Year: 2016

Blackberry Kills BB10, will focus on Android Phones Instead

BlackBerryLogoThe once dominant cell phone maker has announced that it is discontinuing its BB10 operating system, and will be moving towards mid-range Android devices.

According to Blackberry CEO John Chen, the company's change of direction comes after customers complained that the first Android phone was too expensive (around $700.00) and that the price point was a tactical error.

"The fact that we came out with a high end phone [as our first Android device] was probably not as wise as it should have been," Chen told Abu Dhabi paper The National.

"A lot of enterprise customers have said to us, 'I want to buy your phone but $700 is a little too steep for me. I'm more interested in a $400 device'," he added.

 

Yahoo! is For Sale and Bidders are Lining up

YahooLogoThe once great Internet search engine is up for sale.  Even though Melissa Mayer would like to see the sale though, investors are growing very impatient with her and she maybe gone within weeks or even days.

The company has given interested parties until April 18th to make an offer.  The company is expected to get somewhere in the ballpark of $8 Billion for its core Internet business.

Who's interested?  Companies such as TIME, Inc., Daily Mail, Google, Verizon (which currently owns AOL) and Microsoft have expressed interest.

What happens after the 18th?  Yahoo! could either except all or none of the bids.  If the company decides not to accept any of those bids, it could look elsewhere.

What will happen to Mayer?  Either way, leading sources are telling us that "she is toast" and maybe out even sooner than the final sale.

Apple Maps gets Portland, Oregon Transit Data

AppleMapsIcon2016Apple Maps continues to be upgraded with more cities and information almost on a weekly basis.

This week's addition has to do with Transit data in Portland, Oregon.  The data is available in Apple Maps for iOS and Mac, which includes such information as schedules, routes, maps, and more.

Hey Apple, how about Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton Pennsylvania????  :-)

 

Adobe issues another security update for Flash for PC and Mac

FlashLogoJust weeks after it issued an emergency update, the company had to issue another one that plug yet another vulnerability.

According to the release notes:

"Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and ChromeOS.  These updates address critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.  

Adobe is aware of reports that CVE-2016-1019 is being actively exploited on systems running Windows 10 and earlier with Flash Player version 20.0.0.306 and earlier."

The update isa available now and is recommended for all users.

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