BlackBerry 10, Netflix vs. HBO, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
BlackBerry 10, Netflix vs. HBO, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
2013-01-30
it's wednesday january thirtieth 2013
I'm adrianne jeffries and up the Aerie
mountain down the rushy Glen this is 90
seconds on the verge presented by Ford
research in motion is dead long live
blackberry the long-running brand is now
one with the company that stewards it
that's just one of many revelations from
today's big event which is being called
the official launch of blackberry 10 on
one hand the all touchscreen z10 is a
pretty good smartphone but doesn't
necessarily stand out from the
competition the q10 however has a
classic blackberry physical keyboard but
won't be out until April nobody said
third place would be easy speaking of
runners-up Nokia's finally rolling out
windows phone 7.8 to its lumia lineup
the update adds a number of Windows
Phone 8 features including resizable
live tiles and some new iconography it's
coming to lumia 510 610 710 800 and 900
all phones that were released before
Windows Phone 8 and subsequently will
not be getting upgraded further no word
yet on whether Samsung and HTC's bronze
age windows phones will be getting
upgraded finally Netflix is top brass
had some tough talk for cables premiere
premium channel speaking to GQ the
company's chief content officer said the
goal is to quote become HBO faster than
HBO can become us this week the company
is launching David Fincher's house of
cards an exclusive series starring Kevin
Spacey netflix plans to stream six
original exclusive series this year
including Eli Roth's hemlock grove and
the revived Arrested Development that's
it for today's top stories tune in
tomorrow for our in-depth investigative
look at the seedy underworld of
beachfront fruit distribution
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