…ubiquitous videochat client Skype. For one thing, you don’t buy a company for $8.5 billion and then not enable it on a new piece of hardware.
Skype Preview Now Available for Z10 Running OS 10.1 (BerryReview)
A few weeks back Q10 owners were the first to get their hands on Skype for blackBerry (Android Port), and now Z10 owners who have been running BB OS 10.1 can also join the action. Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) is calling the version available on BlackBerry World a “Preview”. BlackBerry calling it a preview has me wondering if we will see something different tomorrow after the keynote, which I recommend keeping it locked to BerryReview for the latest from BlackBerry Live.
Nokia Teases New Lumia’s Camera In Prime Time TV Ad, Ahead Of “See What’s Next” London Event On Tuesday (TechCrunch)
Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) has run a TV advert teasing a new Lumia device it’s widely expected to unveil at an event in London on Tuesday. The advert ran during a prime time evening slot on Channel 4, during a screening of The Inbetweeners movie. The teaser advert focused on the camera of an unnamed new Lumia smartphone, with close up shots of the lens and flash, and the words “more than your eyes can see” and “the new Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) Lumia is coming”.
Bing Adds Direct Facebook Interaction to Social Sidebar (Search Engine Watch)
Bing has again expanded features for its Social Sidebar. Bing announced the ability to comment on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) directly from the Bing Social Sidebar. This means you will be allowed to directly engage with your Facebook friends right from the search results. The new tool will allow you to ask questions or provide comments or answers on posts that are relevant to the search.
Apple’s iPads, iPhones could be subject to new French ‘culture tax’ (Apple Insider)
Smartphones and tablets are at the center of new proposals from former Canal Plus CEO Pierre Lescure, whom France’s socialist government tasked with finding new ways of funding French cultural projects in the face of an economic downturn, Reuters reported on Monday. Lescure, noting that consumers are spending more money on hardware than on content, proposed a one percent tax on the sale of Internet-compatible devices. The new tax would target iPhones and iPads from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), but also Android tablets and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Kindle Fire devices. Lescure’s plan would likely yield roughly 86 million euros per year. That revenue would go to support cultural industries creating French music, images, and videos, according to the proposal.
Microsoft touts Office 365 buyers that dumped Google Apps (CNET)
There are a lot of businesses that pay for office suites, but two days before the Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) I/O show, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) spotlighted three that picked its Office 365 after trying Google Apps. Google got a head start with Google Apps, the online service that includes Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. But Microsoft has a massive customer base using its old-school Office products who are natural candidates for moving to Microsoft’s online suite. Three customers — Sensia Halsovard, Sepco III, and Arysta LifeScience — all picked Office 365 “after having deployed or piloted Google Apps,” Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) touted Monday.
