• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

Pictures

Vincent Padois, head tutor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University who teaches robotics and is babysitting the Paris ICub, makes a demonstration with ICub robot, a ?hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris September 4, 2009. Six versions of ICub exist in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning, just like a human child and hoping it will learn how to adapt its behaviour to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Pictures of the year: Technology

A look at the year's best science and technology photos.   Slideshow 

    RIM unveils spate of consumer application deals

    TORONTO
    Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:40pm EDT

    TORONTO (Reuters) - A day after announcing a flip-phone version of its popular BlackBerry Pearl, Research In Motion unveiled a spate of consumer-related partnerships on Thursday, continuing its push to capture mainstream customers.

    Technology  |  Stocks  |  Global Markets  |  Media

    RIM said it would partner with Ticketmaster to let BlackBerry users search, browse and buy tickets to entertainment and sporting events.

    The Waterloo, Ontario-based company said it was also getting together with TiVo to let BlackBerry users schedule television recordings from their smartphones.

    Another deal, with Microsoft Corp, will see the software giant's Live Search capabilities integrated into the BlackBerry's browser and maps.

    And RIM announced a deal with social-networking Web site MySpace to develop a mobile application customized for the BlackBerry. The pact was similar to a deal between RIM and social networking site Facebook announced last year.

    RIM also unveiled an agreement with Slacker Inc to provide a free radio application for the BlackBerry. The application will let users listen to Slacker's radio stations even when not connected to a wireless network.

    All the announcements made on Thursday were targeted at developing a market much broader than RIM's mainstay of business executives and other professionals.

    The company has been seeking to expand its reach among retail consumers in a bid to diversify and spread the appeal of the BlackBerry.

    The deals also came as CNBC television reported that RIM would launch its high-end BlackBerry Bold handset in the United States in October. The device, aimed at the company's main base of business users, is already available from a number of carriers around the world.

    (Reporting by Wojtek Dabrowski; editing by Peter Galloway)
    Technology
    Stocks
    Global Markets
    Media


    More from Reuters

    Photo

    Obama says U.S. will pursue plane attackers

    KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) - A wing of al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound passenger plane and President Barack Obama vowed to bring "every element" of U.S. power against those who threaten Americans' safety. | Video

    » More Top News
    Passengers queue to go through security checks at the departure gate at Gatwick Airport, in southern England December 28, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

    Travel headaches after scare

    The U.S. is stepping up airline security measures following the Christmas bomb scare. Here's what you can expect.  Full Article | Video 

    U.S.
    A man yells at the site of suicide bomb attack on a procession of Shit'ite Muslims commemorating Ashura in Karachi December 28, 2009. Credit: REUTERS/Athar Hussain

    "Worse than an infidel"

    Dozens killed as suicide bomber attacks Shi'ite Muslim progression in Pakistan despite thousands of security forces on high alert.   Full Article | Video 

    World