Google Nexus 5 leaks in white, November now looking likely for launch

A new promotional image showing a white model of Google's upcoming Nexus 5smartphone has leaked ahead of an official announcement, alongside another potential launch date.

Designed and built by LG to Google's specifications, a partnership which previously resulted in the best-selling Nexus 4 handset, the Nexus 5 builds on its predecessor with a larger, higher-resolution screen, more powerful internals and the latest Android 4.4 Kit Kat build of Google's Android mobile operating system.

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BBM for Android and iOS hits 20m downloads in a week

BlackBerry has announced that its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) apps for Android and iOS have already been downloaded more than 20 million times.

It means it now has more than 80 million active users globally across BlackBerry, Android and iPhone devices.

BlackBerry re-launched the Android and iOS apps last week, after problems with a rogue version of the Android app forced BlackBerry to suspend the rollout for almost a month.

BBM quickly rose through the rankings on the App Store to become the number one free app in 107 countries and top free app in 35 countries in Google Play during its first week.

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Barnes & Noble Outs The $119 Nook GlowLight, We Go Hands-On

For better or worse the holidays are right around the corner, and that can only mean one thing: consumer electronics companies are slaving away on new hardware designs and trying to get those final products onto shelves in time for an annual feeding frenzy.

Barnes & Noble is no different. Well, it’s a little different — when I sat down with Digital Content EVP Doug Carlson earlier today he was eager to paint a picture of a savvy bookseller that’s still aware of the human elements of peddling tomes (digital and otherwise). But it wasn’t long at all before he got down to the business at hand and revealed the $119 Nook GlowLight, a new e-reader the company will start selling today.

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