Blackberry wants to force developers to create Apps for its OS

Can we force a developer to code an app for all platforms? According to John Chen, the owner of Blackberry, that's obvious. IPhone users or Android would be according to him preferred because they have a choice of content and unparalleled apps compared to boutique Blackberry or Windows Phone. And John Chen did not fear of words to describe this situation: This would be for him outright "discrimination". So he decided to go on campaign to claim a principle of neutrality Apps ... derived from net neutrality.

Netflix and Apple are also enemies of net neutrality!
The CEO of BlackBerry signed a bill in this sense on company's official blog this Jan. 21 and sent his text to several members of Congress. His reasoning is as follows: Lawyers for net neutrality condemn operators who want to condition access to internet and to pay for some services to deliver their contents in good conditions.

So, they should also be targeted at developers who refuse to decline their applications in Blackberry or Windows Phone are enemies of this principle. As Netflix which offers its streaming service only on iOS or Android.

Just as Apple does not allow users to another OS than hers to use iMessage, while Blackberry allows everyone to benefit from BBM. A position that is surprising: A position that is surprising: to this account there, it would ask websites to be compatible with all browsers!

"Neutrality must be legally imposed for apps and content if we really want free internet, open and non-discriminatory," says John Chen. He hopes that his views will be heard, even though the issue of net neutrality raises a substantive debate in the United States and the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) undertook to rephrase it.

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WhatsApp update: Posts of reading and improvements, but not for everyone

WhatsApp is currently making quite a change for Android, iOS and Windows Phone mobile messaging client versions. The publisher has indeed chosen to show clearly that a message has been read. In addition, updates have been released for Android and Windows Phone with a few improvements.

Blue symbols to indicate that a message has been read.
The publisher, acquired by Facebook for $ 19 billion in February, has finally decided to remedy the situation. There will now be three notches display: a symbolic check that the message is gone, two checks that the message has been received, two blue that the message was read checks. So now the color indicates the playback status, even if it could more or less be inferred by looking at the time of the last contact connection.

The updates keep coming on Windows Phone.

Side WhatsApp for Windows Phone, two updates to follow next few days. End of last week, the first included multiple improvements, including a faster launch, sharing more precise geographic position allowing the user to move his point on the map, adding comments on photos and videos, the cutting and rotating images, customized screen for each conversation funds, better support for large screens and the opportunity finally to archive all conversations.

Another update appeared last night, but the release note is a little vague : Various improvements and bug fixes. We know it solves a concern that in some cases prevented users watch their contacts profiles.

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