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System update led to Blackberry outage

AFP Blog

System update led to Blackberry outage: "BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said an insufficiently tested software update at the company's network data center was the cause of a service outage this week that left millions of users without wireless e-mail access.".

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CityNews: Massive System Failure Affects BlackBerry Devices

AFP Blog

CityNews: Massive System Failure Affects BlackBerry Devices: "Massive System Failure Affects BlackBerry DevicesWednesday April 18, 2007BlackBerry users could find their devices eerily silent Wednesday morning.A massive system failure at Waterloo, Ont.-based

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Ad in Metro says: You’re screwed if you’re on AT&T

Judi Sohn

All well & good, except one catch: A lot of the DC Metro system is underground, and when it’s underground there’s no AT&T cell service (only Verizon works in the tunnels, to the relief of many a Blackberry-addicted Hill staffer). Let’s cry for all those clueless iPhones.

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A Field Guide to Mobile Payments

Tech Soup

Google was an early adopter of the technology, including it in its Nexus handsets and Android operating systems. Microsoft added NFC functionality in their mobile OS with Windows Phone 8 , as well as the Windows 8 operating system. Google Wallet is currently only supported on the Sprint Network. Also, one major U.S. Further Reading.

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News1130 - ALL NEWS RADIO-Some users say e-mail starting to flow after RIM BlackBerry e-mail failure

AFP Blog

News1130 - ALL NEWS RADIO: "Some users say e-mail starting to flow after RIM BlackBerry e-mail failureApril 18, 2007 - 6:11 amBy: DAVID FRIENDTORONTO (CP) - BlackBerry users could slowly start to receive a backlog of e-mails this morning as the company tries to return its servers to normal after an outage brought them to a screeching halt.A

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A Better Way to Produce Nonprofit Annual Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The same design and the same code works on PCs, Macs and Linux desktop computers or Apple, Android, and Blackberry smart phones and tablets like iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab. Not to mention Blackberry users and all these new tablet computers.”. With Treesaver you can create content once and publish it everywhere.

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My iPhone 3G

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The phone interface is great, visual voicemail rocks, reading email is really good, and surfing the web is decent – way better than on a blackberry. In general, the phone actually works quite well. But driving down the highway, listening to my favorite Pandora stations is the best thing since sliced bread.