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Canadian software and smartphone maker Blackberry was once recognized as the leader in communication innovation, but quickly fell when Apple and Google stepped in the scene in 2007. Blackberry's stock price reached a high of $241.90 in July 2007 and has made a drop to $10.45 on Friday's closing bell. Now 6 years later, under their new CEO John Chen, the company is resurging with a punch.

Today's discovery on Blackberry App World is the really cool BlackBerry Wallet App. Many of the BlackBerrys being sold today are equipped with the NFC tags that is attached to the back battery case. What it does is it enables the user to wirelessly tap Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals with your phone, like you would with PayPass using your credit card, to purchase items in half the time! (If you've never heard of NFC tags, youtube it. There is a lot of potential to this technology that haven't yet been discovered by many.) The real neat thing about this app is that there is a loyalty card and gift card option! It'll be very useful once merchants accept these cards via PayPass. From my knowledge, you still have to swipe these cards. Nonetheless, the credit card option should do for now. As you can see the fields for entering your card information is quite intensive, and supports the major networks of credit facilities. Rest assured though, Blackberry claims it's...

Finally after a morning of anxiously waiting for the new iPhone to be unveiled, we got to see that it's a iPhone 4S. So what's new? iMessage: a chat app that is similar to Blackberry Messenger, which works on any device with iOS5. Unlimited SMS/Chatting over a 3G/wi-fi connection. Siri: Apple's new voice recognition software. Add calendar events, ask it to define words, set alarm clocks, etc. Notification Center: a central place to view all your messages, calendars, events, missed calls etc. News stand: all-in-one place for your magazine and news subscriptions. Reminders: helps remind you of the things you need to get done with the use of the GPS. Twitter integration: you can now tweet right from photos, safari, etc. Better Camera: 8MP camera with 1080p Recording capabilities Faster: Running Apple's A5 Processors that has been running on the iPad. Added photo features: Crop, remove red eye, rotate, etc. right from 'Photo'  iCloud: Sync all y...

Apple.com/jp accidentally leaked the "iPhone 4S" just minutes before the meeting in Cupertino started. Oops! 

Heck, we're gettin' really excited for the iPhone launch coming in a fews days! For those who haven't found out yet, Apple officially sent out invitations to various media organizations on Tuesday saying, 'Let's talk iPhone'. Apple fanboys and girls all around the world are getting ready to be awed once more at the yearly release. In the past, Apple has used its invitation to include cryptic hints as to what it will announce. The phrase on this year's invite, 'Let's talk iPhone,' may be a simple play on words, but may also refer to new speech-based features for the iPhone. Last year, Apple acquired voice-recognition application startup 'Siri' and added some voice-to-text features to iOS 4, so an enhancement to those features wouldn't be too surprising. Also it's rumoured that the new iPhone won't be sporting the required hardware to enable it on the blazing-fast 4G LTE network. Instead you'll probably see something ...

Microsoft promised just a few days back that the Windows Phone 7.5 update (otherwise known as “Mango”, because updates need funny little names now) would roll out “sometime in the next week or two” — and sure enough, said roll out has just begun. As for who it’s rolling out to… that’s still a bit of a mystery.

It's official. Apple has announced (with the very simple invite picture from above) to the media that the big unveiling will take place at Apple's Cupertino headquarters starting October 4th 2011 10 A.M. PT for the first time. Steve Jobs won't be there, but a new iPhone will: the invitation reads 'Let's talk iPhone'.

This is the world's smallest digital camera, measuring just over one inch in all dimensions and weighing only half an ounce. Reminiscent of devices employed by Cold War-era operatives for intelligence gathering, the camera appears to require Lilliputian agility, yet its one-button operation provides easy picture taking. Providing automatic focus, it uses a 2 MP image sensor that takes still images at 1600 x 1200 resolution and captures video at 30 fps at 640 x 480 resolution. Images are taken as JPEGs and videos as AVIs, both saved onto an included 2 GB microSD card (supports up to 32 GB cards). Images and video can be viewed when connecting it to a computer running Windows 7, XP, or Vista using the included USB 2.0 cable. Rechargeable battery provides up to 30 minutes of operation from a one-hour charge via USB. Includes wrist lanyard. 1 1/8" L x 1" W x 1 1/16" D. (1/2 oz.)

NFC (Near Field Communication) Technology is becoming a very popular trend now as many phones and companies are finding ways to incorporate them in their products. Such is the case with Yale, a company that specializes in door lock manufacturing. The NFC door lock technology has a very simple design with no back end system where you only need your phone and the lock. Authentication of the right phone is verified using an electronic Mobile Key technology.

Yup, that's right. Mango OS (windows 7.5) will be available for existing Windows Phones within the next 2 weeks according to the Windows Phone Blog. They are currently bringing customers up to speed on the timing of the releases but has said that not all existing phones will receive the update at the same time.

Google has announced that their Google Plus social networking site is now available for everyone to join. For those that have been denied access for 3 months without an "invitation," this is your chance to check it out with all the added features. "The Google+ project has been in field trial for just under 90 days, and in that time we’ve made 91 different improvements (many of which are posted here ). Google+ is still in its infancy, of course, but we’re more excited than ever to bring the nuance and richness of real-life sharing to software. Today we’re releasing nine more features that get us that much closer." Here are the 9 new features: 1. Hangouts on your phone

Dr. Dre  will be gearing for more competition from rappers who are getting into the headphones business, the most recent being 50 Cent. Fifty, also known as Curtis Jackson, has his own headphones company  SMS Audio , which recently acquired  KonoAudio  for an undisclosed amount. SMS Audio is set to unveil a line-up of new products in the coming weeks. That is, if the plan pushes through. You see, it already happened before, when 50 Cent inked a deal with Sleek Audio to produce and distribute a wireless hybrid headphone system called Sleek by 50. Protoypes were even showed off at CES 2011, but the deal fell apart last May. SMS Audio, part of 50’s G-Unit Brands, then picked up where it left off and plans on releasing at least three headphones. The company has yet to announce anything about its upcoming headphones, but it revealed that the line will consist of three categories: Wired, wireless, and earbuds. There are also reports that one of its products will feature a...

ENGADGET: Judging from the clandestine screenshot you see above, it most certainly seems like that's the case. A helpful tipster sent us this tasty morsel, from AT&T's internal system, listing the "iPhone 4s White" beneath a handful of already familiar Apple handsets. Could it be? Is Cupertino actually planning on bringing a white version of its   next iPhone   out at launch? We're afraid only time will tell. Original Article from: Engadget

If playing Tetris on your dinky Game-boy isn't enough, try what these group of students did: recreated the classic falling block game onto six-foot tall arrays of LEDs. Epic.

iMessage is one of the great new features of the upcoming iOS 5 update and now there is evidence that it may soon be integrated with OS X Lion’s iChat instant messaging software. This would enable instant messaging between iOS devices and Mac computers running OS X Lion. iMessage is an iOS 5 messaging application which includes sending messages, photos and videos over WiFi or 3G. Messages can be pushed across all iOS devices that use the same account. You can even pick up on the conversation right where you left off when switching from your iPhone to your iPad or iPod touch. MacRumors received some information today... Continue Reading

  ENGADGET: Less than 24 hours after it went live on Microsoft's site, Steve Ballmer reported a whopping 500,000 downloads of Windows 8 Developer Preview. That's half a million copies, if not eager Windows fans. Well, you can count us among them. Although we were treated to some private hands-on time with a tablet optimized for the OS, we hadn't, until now, had a chance to use it on a laptop -- i.e., the computing environment where we spend most of our time, and the one where we're most used to seeing Windows, in particular.

Yes, Blackberry services are down again for certain parts of the world. These things do happen and RIM is fully aware of this situation. They are working around the clock to fix the problem and further updates about the fix coming soon. Meanwhile, yesterday was a bad day for RIM when the company disclosed lower than expected earnings in Q2. The company’s stock plunged more than 20 per cent this morning. Shares dropped as low as $22.14 on the Toronto Stock Exchange with at least 7.0 million shares changing hands on Friday. Profits fell 58 per cent to $329 million US in the quarter. But RIM also says with the popularity of the OS7 and QNX based Blackberries soon to be rolled out, earnings are expected to rebound. Update:    Blackberry officially announces BBM services back to normal via Twitter. Hooray! Back to typing madly away on your devices!

ENGADGET: There comes a time when that giant, corporate-issued laptop stops fitting into your lifestyle. When dragging around a Kensington roller case just won't do. When you start to hear the siren lilt of something thinner, lighter, and maybe a bit more alluring. For years the MacBook Air has been that svelte temptress hollering your name, but it's always been a bit too slow -- all show and no go. It didn't have the power and the longevity to make it a serious contender for your serious affections.

PayPal now plans to revolutionize your whole shopping experience with it's new pilot product that is scheduled to launch sometime later this year. More announcements to be made from the company in the early month of October. Meanwhile, check out the video for a more in-depth look at the concept.

TechCrunch And like that it’s gone. Before I could hit the publish button on this post, Case-Mate pulled the page in question and replaced it with a landing page. But for a second there, Case-Mate had what seemed to be a whole bunch of images of iPhone 5 cases loaded with a slightly different phone that looks rather iPad-ish... Pictures & More: Here