TORONTO (Reuters) – Research In Motion Ltd on Thursday outlined a program of incentives to encourage its biggest customers to run its soon-to-launch line of BlackBerry 10 devices, seeking to persuade corporations and government users to stick with its secure smartphones.RIM is betting that the devices, to be launched on January 30, will revive its fortunes. That will depend to a large extent on the...
Dec
10
RIM offers biggest clients incentives to adopt BB10
Labels: Technology 0 comments
Read More..
Posted by Copetau at 12:10 AM
Singer feared dead in Mexican plane crash
Labels: Lifestyle 0 commentsMONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Mexico's music world mourned Jenni Rivera, the U.S.-born singer presumed killed in a plane crash whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles had made her a Mexican-American superstar.Authorities have not confirmed her death, but Rivera's relatives in the U.S. say they have few doubts that she was on the Learjet 25 that disintegrated on impact Sunday in rugged...
Posted by Copetau at 12:08 AM
Gov't: Building felled by NZ quake poorly built
Labels: World 0 commentsSYDNEY (AP) — A six-story office building that collapsed and killed 115 people in New Zealand's devastating earthquake last year was poorly designed by an inexperienced engineer, inadequately constructed and should never have been issued a building permit, a government report said Monday.The Canterbury Television (CTV) building crumbled to the ground during the 6.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked...
Posted by Copetau at 12:06 AM
Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes marijuana
Labels: Health 0 commentsSEATTLE (AP) — The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle's Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight bespoke the new reality: Marijuana is legal under Washington state law.Hundreds gathered at Seattle Center for a New Year's Eve-style countdown to 12 a.m., when the legalization measure passed by voters last month took effect. When the clock struck, they...
Posted by Copetau at 12:04 AM
Obama, Boehner meet face-to-face on 'fiscal cliff'
Labels: Business 0 commentsFor the first time in more than three weeks, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met face-to-face today at the White House to talk about avoiding the fiscal cliff.White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest would offer no details saying only, "The lines of communication remain open."Erskine Bowles, the co-creator of a debt reducing plan, who was pessimistic a couple weeks...
Posted by Copetau at 12:02 AM
Dec
09
7 Apps You Don’t Want To Miss
Labels: Technology 0 commentsTwitterificTwitter client Twitterific released version 5 of its iOS app this week. Overhauled and redesigned, the updated app has a new customizable user interface, gesture support, and the ability to sync timeline positions between several different devices.Click here to view this gallery.[More from Mashable: Google Now Updated With Boarding Passes, Improved Voice Search]It can be tough to keep up...
Posted by Copetau at 12:10 AM
Rolling Stones hit NY for 50th anniversary gig
Labels: Lifestyle 0 commentsNEW YORK (AP) — It sure didn't feel like a farewell.The Rolling Stones — average age 68, if you're counting — were in rollicking form as they rocked the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for 2½ hours Saturday night, their first U.S. show on a mini-tour marking a mind-boggling 50 years as a rock band.And though every time the Stones tour, the inevitable questions arise as to whether it's "The Last Time,"...
Posted by Copetau at 12:08 AM
North Korea considers delaying rocket launch
Labels: World 0 commentsSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea may postpone the controversial launch of a long-range rocket that had been slated for liftoff as early as this week, state media said Sunday, as international pressure on Pyongyang to cancel the provocative move intensified.Scientists have been pushing forward with final preparations for the launch from a west coast site, slated to take place as early as Monday,...
Posted by Copetau at 12:06 AM
Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes marijuana
Labels: Health 0 commentsSEATTLE (AP) — The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle's Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight bespoke the new reality: Marijuana is legal under Washington state law.Hundreds gathered at Seattle Center for a New Year's Eve-style countdown to 12 a.m., when the legalization measure passed by voters last month took effect. When the clock struck, they...
Posted by Copetau at 12:04 AM
North Korea considers delaying controversial rocket launch
Labels: Business 0 commentsSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea may postpone the controversial launch of a long-range rocket that had been slated for liftoff as early as this week, state media said Sunday, as international pressure on Pyongyang to cancel the provocative move intensified.Scientists have been pushing forward with final preparations for the launch from a west coast site, slated to take place as early as Monday,...
Posted by Copetau at 12:02 AM
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Copyright © Cotton News. All rights reserved.
Design And Business Directories