RIM announced well in advance of the PlayBook's launch that it would be able to play nice with certain Android apps, but aside from a leaked beta, PlayBook owners still have nothing to show for it. RIM may not play the waiting game again with their forthcoming string of QNX-powered BlackBerrys though, as the word from Waterloo is that they will be able to run Android apps right out of the gate.

Bloomberg's sources close to the project have said the Android App Player will be part of the stock s [...]

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Unfortunately, Londoners who wanted to help with the post-riot clean up weren't the only ones using social media and technology to spread the word. The rioters themselves sent encrypted messages via BlackBerrys, says the Associated Press. A woman walks past a damaged supermarket in Ealing, west London, after a night of rioting, Tuesday, Aug. 9, ...

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