Samsung Confirms BBM™ on Galaxy Smartphones

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Samsung today confirmed that when BBM™, the mobile social network, launches for Android smartphones on the 21st September 2013, it will be available as a free download for Samsung Galaxy smartphones across Africa from the Google Play store.

“We are pleased to officially announce that BBM will be available for Samsung Galaxy smartphones across Africa,” said EmmanouilRevmatas, Director of Hand Held Products, Samsung Electronics West Africa. “We are focused on driving consumer experiences based on customisation to suit every lifestyle. By offering an additional messaging service through our Samsung Messaging Hub, it has never been easier to stay connected. This is another way that we are providing our customers with a more integrated lifestyle experience and a powerful new way of communicating and sharing. It’s really about giving the African market what they want – and what they want is choice.”

WhatsApp now Free on iOS Devices

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Whatsapp now free on iOS Devices (Photo: WhatsApp Messenger )

After offering its services to Android devices completely free of cost, messaging service WhatsApp has now been rolled out as a free app for iOS devices as well.
The application used to initially set back iOS users by about $0.99 on download but users can now avail it services for free for the first one year, post which the brand will start charging its users around 65p ($1) per year.
The same condition reportedly applied even for the Android devices but its renewal was automatic and very few users are said to have paid for it.

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s Android OS to be called “Facebook Home”

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In the previous week, it was reported that Facebook Inc(NASDAQ:FB) is likely to reveal its own version of Google Android Operating System which would be customized. The social networking giant would be bringing out the “special” version of Android Operating System for an HTC device.
It is also speculated that it would be launching this on the new HTC device but there are some reports stating that the operating system would also be running on even HTC’s older handsets as well as for the new handset, HTC One.

Apple acquires indoor GPS mapping firm WifiSlam

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 Apple has recently acquired the indoor GPS mapping firm WifiSlam for around $20 million. It’s a two year old Silicon Valley startup that helps detecting a mobile phone user’s location via Wi-Fi signals.