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T-Mobile decided to stop carrying BlackBerry phones in stores

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T-mobile , one of the top wireless service provider in the United States have make its move to shift the strategy on selling BlackBerry devices.  David Carey, Executive Vice President for Corporate Sales and Services told Reuters about the plan. This is after the manufacturer announced that it will cut 4,500 jobs and would no longer market to consumers due to low sales of their devices. T-Mobile store signage in Los Angeles, California (August 31, 2011) Credit to Reuters | Fred Prouser According to Carey,"keeping stock in the retail distribution system was inefficient" because of the weak demand to the consumers. Early rumors about pulling out BlackBerry phones from T-mobile stores started in some online forums. Also an employee of T-mobile reported that his manager told him that BlackBerry 10 devices will now only be available via direct ship. Finally, VP Carey had confirmed the news that it will now only be offered through direct shipping. However, there wi...

Have a Break, Have the Newest Android 4.4 KitKat!

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From the makers of operating system which brings you a great mobile experience, named after some of your favorite desserts; Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jellybean, its time to taste the newest flavor of your favorite operating system. Introducing the next version of Android operating system, 4.4   KitKat ! Yes, its the KitKat that we all knew. Its the chocolate candy bar from Nestle. Not as rumored before that the next version after Jellybean would be 5.0 Key Lime Pie. KitKat-made Android Mascot  in Google headquarters                                                         John Lagerling, Director of Android global partnership told the BBC,"This is not a money-changing-hands kind of deal!" Google have come up with an agreement with Nestle at no cost. But a...

A New Way to Search on Facebook

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Facebook recently invited the media on its January 15th event. According to The Weekly World News, it will shut down as what they wrote on their blog post. Other rumors are also telling that they are building a Facebook phone. According to some online reports,the company are working with handset manufacturers such as HTC. It can also be making the timeline redesign available to everyone or a new feature.  The wait is over. The new timeline design they had been working is coming, but its not the big news. Its a new feature on Facebook -  Graph Search , a new way to search and navigate  with your connections on the social network. According to the official Facebook announcement, we had been searching on the web with keywords and getting the possible results having those keywords. With Graph Search, we can combine phrases to finds things more easily. It is currently in Beta and only available to few hundreds...

Facebook Will Close on 15th of January 2013

"After January 15th, 2013 the whole website shuts down," said Avrat Humarthi, Vice President of Technical Affairs of Facebook. "So if you ever want to see your pictures again, I recommend you to take them off the internet. You won't be able to get them back after facebook goes out of business." This is from a blog post by The Weekly World News . They said that Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook announced it in a press conference outside Palo Alto office. It had been stressful managing the site, which ruined his life so he needs to  put this madness to end. Starting the 15th of January, users will no longer able to access their FB accounts. Although it was a difficult decision, Mark said that he don't think its a big deal. "Its for better, and without Facebook, people will go outside to make real friends, according to Mark." However, from this article, we can notice from how it was written  that its not a reliable source. As reported by Hoax...