Sources: Google is working on a “Google card”, a debit card co-branded with banks including Citi, to set itself apart from rival payment services
Venmo Adds Direct Deposits—Bank & Fintech Apps See Downtime Tyler Lee / Phandroid : It looks like Google could be making their own debit card Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo : Leaks Emerge About Google's Upc...
BlackBerry says it will shutter its World app store on Dec. 31, 2019 and Playbook video calling in March 2018; BB10 gets 2+ years of additional support
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Google Works on Launching Retail Stores
U.S. Outlets Would Likely Sell Internet Giant's Branded Devices, but Plans Remain Unclear; Studying Apple's Playbook — Google Inc. has been developing plans to launch retail stores in the U.S., said...
BlackBerry PlayBook dropping to $199 in time for holidays
The Playbook's price has dropped $300 since its launch earlier this year. — It's official—the price of BlackBerry's PlayBook tablet will soon be dropping into the Kindle Fire range at a number of bi...
Why Can't Anyone Make A Popular Tablet?
I've been thinking a lot about the popularity of tablets and the problems manufacturers face coming up against the iPad. The devices that we see here at CG are all pretty amazing - even the Playbook ...
You Win, RIM! (An Open Letter To RIM's Developer Relations)
You win. I concede defeat. I no longer want to attempt developing an app for the Playbook. Are you happy now? Surely you must be. Considering how terribly designed the entire process is, from the...
RIM: “Playbook redefines what a tablet should do”
On Research in Motion's conference call with analysts to discuss third quarter earnings result, there was the obligatory comments about the quarter that just passed - but clearly, one of the biggest t...
The RIAA's Playbook: No New Business Models Without RIAA Ownership
Mathew Ingram covers the details of Muxtape's run-in with the RIAA. As you may recall, last month the rather useful site that let people create online “mix tapes” that could be streamed to others was...