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Yes, we know that the news has been all about Blackberry this past week but hey, don't shoot the messenger! Today Blackberry announced a Blackberry messenger app for desktop users. Blackberry announced that at this week's BlackBerry Jam Asia 2013 they will be launching a Blackberry messenger application for desktop computers.

Remember how Apple launched iOS 7 not too long ago? Yeah...well iOS 7.0.2 is already available for download. iOS 7 turned out to have at least one very important bug which prompted the iOS update, the ability to bypass the lock screen.

With the inability of Apple to keep up with demand for the gold iPhone 5C, it's no wonder at all that other companies are jumping on the bandwagon. Samsung has announced a gold version of the GS4. To be fair, the two units are gold themed in that they are being called "gold brown" and "gold pink".

Nest Labs is most recognized for its learning thermostat, but in a recent announcement, Nest revealed the next product in line - the Protect. The Nest Protect will reinvent the smoke detector although few details on the new system are light.

Yesterday there was a report that a "deal" had been made with Popcap to keep the Plants Versus Zombies 2 game exclusive to iOS. Today, these rumors are being refuted by Apple and EA.

There's been plenty of anticipation about the launch of the various new Kindle devices and today Amazon announced the new Kindle HDX 7 and 8.9 inch tablets. The Kindle HDX was announced by Amazon today and comes in a 7 and 8.9 inch model. Both of the new models are quite a bit thinner and lighter than the original Kindle Fire and have high-resolution screens.

Because we need more baby gear to buy ladies, check out the BabyWatch health tracker monitor. BabyWatch is a new startup company that utilizes a hardware-software duo to record and share their new baby's heartbeat.

Those clunky restaurant buzzers may become a thing of the past with the introduction of the NoWait app. NoWait is a waitlisting service that runs on your cellphone and acts like a restaurant buzzer as well as a number of other things!

Stumbleupon has been around for quite a while but just today, Stumbleupon announced their acquisition of 5by. 5by is a small video start up company based out of Montreal. 5by details their company as being a video concierge company that is made up of only six people and their entire staff will be moving to Stumbleupon headquarters with the new acquisition.

$8 movie tickets plus concessions make movie going experiences expensive but now you can save up that money and make the ultimate home movie theater. Company Tremor FX, has created these vibrating home theater seats that are large and plush and are available as single or double seat units.