Lenovo: Motorola shipped more that 10 million phones last quarter, generated US $1.9 billion in revenues

 Lenovo Group today announced consensus-beating results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2014, showing a strong PC business and fast traction in the integration of its Motorola Mobility (Motorola) and former IBM System x, x86 server (System x) investments. Newly acquired Motorola Mobility, which Lenovo bought for $US 2.9 billion a year ago, was reported to have shipped more than 10 million phones and earnied US$1.9 billion in revenues last quarter. Hit jump for all the details.

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BusyReader app keeps iOS and Android users informed of news

APP Studio Technology just released BusyReader 1.30, their newsreader app developed for iOS and Android devices. BusyReader was designed exclusively to make it easier for anyone to keep up with the latest news topics that are important to them.

Users can choose one or more categories; Decide the number of top news stories to be covered and select the time frame, the next 24 hours or several days, set the app and it will do the rest. BusyReader is lightweight and quick to setup, with no complicated operations and no log-ins. It only takes one tap to change the number of top news stories to display, and one tap to change the time frame.

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BlackBerry Classic coming to US Mobile

With online orders of the new BlackBerry Classic slated to start shipping on January 7, anyone ln the US looking for the new handset has limited options in terms of carriers. US Mobile customers can now purchase the latest smart phone outright from BlackBerry for $499. Anyone interested in the US Mobile variant should check it out here.

Ford SYNC AppLink and Life360 Introduce features to keep drivers focused and connected

Modern families want to stay connected to each other and to friends, even when they’re on the go and miles apart. Ford Motor Company and Life360 want to help.

“We are thrilled to be working with Ford to take on such an important issue and help reduce texting and driving”

Ford will be the first automaker to offer in-car use of the popular family locator app Life360 with Drive Mode – a new capability that helps drivers stay focused on the road by alerting their family and friends not to text when they are driving.

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