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BBM engages users more, says BlackBerry MD
BlackBerry India managing director Sunil Lalvani says its chat app engages users in a better way
 "BBM engages users more, says BlackBerry MD")
Odisha team to visit Germany to woo IT investors
Four member delegation led by state IT secretary will go on a 5 day visit
 "Odisha team to visit Germany to woo IT investors")
Yahoo acquires social-media data visualiser Vizify
Vizify lets people create interactive visualizations based on data involving what they share online
 "Yahoo acquires social-media data visualiser Vizify")
Nokia X to hit Indian shores on Mar 15; priced at Rs 8,500
Noxia X is a dual SIM handset featuring a four-inch touchscreen, dual core 1 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM and supports expandable memory up to 32GB
 "Nokia X to hit Indian shores on Mar 15; priced at Rs 8,500")
Tablet shipment in Indian in 2013 touch 4.14 mn
Tablet sales grew 56.4% YoY driven largely by low-end devices
 "Tablet shipment in Indian in 2013 touch 4.14 mn")
Your Facebook, Google IDs to no longer give you access to Yahoo services
Users will have to register for a Yahoo ID to use its services
Govt to soon lay standards for mobile phone
DoT mid of last month deliberated on framing standards for mobile phones as per Indian conditions with representatives
 "Govt to soon lay standards for mobile phone")
BlackBerry Z10 out of stock post price slash
The company has announced a limited period offer to sell Z10 for Rs 17,990
 "BlackBerry Z10 out of stock post price slash")
Govt to spend $6.4 billion on IT services in 2014: Gartner
The research firm has also included spendings on internal IT, hardware, software, external IT services and telecommunications
 "Govt to spend $6.4 billion on IT services in 2014: Gartner")
Aptech bags IT skill development deal from Afghanistan Govt
Programme is funded by World Bank and is designed to increase the number of skilled Afghans
 "Aptech bags IT skill development deal from Afghanistan Govt")
Microsoft to use pop-up warnings telling users to switch from Windows XP
To start issuing warnings to machines running the 12-year-old operating system
Apple poaching HTC engineers to speed up product launches
Hundreds of engineers and supply-chain managers added in China and Taiwan
 "Apple poaching HTC engineers to speed up product launches")
Samsung rolls out Chromebook2 with full-HD
The successor to Series 3 Chromebook has upgraded to better 2.1-GHz Exynos 5 octa-core processor
 "Samsung rolls out Chromebook2 with full-HD")
Software to block unauthorised commands and prevent malware
New software Gyrus takes extra steps to prevent sending spam emails and blocks transactions such as money transfer
Worldfloat launches 'video Twitter' for celebrities
"Viralx" provides real-time access to videos mostly shared on Twitter, Facebook and other social media
 "Worldfloat launches 'video Twitter' for celebrities")
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Android's Jelly Bean, Kit Kat under cyber threat: CERT-In
Internet security sleuths have alerted consumers of this web-based service to guard against spread of 'virus'
 "Android's Jelly Bean, Kit Kat under cyber threat: CERT-In")
India 2nd in list of countries facing cyber attack on mobiles
Russia topped the list of attacks on mobile phones, accounting for 40.3% of all attacked unique users
 "India 2nd in list of countries facing cyber attack on mobiles")
Android's Jelly Bean, Kit Kat under cyber threat: CERT-In
Flaw has been reported in Android's VPN (virtual private network) implementation
 "Android's Jelly Bean, Kit Kat under cyber threat: CERT-In")
