RIM claims BB App World more profitable than the Android MarketPlacePosted by fredartee on February 9th, 2012

During the BlackBerry DevCon Europe event, Research in Motion’s executive has taken the opportunity to release reports on how their BlackBerry App World is doing. According to the Vice President of Developer Relations, Alec Saunders, the App World is realizing six million daily downloads which totals to around 174 million app downloads a month.

What’s interesting is that RIM claims that the BlackBerry App World is so profitable for developers that is more profitable than Android citing that 13 percent of it’s developer population made more than 100k.

Anyway, whether these numbers are true or not, I believe that the future of BlackBerry rests on how well the BlackBerry 10 would appeal to the market when it comes out mid-year.

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Google+ drops age limit to 13 years and olderPosted by fredartee on February 3rd, 2012

Google has today announced that they are officially opening Google+ to users ages 13 down a few years from the original 18 years or older policy. Of course, together with this, Google has placed additional safety features such as opting in on audio and video content that is age sensitive.

Additional safety features include the option of just being able to view stuff that is deemed safe for the eyes of minors so I’m assuming these are videos and pictures that are wholesome.

You can check out more information over at Google+’s Blog site.

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