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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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