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Technology Report: BlackBerry rolls out BBM to Android, iPhone users

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10/21/2013
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BlackBerry rolls out BBM to Android, iPhone users
TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd said on Monday it has begun to roll out its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service to users of Android and iPhone devices.
Tablet craze drives rise in smart device shipments: Gartner
LONDON (Reuters) - Strong demand for tablets such as Apple's iPad will help worldwide shipments of web-enabled devices rise in 2013, offsetting a decline in desktop and laptop computers, research company Gartner said on Monday.
States' online 'Amazon tax' fight may land in U.S. Supreme Court: lawyers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diverging high court rulings in New York and Illinois over 'Amazon taxes' point to a possible U.S. Supreme Court case to settle questions about the legality of states taxing online retail sales, lawyers said on Monday.
Siemens wins dismissal of U.S. lawsuit alleging Asia bribery
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has thrown out a lawsuit accusing Germany's Siemens AG of funneling kickbacks to Chinese and North Korean hospital officials, narrowing the ability of plaintiffs to use U.S. courts to sue over conduct outside the country.
VMware profit rises on higher licensing revenue
(Reuters) - Cloud software maker VMware Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as licensing revenue rose 15 percent.
China's Baidu challenges Alibaba with financial services platform
(Reuters) - Baidu Inc will launch an online wealth management platform next week, as China's biggest Internet search company moves away from its advertising business to compete against Alibaba and Tencent Holdings.
New York Times columnist David Pogue trades Gray Lady for Yahoo
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has hired New York Times columnist David Pogue to oversee an expansion of the company's consumer technology website, the latest such voice to leave a newspaper.
Worried about chemicals in cosmetics? Apps may help
TORONTO (Reuters) - Consumers worried about what might be lurking within their cosmetics and skin care products can turn to new apps that scan barcodes to review the items for safety.
Wall Street banks learn how to survive in staged cyber attack
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A few months ago, a group of Wall Street banks fashioned a risk-manager's worst nightmare to determine how they would survive. Luckily, it was all pretend.
Russian spy agency seeks to expand Internet surveillance
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian authorities are moving to expand surveillance of the Internet by requiring service providers to store all traffic temporarily and make it available to the top domestic intelligence agency.
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