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The rise of BlackBerry BlackBerry – or Research in Motion (RIM), as it was called for most of its halcyon days – began its meteoric rise in 1999 with the BlackBerry 850, a pager-type device that supported two-way email communications via a built-in QWERTY keyboard. It built on an earlier line of “Inter@ctive Pager” products that were retired when the BlackBerry name rose to prominence. While the 850 laid the foundation for BlackBerry’s love of QWERTY-equipped devices, it wasn’t until 2003 that the company launched anything that could even be remotely recognized as a smartphone....

Apple will drop the mask requirements at a number of its retail stores and offices as soon as this week, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The report says that Apple has informed retail and corporate employees of this change. Retail employees will also not be required to ask maskless customers for their vaccination status. Retail employees will still be required to wear masks, but customers will not. The report from Bloomberg explains:...

Let’s get started! Best Software Chrome App Launcher First spotted on the Chrome OS, Google took it off the developer beta and released Chrome App Launcher for Windows platform this week. As the name suggests, it is a shortcut to the several web services we have on Chrome store. This freeware gives you instant one-click access to all Google web services such as Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps etc as well as non-Google services like Dropbox, Pocket, Feedly etc....

Here are the best TV shows of the decade. The 2010s has been a period of great change for the small screen, one that has seen it catch-up and arguably surpass cinema, and certainly witnessed the lines between the two blur completely. Television used to be considered ’lesser’, and a movie star doing a TV show was the sign of a career in decline, but that’s no longer the case....

For ten seasons the residents of Beverly Hills, 90210 climbed social ladders, stole each other’s boyfriends, and got an education to last them a lifetime. The series began as Brandon and Brenda Walsh adjusted from midwestern life to sunny California, but the cast of characters rotated in and out as the series progressed. A few core relationships at the beginning of the show remained mostly intact throughout the series, despite a lot of breaking up and making up....

Here’s where else you may recognize Doctor Who star Billie Piper. Fans of Billie Piper outside of the UK may not realize she first broke through as a pop star with hit singles like “Because We Want To” and “Girlfriend.” She only 15 when her debut single went to number one, which still makes her the youngest solo artist to do so in the UK. Piper followed up with a less successful second album and she later walked away from her music career to focus on acting....

Although it has received very good reviews, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is not doing as good when it comes to box office numbers, and while there are a couple of reasons behind that, one of the biggest is that the trailers focused too much on Harley Quinn. DC’s movie universe (unofficially titled DC Extended Universe) is going through some changes after its first wave of movies didn’t perform as expected, especially Justice League, so a couple of characters will be retconned – as is the case of Batman – and others will be explored through a different angle, like Harley Quinn....

The latest marketing image for Black Widow reveals a better look at Taskmaster. Marvel Studios is set to kick off their Phase 4 with a prequel film focusing on Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) on the heels of her tragic death in Avengers: Endgame. In this standalone story, she faces off against a brand new antagonist - the mysterious Taskmaster. Taking Marvel Studios’ prime May release date, the project is directed by Cate Shortland and will see the title character return to her spy origins as she reconnects with her roots....

Blizzard created a VR prototype of its popular card game, Hearthstone, and after testing it, decided it would probably not work, meaning fans will probably never see it. Hearthstone is a free-to-play virtual card game set in the Warcraft universe. Players are meant to replicate notable figures, heroes, and villains from the universe who are taking a break from running around raiding and looting, to sit down for a game of cards against an opponent in a quaint and fantastical tavern....

In an Irish radio interview, Bono discusses his various collaborations with Apple, as transcribed by TUAW. Interesting, Bono claims Apple now has 885 million iTunes accounts (up from 800 million as officially announced in April). With his work on a mysterious new music format, he aims to help Apple cross the billion accounts mark. The new medium has apparently been underway for a while, spanning back to a conversation with Steve Jobs in 2009....

Borderlands 2 has seen a big boost in popularity on the Steam store, becoming one of the most played titles according to some analytical data. This is something of a strange development considering the game was the recent attack of review bombs on Steam due to Gearbox announcing that their upcoming Borderlands 3 would be an Epic Games Store exclusive until 2020. Borderlands 2 originally released in 2012 and instantly became one of the most popular games in the world....

Remember the days when you couldn’t wait to jump out of bed, pour yourself a bowl of cereal, and turn on the TV to watch cartoons? No matter what decade you were born in, Saturday morning cartoons were a staple of every kid’s childhood. There was no school to rush off to, only the boob tube to keep you entertained before you were inevitably forced to go outside or do some chores around the house....

Better Call Saul season 3 finds itself in a unique place. Season 2 delivered a series of strong character moments for the likes of Jimmy, Mike, Kim, and especially Chuck, but nevertheless was a sometimes languorous affair that, while undoubtedly fascinating for those who find legal paperwork to be intrinsically dramatic and lively entertainment, could only push its main plots so far before it was forced to resolve them. That left the season to end on the double cliffhanger of Jimmy McGill’s taped confession of having committed a felony and the implicit arrival of Giancarlo Esposito’s Gus Fring, everyone’s favorite dapper purveyor of fast food fried chicken and, you know, meth....

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Birds of Prey. Last Updated: March 20, 2020 Jared Leto didn’t return to reprise his DCEU role as Joker in Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), but why? Warner Bros. latest comic book release brings back Margot Robbie’s fan-favorite Harley onto the big screen. This time, however, she’s with a brand new team of all-female members. Directed by Cathy Yan with the script from Christina Hodson, the movie introduces us to new Gotham key players: Huntress/Helena Bertinelli (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Dinah Laurel Lance/Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bett), Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez) and Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco)....

In this BitLife health guide tutorial, we will show you how to treat all the illnesses. If a game belongs to the real-life simulation genre, then it has to incorporate each and every aspect of it. And BitLife seems to have effectively done so. Whether you like it or not, but the probability of your character catching a disease and getting ill is a very much possibility. When you get a disease, your health begins to deteriorate continuously....

Each year it seems that Black Friday’s deals start earlier and earlier. Each company tries to one-up each other to gain a leg up. While many of the hard-hitting sales are not live until the day of, Best Buy has decided to throw a pre-Black Friday sale to start things off. These Blu-rays are instant classics ready to earn a place in your home before the holiday season. Get an early start on your Black Friday and Christmas shopping with Best Buy’s best buys on $4....

The patent sale is the final nail on the coffin of BlackBerry’s smartphone services, which first rose to prominence during the early 2000s for its phones with built-in QWERTY keyboards and email and BlackBerry Messenger support. The sale comes weeks after Blackberry turned off the lights for its smartphone services. The legacy patents will be acquired by Catapult IP Innovations, a special purpose vehicle that was specifically formed for the acquisition....

Traveling for many has been the best way to take a break from the daily routine, to break free and enjoy the wind sometimes. If you do happen to be a person who loves to travel, then you must also have known the risks involved, and the heavy expenses that follow. Traveling is truly quite a peaceful thing to do, but it requires a mindset that needs to be aware of multiple aspects like the location, the expenses, the stay, the food, and the people....

A laptop without a keyboard is a problematic mess, right? The Keyboard is what makes a laptop different than a tablet or desktop. And if it stops working or some of its buttons becomes unresponsive, your laptop becomes somewhat redundant. While facing such issues with the desktop, you can simply replace the Keyboard, however, one cannot do the same with a laptop. If your laptop’s Keyboard has also stopped working or became partially unresponsive, you would want to fix it quickly....

Warning: SPOILERS for Birds of Prey. Margot Robbie returns to her iconic role as Harley Quinn in director Cathy Yan’s ribald, R-rated superheroine team-up film, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). Birds of Prey features the irrepressible criminal with her own girl gang, consisting of Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Detective Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), and teenage pickpocket Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco)....