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06 March 2015 • 14:29 AMT
Blackberry celebrates 100 million BBM downloads on Google Play

Despite achieving the same number, Samsung announced last year that it would be closing its ChatON messaging app due to lack of interest.

06 March 2015 • 14:19 AMT
Apple invites firms to secret Watch lab

According to Bloomberg, Facebook, BMW and United Airlines are among the firms which have been invited to Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California.

06 March 2015 • 13:59 AMT
Jack White buys first Elvis Presley recordings for $300,000

Presley performed covers of ‘That’s When Your Heartaches Begin’ and ‘My Happiness’ on 78 rpm acetate as an 18-year-old in 1953.

06 March 2015 • 12:54 AMT
Bjork announces first European date in support of “Vulnicura”

It has been revealed that the singer will play a special one off show at The Castlefield Arena on 5 July, with other performers still to be announced.

06 March 2015 • 12:40 AMT
Amazon opens imported goods store on Alibaba

The new store will officially launch next month on Alibaba’s Tmall.com site, and will function as a pilot project, Amazon said.

06 March 2015 • 12:14 AMT
Rihanna teases snippets from “American Oxygen,” “Higher”

Rihanna has already premiered “FourFiveSeconds”, a collaboration with Kanye West and Sir Paul McCartney.

06 March 2015 • 11:53 AMT
Paul McCartney announces UK, European tour dates

He’ll also be performing at his first European festival in five years in the form of Denmark’s Roskilde festival.

06 March 2015 • 11:19 AMT
7 Azeri soldiers killed at contact line in ceasefire violation attempt

Azerbaijan fired 4500 shots from various caliber weapons, including grenade launchers, sniper rifles, and machine guns, towards the Artsakh positions.

06 March 2015 • 10:53 AMT
Shazam plans to add object recognition to service

“Shazam is already a verb. We want to expand the universe of what you can Shazam,” Chief Executive Rich Riley said.

06 March 2015 • 10:45 AMT
BP announces $12bn investment in developing gas fields in Egypt

“The WND (West Nile Delta) project investment is the largest foreign direct investment in Egypt,” BP chief executive said.

06 March 2015 • 10:28 AMT
Britain says EU can prepare new sanctions on Russia

Hammond said UK does not have immediate plans to supply Kiev with weapons, but it is “not ruling anything out for the future”.

06 March 2015 • 09:56 AMT
Leading Russian opposition figure released after 15 days in custody

Navalny was convicted in December of fraud and given a 3½-year suspended sentence and ordered to remain under house arrest.

06 March 2015 • 09:09 AMT
“Napoleon Dynamite” helmer to direct “Overnight at 42nd Street” comedy

Described as “Home Alone” in a toy store, the film follows a father and son who are given the opportunity to spend the night in a lavish toy store.

06 March 2015 • 09:05 AMT
Archaeologists outraged as IS destroys cultural heritage in Iraq

Many of the artefacts found there have been moved to museums in Baghdad and overseas, but larger artefacts remain on site.

06 March 2015 • 08:49 AMT
David Arquette joins “When the Starlight Ends” surreal dark comedy

First-time filmmaker Adam Sigal is writing and directing the film, which recently started production in Los Angeles.

06 March 2015 • 08:48 AMT
Tajik opposition leader killed in Turkey

Turkey’s anti-terrorism police unit and murder squad are handling the investigation into the killing of the 47-year-old.

06 March 2015 • 08:31 AMT
Harrison Ford hospitalized after small plane crash

Ford is an avid pilot, with a license to fly helicopters and fixed-wing aircrafts, and has crashed-landed in the past.

06 March 2015 • 08:16 AMT
Ameria, FCC host seminar on foodborne disease risks in Yerevan

Ameria Management Advisory Services is currently implementing a WB-funded disease control capacity building project in Armenia.

06 March 2015 • 07:47 AMT
New Sony promo highlights Project Morpheus features

The one-minute clip highlights some of the virtual reality headset’s features, including its 5.7-inch OLED display and positional tracking capability.

06 March 2015 • 07:25 AMT
Danish startup The Eye Tribe working on eye-tracking smartwatch

Companies such as Samsung have included similar technology in their mobile devices, but bringing the feature to wearables would be a world first.

06 March 2015 • 06:59 AMT
Dan Stevens to join Emma Watson in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”

Bill Condon (“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn”) will direct from a script written by Stephen Chbosky.

06 March 2015 • 06:51 AMT
“Dark Places” drama thriller trailer features Charlize Theron

It shows lead star Theron being haunted by the massacre of her family which happened during her childhood

06 March 2015 • 06:47 AMT
“Fifty Shades of Grey” earns $500 million at worldwide box office

The Jamie Dornan-Dakota Johnson R-rated romance has collected $150 million in the US and raked in $352 million internationally.

06 March 2015 • 06:36 AMT
Tribeca Film Festival unveils the rest of 2015 line-ups

The 2015 Tribeca Film Festival will be kicked off beginning from April 15 to 26 at venues across downtown Manhattan.

06 March 2015 • 05:53 AMT
All U.S. banks pass Fed’s latest round of annual ‘stress tests’

In the next round of tests, the Fed will determine whether the banks can maintain those capital levels and still return money to shareholders.

06 March 2015 • 04:19 AMT
Al Qaeda’s Nusra Front top military commander killed in Syria

The sources said at least three other Nusra Front commanders were also killed in the blast, which they said hit the town of Salqin.

06 March 2015 • 04:14 AMT
U.S. lawmakers urge Obama to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine

The lawmakers said they believed this was the only way Ukraine could now “deter and defend against further aggression”.

05 March 2015 • 15:48 AMT
Science teacher in UK jailed for 6 years for attempt to join IS in Syria

Outdoor equipment, batteries, chargers and communication devices were amongst the items he purchased to help IS fighters.

05 March 2015 • 15:06 AMT
Gagik Tsarukyan steps down as Prosperous Armenia leader

He recommended Naira Zohrabyan, the secretary of the party and member of the PAP parliamentary faction in parliament as a new leader.

05 March 2015 • 14:08 AMT
ECB head says Europe’s economy picking up

The euro got a temporary lift from Draghi’s comments and was trading at $1.1084, against $1.1066 before the banker’s comments.