BBM New Sticker Shop PREVIEW

Its been quite a time since BBM made its way to Android and iOS. What most of the people are asking is will it not affect the sales of Blackberry mobiles? now that BBM is available on almost all the mobile OS and how will they profit from this? ( question which lot of people ask about Whatsapp as well).

There will be no Ads in BBM that is for sure. But BBM will soon receive am update and with that update we will see new STICKER SHOP of BBM. here is a little preview what you can expect.

Also one option is missing from the setting and one has been added. 

New BBM

Old BBM

So what do you Think about the new Sticker shop? Are you ready to spend money on Stickers in BBM?

Leave your views in comment section below.

Get the latest WHATSAPP update before everyone else

Its no secret that Whatsapp is the biggest messaging app, period.  For a long time it didn't had any competition but now things are different. With wechat growing fast and giving users lot more features than whatsapp, its time that whatsapp start adding some new features too.

BBM is also here and if we go by the numbers of users who installed BBM in first week after its launch than BBM is going strong. So watchout whatsapp.

So with the competition growing whatsapp is bound to introduce some new feature or make some big changes. If you want to be the first one to experience those features before the updated app hits play store then i have just the app for you.

WhatsApp 2Date

                                                                                                             

 

This app periodically checks for official pre released apk of whatsapp. You can be sure to get the new whatsapp before it hits the play store. Its a free app, you only have to have to activate Allow app installs from 'unknown sources' option. If you don't know how to do that you can click here.

Play Store link for WhatsApp 2Date

Whatsapp minor Update goes unnoticed.

Lately Whatsapp has been receiving lots of new updates and at shorter intervals too.

Update to switch Mobile number is one of the big update that we recently saw. But here is one more update that most of the people have missed. Its not that Big update but its worth mentioning.

Whatsapp recent update now enables a thumbnail view of links that you send through the app.

 Earlier they just used to appear as a simple text but with this new update users are now able to see the shared link just like you see it on any other social networking site.

It only works when you share the link from some other app but if you just type in the link and message it no thumbnail appears.

What do you think about this update? please let me know in comments.

Also my next article will be about keeping your whatsapp update to the latest test build so that you can get new features before everyone else.

Facebook Messenger Getting Major Overhaul -Download the apk

Facebook is rolling out a new Messenger app update for Android that will let users chat with people on their contact list even if they are not Facebook friends.


As long as you have a person's phone number and they also use the Messenger app, you can message them.
It seems like this is Facebook's way of getting you to use its app instead of texting-which presumably was how you were reaching your non-Facebook-friend before.
Facebook is also threatened by standalone messaging apps like WhatsApp and Snapchat. Facebook even considered buying Snapchat at one point. Those apps are taking traffic away from Facebook, traffic and users that would - in their absence - be happily using Facebook for messages.Snapchat has about 100 million users.Whatsapp has 350 million.
Other than that new feature, the app update will also have a new user interface that will allow you to swipe left and right to see recent conversations, a list of the people you message, and settings.
Facebook will start testing the new app today with a limited group of Messenger for Android app users.

Download the new app from here

X MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Official Trailer Released

AFTER HOLLYWOOD let its faith in comic-book movies lapse in the wake of the “Batman and Robin”/Joel Schumacher disaster in the late ‘90s, the X-Men saved the day. Director Bryan Singer proved that superhero material, when taken seriously, could make a great movie, and “X-Men” (2000) helped usher in a new era of comic-book cinema.

There have been highs (“X-Men,” “X2”) lows (“X3: The Last Stand”) and successful new beginnings (“X-Men: First Class”). Now, the mutants are making their way back with “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” as the new trailer debuts today.
Time travel. Wolverine with gray hair. Kitty Pride/Shadowcat. A dark future for mutants that needs saving from the past. Many elements from the first trailer hint a strong resemblance to the original comic book story written by Chris Claremont and rendered by John Byrne. But as the case with many cinematic adaptions, it’s not a carbon copy. Which is fine.
Seeing the original “X-Men” movie stars merged with those from “First Class” is quite striking. Especially when a younger, clearly less-guided, not remotely as mature Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) tells his older self from the future (Patrick Stewart) that he doesn’t “want your future.”
Older Professor X sends Wolverine to the past while telling him: “I was a very different man. Lead me. Guide me. Be patient with me.” Yeah, because Wolverine is all about patience. The interactions with Logan and young Professor X should be particularly interesting.

BBM adds over 20 million new users from Android, iPhone app

BlackBerry says it has seen over 20 million new users join the BBM platform since the release of its iPhone and Android app last week.


The Waterloo, Ont.-based company said Tuesday that BlackBerry Messenger now has more than 80 million monthly active users, including over 20 million iPhone and Android users who waited patiently to receive their “pin” and start using the app.


“From here on out, we will focus on active users of BBM and will no longer focus on simple download numbers.”“It is great to see so many people downloading BBM, but the true measurement for us is engagement – the connections being made and the conversations in which our BBM community engages. The power of BBM has always been the active, real conversations and interaction that our customers enjoy,” said Andrew Bocking, Executive Vice President of BBM at BlackBerry in a press release.

The BBM app reached over 10 million downloads in the first 24 hours of being available, according to the company.



When the app was released, users were forced to sign up for the app on a fire-come-first-serve basis – leaving over five million potential users “in line” for a pin number on the first day alone.

However, BlackBerry said Tuesday that it removed the virtual line up feature from the app, allowing iPhone and Android users to immediately start using the app after they have downloaded it.

During the first week, BBM was the top free app in 35 countries in the Google Play store and in 107 countries in Apple’s App Store.

As of Tuesday the app still held the top spot in the App Store and Google Play in Canada.

BBM became popular with BlackBerry users because it allows texting in real-time on a secure server, without having to use an SMS text package from a service provider. The service’s secure server also made it a popular choice for BlackBerry enterprise customers.

Demand for the app is in stark contrast to other news about the Canadian smartphone maker, whose future remains unclear as a takeover bid from Fairfax Financial looms. The company announced Tuesday it would cut 300 more employees from its Waterloo headquarters.

Not all smartphone users are excited about the app.

On social media some are making fun of the fact that BBM is an older chat service that had been replaced by apps like WhatsApp – an app that many former BlackBerry users began using in place of BBM – and other services like Apple’s iMessage.

WhatsApp remains a popular choice for smartphone users – the company announced last week that it had over 350 million monthly active users, up 50 million in just two months.

Apple earnings fall despite strong iPhone sales

Apple's quarterly earnings are still sagging even as sales of its iPhones are rising, a vexing phenomenon feeding investor worries about whether stiffer competition in the mobile device market will continue to undercut the company's prosperity.


The company's earnings have been shrinking along with its share of the smartphone and tablet computer market that Apple reshaped with the 2007 release of the first iPhone and the 2010 introduction of the iPad. Apple hasn't come up with another breakthrough product in a new category since then, raising questions about the company's ability to innovate following the death of co-founder and chief visionary Steve Jobs two years ago.

Apple's earnings have now fallen from the previous year in three consecutive quarters after a decade of steady growth.

The Cupertino, Calif., earned $7.5 billion, or $8.26 per share, during the three months ending Sept. 28. That compared to income of $8.2 billion, or $8.67 per share, last year.

The latest quarterly earnings topped the average estimate of $7.92 per share among analysts polled by FactSet.

Revenue rose 4 percent to $37.5 billion — about $600 million above analyst predictions.





Investors were evidently hoping for a better showing and, perhaps, a more optimistic forecast for the current quarter, which covers the crucial holiday shopping season. Management predicted Apple's revenue will range from $55 billion to $58 billion in the quarter ending in late December. Analysts had projected revenue of $55.6 billion. Apple also indicated that its profit margins would be in the same range as the past quarter.

Apple's stock dipped $6.45, or about 1.2 percent, to $523.43 in extended trading after the numbers came out.

Activist investor Carl Icahn, who holds a 0.5 percent stake in Apple, is pressuring the company to spend $150 billion buying back its own stock in an effort to boost the price. His idea would more than double the $60 billion that Apple's board has budgeted for buying back stock during the next three years.

Apple apparently doesn't have any immediate plans to placate Icahn. CEO Tim Cook told analysts on a Monday conference call that the board won't announce any potential changes to its current program for buying back stock until early next year.

The latest quarter included early sales of the latest iPhones released last month.

The models consist of a 5S, a high-end version featuring a faster chip and a fingerprint reader, and the 5C, a slightly cheaper version that comes in a variety of brightly colored plastic cases. Apple didn't specify how many of each of the new models sold during the final week of the quarter.

The company sold 33.8 million iPhones in the past quarter, a 26 percent increase from the same time last year. But the prices for those iPhones averaged $577, a 7 percent decrease from an average price of $618 a year ago.

Apple's iPad sales edged slightly upward, with 14.1 million of the devices sold versus 14 million a year ago. The average price for an iPad slipped 14 percent to $439, a shift reflecting the growing popularity of a smaller version featuring an 8-inch display screen.




An update to the iPad Mini with a higher definition display screen and a higher price is scheduled to go on sale at a still-to-be determined date next month. At the same time, Apple is cutting the price of the original iPad Mini by $30 to $299. A thinner and lighter version of the full-sized iPad, called Air, will go on sale Friday.

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An update to the iPad Mini with a higher definition display screen and a higher price is scheduled to go on sale at a still-to-be determined date next month. At the same time, Apple is cutting the price of the original iPad Mini by $30 to $299. A thinner and lighter version of the full-sized iPad, called Air, will go on sale Friday.

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An update to the iPad Mini with a higher definition display screen and a higher price is scheduled to go on sale at a still-to-be determined date next month. At the same time, Apple is cutting the price of the original iPad Mini by $30 to $299. A thinner and lighter version of the full-sized iPad, called Air, will go on sale Friday.

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An update to the iPad Mini with a higher definition display screen and a higher price is scheduled to go on sale at a still-to-be determined date next month. At the same time, Apple is cutting the price of the original iPad Mini by $30 to $299. A thinner and lighter version of the full-sized iPad, called Air, will go on sale Friday.

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An update to the iPad Mini with a higher definition display screen and a higher price is scheduled to go on sale at a still-to-be determined date next month. At the same time, Apple is cutting the price of the original iPad Mini by $30 to $299. A thinner and lighter version of the full-sized iPad, called Air, will go on sale Friday.