a crowd-sourced, ad-supported driving application with close to 50 million users.

For full article published on Wall Street Journal follow this link: https://tofi.me/i/11