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Nissan Rogue/Altima: Facebook, Pandora, Google for Android & iPhone

12/15/201311/21/2013 by Lynn Walford

At the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, Wireless and Mobile News reports on how apps are being embedded in dashboard systems for infotainment and more.

The NissanConnect Apps service powered by Airbiquity’s Smartphone integration and the Choreo private platform is demonstrated at the Los Angeles Auto Show on a Nissan Rogue. The demonstration is by Scott Frank, Vice President of Marketing Airbiquity. The in-dashboard apps include Google search, iHeart Radio, Facebook and Pandora. Twitter will be coming in the future.

New Windows Phone Apps Today

11/20/2013 by Lynn Walford

There have a bunch of apps released for Windows Phone.

Waze has launched a Windows Phone app. It crowd-sourced real-time traffic data that alerts about accidents, road closings and sends data to the cloud. Users report police, accidents, cheapest gas prices and other data.

BlackBerry Messenger Update for iPod/iPads & Android

11/14/2013 by Lynn Walford

BlackBerry has updated BlackBerry Messenger to support iOS 6 iPads and iPods. The Android app has also been updated with new features.

BBM for iPhone/iOS Improvements

There's better right-to-left language support. The app now works on iPods and iPads iOS6/7. You have more pin code sharing options.

BlackBerry Messenger Tips Chat Widget, PIN, Chats & Contacts

11/04/2013 by Lynn Walford

BlackBerry has posted videos showing some tips and tricks for using BlackBerry Messenger on other devices. (videos follow) BBM currently has over 2o million users on iPhone and Android apps and 60 million BlackBerry users.

BBM BlackBerry Messenger 4 iPhone & Android Out---Wait in Line

10/21/201310/21/2013 by Lynn Walford

BlackBerry Messenger for iPhone & Android

Starting this morning, BlackBerry Messenger became available. This time around BlackBerry is staggering the roll out to make sure that there are no problems. Just like Apple makes iPhone buyers wait in line, those wanting use the new BlackBerry Messenger for Android may have to wait until after the six million people who signed up to be notified have activated BBM on their devices.

The good news is that many Whatsapp users have noted that BBM is much faster. Some Twitter users are still waiting in the line as of this writing.

Although the apps are available in Google Play and the App Store, BlackBerry recommends that you download them directly from an Android or iPhone browser.