…it will grab the BlackBerry loyalists who swear by the keyboard that was once a strong selling feature of the smartphones. These institutional firms indicated owning shares of Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) in Q1 2013. They reported owning a total of 30.457 million shares on 03/31/2013. The shares closed at $14.45 on 03/31/2013.
Nokia Unveils World’s First Phone With a WhatsApp Button (Mashable)
Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) has added a WhatsApp button for instant messaging to its new Asha 210 smartphone — the first phone to do so. The mobile manufacturer announced this week that the low-budget Asha 210 ($72), which supports Wi-Fi and 2G connections, will highlight the messaging service WhatsApp via ample real estate on the hardware itself. (Note: WhatsApp is available for various platforms, including iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry 7 and more). WhatsApp allows you to send a private message to your phone contacts for free, similar to BlackBerry Messenger, to eliminate texting fees. The company told Mashable earlier this month that it has more than 200 million monthly users — compared to BBM’s 60 million users — and more than 8 billion inbound messages a day (12 billion outbound).
Could Facebook help predict obesity hotspots? Areas where people ‘like’ TV more than sport are less healthy (Daily Mail)
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) could be a key tool in mapping which geographical areas have the most overweight and obese people. American researchers have found that the higher the percentage of people in a city or town with Facebook ‘interests’ suggesting a healthy lifestyle, the lower that area’s obesity rate. At the same time, areas with a large percentage of Facebook users with television-related interests tend to have higher rates of obesity. Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital, in the U.S., drew these conclusions after comparing Facebook user data with data from national and New York City-focused health surveys. The comparison revealed close geographic relationships between Facebook ‘interests’ and obesity rates.
Google reports record spike in government requests to remove content (The Guardian)
Governments made a record number of requests for Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) to remove political content in the last half of 2012, the search giant said on Thursday. The number of official requests for content to be removed jumped 26% in the final six months of 2012 compared to the start of the year, according to the latest Google Transparency Report. Google received 2,285 government requests to remove 24,179 pieces of content – an increase from 1,811 requests to remove 18,070 pieces of content that the company received during the first half of 2012. Requests were made to pull videos from YouTube, delete blog posts on Google’s Blogger service and to remove items from Google search, making them harder to find.
