BlackBerry offers up a hands-on look at the BlackBerry Leap
Thinking about picking up a BlackBerry Leap when it officially becomes available? If you are, you’ll want to check out the latest BlackBerry Leap hands-on from Inside BlackBerry’s very own Donny Halliwell who gives us a quick look at the all-touch device running BlackBerry 10.3.1. Folks in the UK can already place some pre-orders for the device through third-party retailers.
Vine now supports 720p video viewing and uploads from the iPhone
Vine now supports higher-resolution 720p video uploads from the iPhone.
Vine announced the new higher-resolution videos in a blog post, adding that they will be viewable on their iOS and Android apps “over the coming days”. Vine video posts made from the iPhone can already support the new 720p format, and videos with this new higher resolution can be viewed on the web. From Vine:
When you watch Vines on our iOS and Android apps, you’ll see these quality improvements — they are rolling out over the coming days. You’ll also see higher quality Vines embedded in sites across the web.
It doesn’t appear that you need to download an app update to see the new 720p videos on the iPhone version of the app, though you should probably update the app to the latest version, 3.2.1. The most recent major update to Vine added offline viewing support.
Source: Vine
PCMarket names BES12 Best Enterprise Mobile Device Management Product
Amidst the earnings report news, BlackBerry also announced the win of a major IT award In Hong Kong. The Best of IT Awards are organized annually, by leading Hong Kong IT publication PCMarket and serve to recognize the most popular IT products and services from the preceding year. This time around BES12 was named Best Enterprise Mobile Device Management Product, 2014 at award ceremonies held on March 24th.
How to send voice messages on the Xbox One
If you’re on the Xbox One preview program, you are now able to send voice messages in the messages app. This feature should be able to everyone else very soon. You can quickly and easily record audio to send to your friends or others through the snapped messages app. It’s really easy. Watch our how-to video to see it in action.
The part of Apple TV experience that really sucks
The Apple TV channel authorization experience is horrible, and it’s all the content providers’ fault.
Setting up an Apple TV for basic streaming and iTunes access is ridiculously easy: Plug it in, turn it on, then hold your iPhone or iPad to the top of the Apple TV. The Apple TV copies Wi-Fi and iTunes account information from the iOS device and you’re off and running. When it comes time to watch stuff from cable channels, however, the setup process becomes a nightmare.
Apple’s recent price cut on the Apple TV to $69 caused me to go out and get a second one. It replaces a second-generation Apple TV I’ve had for years, which is now relegated to my bedroom. To be fair, the problems I had setting it up really aren’t Apple’s fault. Netflix, Crunchyroll and other premium services were about what I expected: I had to sign in using account credentials before I could access content.
The cable and dish content providers who have created Apple TV channels are a different story. They use a validation system to make sure that you’re actually paying someone — your local cable or dish provider — to watch their stuff. Over and over again I’d access the settings of each channel, get a validation code, then have to go to my Mac or Safari on my iPhone and type often cryptic URLs into the address bar, then verify to unlock.
In fairness to the content providers, Apple and the Apple TV itself, I didn’t run into any show-stoppers doing this: Each time I visited a validation URL, I’d enter a code and then be told the content was then mine to watch. But after a half an hour I realized I’d only unlocked about two or three rows of Apple TV channels, and decided I was done for the moment. It was repetitive, it was boring, and it was so…un-Apple-like.
Clearly that’s not the ideal user experience for Apple. I’m sure they’d like to do something very different.
We’ve heard rumors about a new Apple TV for a while. Maybe we’ll even see such a device make an appearance at WWDC in June. I don’t know. I don’t have the faintest clue.
But one thing’s for sure: Whatever Apple brings to home televisions next has to have a better gatekeeping system than the current version does. Because what’s happening now just sucks. While that may not be Apple’s fault, it’s definitely Apple’s problem to solve.
This is how Wunderlist designed its app for the Apple Watch
Wunderlist’s head of design, Ben Lehnert, has gone into detail about how the company designed its app for the Apple Watch.
Not wanting to try and fit everything from the desktop and mobile apps onto the Apple Watch, the Wunderlist team decided to only implement those features that were extremely relevant to users. The goal is to quickly get users to where they need to be, according to Lehnert on the Wunderlist blog:
We designed the Home View in a unique way that gives you access to the most important things first. You can quickly jump to your Inbox, your agenda for Today, and important to-dos that are assigned to you. Those four buttons give you a bird’s eye view of everything you need and want to do. And in case you want to jump to a specific list, simply use the Digital Crown and scroll through all your lists.
Wunderlist is one of many apps that has been updated with support for the Apple Watch, and will be available for watch owners to use when the device hits stores in first-wave launch countries on April 24.
Source: Wunderlist
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WWE wrestlers Ryback and Dolph Ziggler show off their Microsoft Band stats
Microsoft has teamed up with World Wrestling Entertainment to showcase the Microsoft Band, with two of their biggest wrestlers, Ryback and Dolph Ziggler, displaying their workout stats online as collected from the fitness band.
First play and impressions: Forza Horizon 2 presents Fast and Furious
Today, the hotly anticipated Fast and Furious expansion to Forza Horizon 2 has launched for free for Xbox One and Xbox 360. Let’s buckle up and take a ride.
John Chen not worried about BlackBerry non-believers
With the Q4 Fiscal 2015 results now available and the earnings call wrapped up (download the audio replay here), BlackBerry CEO John Chen has been hitting media outlets as well to discuss the events. Speaking with BNN’s Amber Kanwar in Waterloo, Chen took the time to discuss the results and answer some questions about how he plans to make software profits grow for BlackBerry, where BlackBerry stands on the device hardware future and what he thinks about those who don’t believe in a BlackBerry turnaround. You can check out the full interview below.
Video teases Dead Trigger 2’s upcoming Windows Phone launch
One of the most popular mobile first person shooter games, Dead Trigger 2, is apparently very close to making its debut on Windows Phone devices. Developer Madfinger Games posted a teaser video today to promote its launch.
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