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In an interview on BBC's One Breakfast, RIM's European managing director Stephen Bates was repeatedly asked what his company has learned from the iPhone in producing the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones. However, Bates dodged the question over and over again, refusing to acknowledge the impact iPhone has had on BlackBerry in the past six years (via The Verge). "RIM's...

Earlier this month, Hyundai announced support for Siri Eyes Free mode and today, Honda has announced that its 2013 Accord and Acura RDX / ILX models will receive support for Apple's hands-free extension of Siri (via Engadget). The feature will be available as a dealer-installed option, the price of which is yet to be announced. For those who aren't...

Earlier this morning RIM announced its new smartphones around the world via simultaneous live events, unveiling the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 models. Also, RIM rebranded the company and is now known as just BlackBerry (its stock ticker is now BBRY). Watch the video below to learn all about the change: The BlackBerry Z10 sports a...

This morning marks one of the most important events for Research In Motion with the launch of their first two BlackBerry 10 smartphones (which have hardly been kept a secret), which aim to keep up with the iPhone and Android smartphones that have long overtaken its marketshare. Any comeback by RIM will be dependent upon...

The Microsoft Surface Pro, the higher model version of the earlier released Surface RT, is set to hit stores in early February. This new tablet will run Windows 8, which unfortunately also takes up 64% free space on the entry 64GB model. A Microsoft spokesperson revealed to The Verge the free space users will have...

Rdio has announced today its plans to offer Canadians free music streaming for up to six months for new users, with no credit card required for the trial. Users will be able to access their library of over 18 million songs without ads to stream over the web. If you work from your Mac or...

Last July during the Apple versus Samsung trial, court documents revealed iPhone prototypes the company had considered. One of them, pictured below is an iPod-based design (next to the general design Apple eventually decided on). Ciccarese Design has released some concept images based on the iPod-inspired prototype--is this what we would be using if Steve...

Last week, Twitter announced its own video sharing service 'Vine', that allows users to attach short video clips to their tweets. For a brief period today, a pornographic video clip topped Vine's "Editor's Picks" section, which is visible when you launch the Vine app, as pointed out by The Verge. While the video clip was taken down...

A report published by Reuters today claims that Asia's well-heeled consumers in Singapore and Hong Kong are losing interest in the iPhone and are turning to smartphones from other brands, notably those from Samsung, Apple's biggest competitor. The trend is reportedly driven by a combination of "iPhone fatigue" and a desire to be different. Two years back,...

Rumours of a cheaper, low-cost iPhone designed for China and emerging markets have been circulating the blogosphere for a while now, with the majority of sources claiming Apple will likely use plastic like it did with the iPhone 3S to save money. This, however, has changed today, and Jeremy Horwitz has the details. (more…)

iOS and Android accounted for a combined 92% of all smartphone shipments on a global scale, the latest numbers from Strategy Analytics show, as worldwide smartphone shipments hit a record 217 million units in Q4 2012, representing a 38% growth on a year-over-year basis. (more…)

Just over three hours ago the Rick Mercer Report uploaded a TV ad to its YouTube channel for a new BlackBerry 'Reversal of Fortune' app. This new app shows how much RIM's stock has risen and how Apple's stock has declined, plus a few other extras targeting iPhone users. Check it out below: On Wednesday,...