Oh poor Blackberry. They just can’t seem to catch a break lately. All the issues with the Blackberry services going down, losing massive amounts of market share to iPhone and Android. It’s kinda sad.
Back in the day, this was the good stuff.
I used to rock a Blackberry Curve. I was so happy to get my first smartphone and check out all the cool things I could do with this device that was so small. Of course, with how tech moves, I look back to that and think about how ancient that device was. A physical keyboard?! HAH!
Here’s the problem that I see with Blackberry. They really haven’t gotten beyond what they were back then. Where their competitors have been racing ahead, cramming new tech and flooding with apps and things to do, Blackberry has stayed more or less stagnant. Sure they’ve got apps, they’ve got a touchscreen phone, but it all feels like a half-hearted attempt at catchup.
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…top right corner of your Firefox browser is a paid product placement: For the past several years, Google has paid Mozilla something on the order of $1 per copy to have that window there. Last year, that Google search window accounted for 84% of Mozilla’s $123 million of revenue, or about $100 million. The Google-Mozilla search deal ended in November. There has been no update about whether it has been renegotiated. Read more:…
Just leaving a couple of awesomely geeky Valentine wishes here just for a little fun…
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This week in geek brings us a new TV series from Rockne S. O’Bannon (Farscape, Alien Nation), info on on the PS4, and news that a certain convention is coming back.
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On a recent trip to the Who North America Warehouse I discovered, much to my surprise, that they had Jelly Babies. Don’t know what those are? Then you’ve probably never seen Doctor Who, and I’ll also assume that you aren’t from England.
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This week in geek brings us the highly anticipated SimCity, a new movie in theaters, and Grimm back on our screens!
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