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Blackberry Resumes a Phased Roll-Out of its BBM Messaging App

After September's messed up launch, Blackberry has restarted its BBM messaging app for Android and Apple devices.

Officials in Vienna Approve Property Lease for Cell Phone Tower

On Thursday, the property lease in Jackson Memorial Park to American Towers LLC has been given the green signal by Vienna officials for a novel cell phone tower.

Netflix to roll out multi-user profiles for single accounts to users worldwide

Video streaming service Netflix announced a new feature - dubbed `User Profiles' - on Thursday. The new feature will give the Netflix users the ability to create a maximum of five different profiles with one single account. Netflix started testing `User Profiles' with a select number of accounts in January this year.

Best Buy launches pre-order system for Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet

Retailer Best Buy has recently launched a pre-order system for Google's new updated Nexus 7 tablet. According to a report in The Verge, the Best Buy pre-orders for the new Nexus 7 were already in place even before the device's details could be officially disclosed by Google at a July 24 event.

Google expands its Street View imagery to the top of Eiffel Tower

On Tuesday, Internet search giant Google expanded its spectacular Street View imagery to the top of the iconic French monument, the Eiffel Tower. The new addition - for which the Google Cultural Institute collaborated with the Eiffel Tower Operating Company - will essentially give armchair travelers an opportunity to explore 360-degree views from the top of the Eiffel Tower.

14-month-old girl uses her father’s smartphone to buy vintage car on eBay

With easy-to-use apps being deemed one of the greatest inventions of modern-day technology, a recent KOIN-TV report has revealed that a 14-month-old girl in Portland, Ore., went on a shopping spree of sorts on the eBay app on her father's smartphone, and purchased a vintage car --- a 1962 Austin Healey Sprite!

‘Tweet’ now officially part of the English language

The highly-acclaimed Oxford English Dictionary (OED) - which is the accepted authority of the English language - has recently added an official second definition for the word `tweet' as related to the popular microblogging service Twitter.

European Response to U.S. Surveillance Program Not Uniform

As per the findings of a latest report, Googlemail b/c Prism has been decided by a German columnist, Olaf Storbeck, to be ditched. The London-based writer said that he was messing with a VPN, i. e. a virtual private network, which was used by a number of corporations.

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Automotive News

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  • Ford comes to Silicon Valley with its new Research and Innovation Center
  • BMW, VW team up to install 100 high-speed charging stations in 2015

UK News

  • UK approves three-person in vitro fertilization but US still deliberating
  • 500,000 youngsters to die due to smoking, warns charity
  • NICE releases new guidelines on safe staffing for midwifery
  • Researchers working to find cure for Asthma
  • Study suggest no purchase of drugs costing more than £13,000