BlackBerry manages to sell 200,000 Passports as tide starts to turn

The new BlackBerry Passport is making waves and has sold over 200,000 units in two days. The Passport also sold out in 6 hours on BlackBerry’s website and within 10 hours on new partner Amazon.com according to CEO John Chen.

The Passport, which integrates a 4.5-inch square mutl-touch screen with a three row capaciive QWERTY keyboard, is focused on productivity and the enterprise but has also stoked the interest of longtime BlackBerry loyalists who have been waiting for a modern and competitive BlackBerry smartphone to replace older models.

Windows 8 hits 100,000 app milestone

After eight months in the market, Microsoft's Windows 8 OS has celebrated 100,000 apps available on the Windows Store. Coming in the Windows 8.1 update (now available for preview) is an enhanced Windows Store, background app updates as well as support for gift cards. Key applications such as Facebook, Foursquare, Yelp and Songza are also making their debut on Windows 8 and Windows RT.

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