Does your phone not qualify for the Lumia Denim update with Lumia Camera 5.0? No worries, as Microsoft is evidently cherry picking some choice features from Lumia Camera 5.0 and adding them to the Camera app in Windows 10.

Loading up the new Camera experience, and you get a mishmash of Lumia Camera features in the default app. For instance, there is now the magic wand from Lumia Camera 5.0’s Rich Capture option.

When the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge were announced it felt like April 10 was a long way off — now everyone can go buy one.

One of the biggest devices of the year is now available for sale in most places around the world, and whether you’ve already put down cash in a pre-order or are trying your luck at a nearby store (or three) there’s a lot to learn about the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. We’ve been using both phones here at Android Central consistently for a couple weeks and have been doing everything we can to bring all of the news, impressions and information we can on them.

We’ve rounded up all of the top information on our site that you can sink your teeth (well, eyes) into on this, the Galaxy S6 launch day. Read along with us.

A weekly look at new, exciting, and cool apps to try

Howdy CrackBerry nation! Hope you all are ready for the weekend. What a week it has been. Not only did BlackBerry release a new e-book highlighting enterprise customer success stories and a brief look at the apps on the BlackBerry Leap, but the new BBM Beta granted users the capability to to chat with individuals, not in your BBM contact list.

Now it’s time to bring you this week’s picks for all your passionate BlackBerry addicts out there. You can find each app and game I’ve rustled up for you by clicking through the gallery below. If your favorite did not make the cut this week, remember you can help by offering your suggestions at the end.

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After the main Windows 10 preview update installs on your phone there’s a second one to keep an eye out for. We’ve just received a “fast ring configuration” update that while we’re not absolutely sure of what it does, it’s obviously an important update for everyone in the fast ring.

Following up on yesterday’s leaked change log and screenshots, Windows 10 build 10056 has leaked in full on the internet today, and it appears to bring with it some changes to tablet mode that improve the touch experience.

Alongside today’s Windows 10 preview for phones release, it seems as though some devices are actually receiving Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2. The Windows Central tip box is getting filled with reports from community members who have gone through the process to install Windows 10 and ended up with Update 2 arriving first.

While we’re still devoid of any official word from Microsoft, Windows 10 guru, Gabe Aul, seems to have indicated that this is the case.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Friday announced victory against a patent troll that demanded money from podcasters.

And while the EFF says that it’s a key victory, the non-profit organization says that there’s much left to do. What’s more, the company at the center of the controversy remains in business.

A ruling from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) invalidated key claims in the “podcasting patent” held by a patent troll called Personal Audio, LLC, according to a press release from the EFF. The EFF said the ruling came down after it filed a petition for review.

Personal Audio, LLC has, since 2013, demanded licensing fees from prominent podcasters even though the company never invented anything before filing its patent application, and despite the existence of podcasting for years prior to its application.

Patent trolls make their money by enforcing patent rights against businesses and individuals, even though the patents are often vague and unenforceable. They count on their victims either lacking the financial or legal resources to fight them in court, settling claims rather than participating in long drawn out legal battles.

The EFF is focused on protecting civil liberties; the organization participates in efforts to defend free speech online, fight surveillance efforts and more.

It’s pretty crazy out there today. The Galaxy S6 and HTC One M9 are in stores, and folks have tons of questions. We’ll see what we can answer. (And, yes, we’ll touch on this “new” M9 software update that is and isn’t new.) Plus, we’re buying Star Wars. Again. Only this time on Google Play.

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BlackBerry has rolled out an update to its BBM beta app on Windows Phone today, and while it doesn’t bring any fancy new features, it does include a whole slew of bug fixes.

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