Intel on Monday introduced its Broadwell processor platform to the world, and it is an impressive piece of technology. Stepping outside of its normal two-step process of first releasing the processor and then updating the platform, Intel is doing both this cycle, and the end result is a massive step forward in terms of size and power efficiency. Intel is stepping solidly into turf once owned by the ARM technology most commonly found in tablets and smartphones.

With Haswell Refresh fully behind us and 2014 now in to its second half, Intel is turning their attention to their next generation of products and processes. Intel’s tick-tock methodology coupled with the long development periods of new products means that the company has several projects in flight at any given time. So while we have seen the name Broadwell on Intel’s roadmaps for some time now, the reality of the situation is that we know relatively little about Intel’s next generation architecture and the 14nm process that it is the launch vehicle for.

Intel Core M

Today’s preview and Intel’s associated presentation are going to be based around the forthcoming Intel Core M microprocessor, using the Broadwell configuration otherwise known at Broadwell-Y. The reason for this is a culmination of several factors, and in all honesty it’s probably driven as much by investor relations as it is consumer/enthusiast relations, as Intel would like to convince consumer and investor alike that they are on the right path to take control of the mobile/tablet market through superior products, superior technology, and superior manufacturing. Hence today’s preview will be focused on the part and the market Intel feels is the most competitive and most at risk for the next cycle: the mobile market that Core M will be competing in.

Broadwell version of  Windows 9

Apple will resist putting touch on a MacBook Air because it wants customers to buy both a laptop and an iPad, but Microsoft doesn't have those concerns. The Broadwell version of Surface running Windows 9 could become both a MacBook Air and an iPad killer. I don't think customers will buy both a light laptop and a tablet if presented with an alternative that does an excellent job replacing both. The prototype tablet Intel is showcasing with the launch -- which runs full OSes like Windows and OS X -- is actually both thinner and lighter than an iPad Air, which creates an interesting problem for the slowing tablet market. What if you could get full Windows and OS X in a form factor thinner and lighter than an iPad Air? Intel Broadwell architecture Last week I was informed on Intel's announcement, and while it was easy -- way too easy -- to get lost in how they made this happen, the reality is that this may be the most significant technical advancement that Intel has made in a processor since the creation of x86. There is really very little, including process technology, that has been left unchanged by this move. This was the culmination of a massive near company-wide effort to counter the threat represented by ARM, to create PC-level performance in an ARM-level energy and heat envelope. In other words, this was one of the most massive efforts I've ever seen Intel -- or any company -- undertake, and the result is stunning. To that end Intel’s preview is very much a preview; we will see bits and pieces of Broadwell’s CPU architecture, GPU architecture, and packaging, along with information about Intel’s 14nm process. However this isn’t a full architecture preview or a full process breakdown. Both of those will have to wait for Intel’s usual forum of IDF. Desktop and Tablet are fully Supported The showcase prototype tablet is thinner and lighter than an iPad Air, and it runs full operating systems and their mobile counterparts. Both Apple and Microsoft have been hinting at converging their mobile and desktop platforms to maximize their apps and minimize their support costs, but they have been somewhat reticent -- in part because tablet platforms couldn't support their desktop efforts, and desktop platforms wouldn't work in a Tablet like the iPad Air. Well, that just changed -- and right now, Intel is the only vendor that can cover the tablet and desktop segments adequately with a single architecture. Part of this is getting the thermals of the processor down so that, like ARM, you don't need a fan. Diving into matters then, Core M will be launch vehicle for Broadwell and will be released for the holiday period this year. In fact Intel is already in volume production of the Broadwell-Y CPU and production units are shipping to Intel’s customers (the OEMs) to begin production and stockpiling of finished devices for the holiday launch. NOTE:  Now on their latest iteration with Broadwell, the company believes they’re turning a corner and have the technology they need to be a leader in the high performance mobile market. It's important to note that despite Intel's best intentions here, Broadwell and Core M remain targeted at premium devices. You won't see these parts in cheap tablets. The duty of doing battle with ARM remains Atom's alone.  Apple's Thin Problem This brings up a problem, though. If Apple and Microsoft can create a thinner, lighter, tablet for their OS X and Windows platforms with a touchscreen, then what happens to tablets? Ever since the iPad came out, folks have been trying to use it for work -- but that hasn't proven very successful. For instance, some peers were trying to use iPads as their primary mobile platform a year ago, and most were either on MacBook Air or Surface products at the last briefing. Now they still want to carry a very thin and light product with good battery life, but the iPad just isn't doing it for them. Present these folks with a laptop with performance size and weight in line with an iPad, and suddenly you wonder why you need an iPad anymore. This creates a rather impressive advantage for Microsoft and Windows 9 to take the market back from Apple. Microsoft's Windows Opportunity You see, while Apple will resist putting touch on a MacBook Air because it wants customers to buy both a laptop and an iPad, Microsoft doesn't have those same concerns. The Broadwell version of Surface running Windows 9 could become both a MacBook Air and an iPad killer as a result, because it will be an ideal blend of both products. I don't think customers will buy both a light laptop and a tablet if presented with an attractive alternative that does an excellent job replacing both. That is what Windows 95 provided. Before Windows 95, DOS was more business and the Mac was more personal. Windows 9 will provide a similar blend between laptops and tablets, and business and personal uses -- particularly when placed on Broadwell -- and we may quickly find that a lot of the more recent Apple converts will convert back as a result. Certainly Apple, which also uses Intel, could do the same thing. However, because it is afraid of collapsing the iPad into the MacBook Pro and losing the revenue, it won't -- handing Microsoft back the market. Granted, Microsoft will have to execute at Windows 95 levels, but its current CEO is far closer to Bill Gates and far more likely to do this than its last CEO was. Intel's Microprocessor Create The Inovation I think we are seeing just the tip of the iceberg with Broadwell. Once you get a fully capable processor into an ARM thermal envelope, you can do some incredible things in a lot of markets. Embedded products -- like those put in cars and homes -- get much more interesting, designs for tablets and PCs potentially far more creative, and products that only could exist in people's minds take form in reality. I think Broadwell will shake up the PC market a lot. Ramping into its launch, PC segments already were growing, while tablet segments were hurting. I think Broadwell creates half of the equation needed for another Windows 95 event, and now we'll see whether Microsoft can step up to this with Windows 9. Apple's betting no -- and I know of at least one time when that didn't turn out so well.

The current outbreak of the Ebola virus in West African countries has claimed over 700 lives. Ebola is lethal and has no cure, at least, it didn’t until this week.

Two of those infected with Ebola in Liberia, Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, are American missionaries , and they were flown back to the US in a special medical plane. The outlook was not good and Brantly even phoned his wife to say goodbye knowing he was about to die. But he didn’t die, and is now well on his way to recovery thanks to an experimental new drug.

Sub-zero secret serum

The drug is called ZMapp and is being referred to as a secret serum in the fight against Ebola. It has been developed by biotech company Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. and has to be stored at sub-zero temperature. Using it requires waiting for it to thaw out.

ZMapp is so new, Brantly and Writebol are the first humans to receive it after successful testing was carried out on monkeys. However, those tests saw the drug administered 48 hours after infection. In Brantly’s case the drug worked 9 days after he’d shown signs of infection, which is very good news.

When I first heard about the Gulfstream air ambulance transporting Ebola patients back to the US I thought it was quite dangerous due to the high risk of infection. But it turns out vials of ZMapp were first sent to Liberia and administered before the missionaries traveled.

It sounds as if ZMapp will be an important drug in the fight against future outbreaks of Ebola, but its use seems unlikely beyond the odd compassionate case right now. ZMapp is not approved for use on humans and both missionaries had to sign consent forms to receive it. And even if it was approved it would be difficult to get to West African countries in large quantities quickly due to the required sub zero temperatures, but also because of the way the antibodies are generated and then harvested from mouse blood.

There are other treatments in development, but ZMapp has been proven to work in humans so I expect its testing and approval will be fast tracked if possible.

Right now, West African countries are experiencing the worst outbreak of Ebola in history. Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Liberia have confirmed more than 700 deaths from the disease, which has swept through those countries since appearing just six months ago. In this outbreak, it’s killing more than half of the people it infects — which makes it one of the less lethal strains of Ebola to emerge recently. Perversely, this relatively low mortality rate has a lot to do with its quick and devastating spread; Ebola is the sort of malicious evolutionary creation that exploits anything and everything it can find. It is the disease on which virtually all viral-horror thrillers are based.

Ebola, The Horror

Remember that, much like HIV, Ebola is a new disease. The first recorded cases came in just 1976, in and around Zaire and Sudan. Ebola isn’t the sort of long-standing historical hardship that we can shrug off as part of the human experience, like cancer or the flu — this thing is younger than many people alive today, and it’s out to get us.

Ebola was first discovered by doctors from the Institute for Tropical Medicine in, of all places, Belgium. It wasn’t hard for these scientists to pinpoint the source of the mysterious and horrific symptoms suddenly moving through several rural areas in Zaire: looked at under a microscope, infected cells displayed an enormous, worm-like structure. It wasn’t a parasite malaria, but a super-sized virus they dubbed Ebola. Soon, this was amended to Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. The team could not then imagine the actual human suffering the disease could cause — starting with nausea and vomiting, progressing to bleeding from mucous membranes, lesions, skin peeling, excessive swelling, and eventually death through any of a number of means.

Like HIV, Ebola is an RNA virus, meaning that its genome is made from the flimsier, more mutation-capable cousin to DNA that animal cells use only transiently. Unlike HIV, however, Ebola is not a retrovirus. This means that its RNA blueprint is not converted to DNA and inserted into the host cell’s genome. Ebola basically hijack’s a cell’s machinery and redirects it to making more copies of Ebola. After a while, these copies leave the cell — violently. Many of Ebola’s more famous symptoms exist so the disease can spread from host to host, rather than as a natural result of its survival strategy. Viscous little bastard, isn’t it?

Ebola Region

For several decades after its emergence, Ebola sprang up over and over throughout Africa. Outbreaks tended to begin as a result of contact with primates or fruit bats, the latter of which can carry the disease without symptoms. Ebola’s high lethality tended to work against it in the long term, limiting potential to spread by making the infected immobile and easily identified. Nearly 300 people died in the early infections, stopped mostly by quarantine zones and education campaigns. Ebola caught the public’s attention through its sheer brutality, but there was an assumption: this is an African problem. People assumed (correctly) that this was most likely due to poor infrastructure and education — it’s not the sort of thing that could affect the first world.

Ebola is the basis or the major influence for two famous scenarios you’ve probably seen a hundred times. One: The doctor who accidentally pricks his or her finger with a syringe full of deadly virus. Two: A foreign research monkey ferries a deadly foreign virus onto American shores and infects the researchers. The second of these two incidents, which involved a novel strain of the virus eventually called the Reston virus for the Virginia town in which it was discovered, has become an intractable part of our culture. Though nobody died of Reston virus, there were several infections — and that was all that was required to capture the public imagination.

In reality, we need never have worried. While there is no cure, fighting Ebola is all about quickly quarantining the infected and observing heightened hygiene routines for a few months. This ought to be easy, but superstition about the disease and about foreign medicine in rural Africa has led many to hide their infections in the early stages, and others to actively resist global health workers. Additionally, like malaria, Ebola is especailly deadly to people who are already weakened by things like dehydration or malnutrition. If Reston had turned out to be a deadly Ebola strain, our more affluent and science-friendly culture would have been able to deal with it quite effectively.

Ebola’s maddening ability to flare up anywhere, at any time, with any severity, slowly fell back before determined public health work. In 2007 an outbreak killed over 100 people — and in 2012 the virus appeared and killed just a single young girl. The senselessness of the disease was a big part of the fear it was able to create in Africa and around the world. Still, the last 10 years or so have seen a steady relaxation about the disease. This latest outbreak puts an end to that, as the death toll in the last half-year quickly approach 50% of the disease’s lifetime impact.

Fighting this outbreak is going to take a lot of determination. Both local and foreign health workers get sick very often, despite masks, sterile clothing, and attempts to avoid direct contact with the infected. Additionally, only top-level biohazard labs are even allowed to do research on Ebola in the Western world, so the progress of pure medical research is slow.

The future of Ebola is very likely to be much like its past: slow, tortured, and terrible. The solutions are banal and difficult to pitch at fundraising dinners — not miracle cures, but multi-language leaflets, boxes of soap, and pay for often destitute foreign health workers.

This may not be the last outbreak of Ebola — but it could be the last major outbreak. If the situation is handled properly, both by international organizations and local African societies, this is a very beatable disease.

This post will show you an app named YPFreedom.With this app, 
you can rightfully use to virtually upgrade some, if not all of your android apps.
 
This app like I said upgrades almost all free apps to premium apps on 
your Android smartphones, Imagine when 
using an app and some features 
are deactivated because you are yet to upgraded the app, it's 
disheartening and annoying. 

So if you are in that category, follow the simple guidelines below.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Your device must be rooted 

2. Internet connection.

STEPS

Now kindly follow the instructions below.

1. Asummimg your phone is rooted already now proceed to 
Download and install YPfreedom Here

2. Move it to your device memory

3. Go to your time zone and change it to Moscow.

Note: The reason why we are changing the time zone is because most 
developers are from there and they make their apps work in their time 
zone only.
But if you are from Asian countries like Nepal, India, etc 
you don't need to change timezone to Moscow, as you can use it 
directly.

4. Now launch the app and it will show you lists of apps that can 
be upgraded .

5. Launch the application you want 
to upgrade and go to the part of the application that shows 
"Upgrade via playstore or Buy 
coins/cash (for games) via playstore" then you choose the 
amount to upgrade or the amount 
of item you want to buy, and it pays automatically.

6. Finally, once you are done, change 
the time zone back to normal.

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WhatsApp update offers Android Wear support

The WhatsApp Messenger social networking app is a phenomenally successful mobile app. Therefore it makes sense to offer the cross-platform messaging app to as many device users as possible. News today is that a WhatsApp update now brings Android Wear support.

Android Wear is a recent addition to mobile operating platforms and designed for wearable technology devices such as smartwatches. More apps are being added for Android Wear by the day and now we see WhatsApp a popular Messenger available to everyone with Android Wear support.

A new update for WhatsApp will enable Android Wear device owners to use the app on smartwatches, and this support has already been added although it’s currently in beta. This means that owners of these devices will be able to reply to texts on their wearables, as well as looking at notifications and messages. It also features Stacked Notifications.

This latest WhatsApp update that brings Android Wear support is not yet available on the Play Store. It is available to install from the official WhatsApp website here though, where users can download the .apk.

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Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has scheduled a "big" media event related to the iPhone for September 9, technology news website Re/code said, without citing sources. (on.recode.net/1qRPvKH)

Apple usually launches the newest version of its iPhone in September.

The company did not immediately return emails seeking comment.

Analysts and media reports have said Apple may launch two iPhone models with 4.7 and 5.5 inch screens this year to compete with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's (005930.KS) popular Galaxy Note 3 phablets, which have a 5.7 inch display.

Apple's current iPhone models, the 5S and 5C, have a 4 inch display panel.

The company has asked suppliers to manufacture 70-80 million units of the new large-screen iPhones by the end of the year, as we  reported in July about the launch event of the new iphones

Apple's shares were down 0.8 percent at $94.81 in late afternoon trading on Tuesday.

The fear of Ebola is the beginning of wisdom, as the fear of the spread of Ebola continues in Nigeria, both the Federal and state govt are doing all they can to avoid any case 0f Ebola in the country.

The Lagos State Government and some federal delegates on Sunday paid a visit to the General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua.

According to the Lagos State Commissioner for Health who led the delegation, Dr. Jide Idris, the visit was also to make sure that no victim of the virus came into the church from any of the affected countries.

“We have our strategies that we intend to share with you. Again, we need to know the resources you have here because whether it is one or two cases, if they are allowed to get out, it is a major problem. We are here to work together on how to contain this disease.”

The delegation decided to pay the visit to the SCOAN because of the recognition that it was an international Christian centre whose congregation comprised people from all over the world, including the countries of the West African sub-Region which had already been infected by the Ebola disease.

The Director, Centre for Disease Control, Professor Abdulsalami Nasidi, added that the visit was also to inform the Synagogue leader of the deadliness of the Ebola Virus, and ensure that it did not escape into the country.

The general overseer of the Synagogue church, Prof T.B Joshua pledged his support and also promised to suspend some of his major Church healing programmes for a few weeks adding, “I am ready to work with you. I love my country and I will be ready to work with you. Even if it is a rumour, there is need to secure our environment to ensure that it is safe.”

For the first time in a long while, we see our government swinging into action, instead of mere talks.

It was speculated that the infected Liberian man mr sawyer who came into the country with ebola was heading to the Synagogue church for healing, but collapsed on arrival and was rushed to be hospitalized. 

What’s your take?

Laboratory Scientists Experimented On Anti-Ebola Vaccine.

Kolanut has been found to halt the deadly Ebola virus in its tracks 
in laboratory tests. Scientists used a compound from Garcinia kola, a 
plant commonly eaten in West Africa.

Compounds from the plant have 
also proved effective against some strains of flu.
If the anti-Ebola 
compound proves successful in animal and human trials, it will be the 
first medicine to successfully treat the virus that causes Ebola 
hemorrhagic fever – an often-fatal condition.

The discovery was announced at the 16th International Botanical 
Congress in St Louis in the US. 

The Ebola virus was first documented in 1976 after an outbreak in 
Zaire – now the Democratic Republic of the Congo – where 88 per cent 
of the 318 human cases died. 
More recently, a 1995 outbreak in the same country had a death rate of 
81% of the 315 infected. 

There are four types of the virus – Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan and 
Ebola-Ivory Coast all affect humans, while Ebola-Reston has so far 
only affected monkeys and chimpanzees.

However, doctors have been unable to stop the virus once infection has 
taken hold – hence the disease has gained a terrifying reputation.

Traditional origins 
Dr. Maurice Iwu, who set up and heads the Bio-resources Development and 
Conservation Programme, led the research. 

It started 10 years ago when researchers were led to the plant by 
traditional native healers who have used the plant for the treatment 
of infectious diseases for centuries.

"This is a very exciting discovery," said Dr. Iwu, who himself comes 
originally from a family of traditional healers. 

"The same forest that yields the dreaded Ebola virus could be a source 
of the cure." 
The virus multiplies rapidly in the human body and quickly overwhelms 
it, and in advanced cases the patient develops high fever and severe 
bleeding.

The Garcinia kola compound has been shown to halt multiplication of 
the virus in the laboratory.

If repeated in humans, this would give 
the body a chance to fight off the virus.

The active compound is what is known as a dimeric flavonoid, which is 
two flavonoid molecules fused together. 
Flavonoids are non-toxic and can be found in orange and lemon rinds as 
well as the colourings of other plants.

Drugs Availability

The tests are in the early stages still, but the researchers hope that 
if they continue to prove successful with the compound, the US Food and Drug 
Administration will put it on a fast track – making a drug available 
to humans within a matter of years.

"The discovery of these important properties in a simple compound – flavonoids – was very surprising," said Dr. Iwu. 
"The structure of this compound lends itself to modification, so it 
provides a template for future work. 
"Even if this particular drug does not succeed through the whole drug 
approval process, we can use it to construct a new drug for this 
deadly disease."

Doctor Who Treated Liberian Man Contacted the Virus

A Lagos doctor who treated the Liberian man that died few days ago of Ebola Virus has tested positive to the Virus, Nigeria’s Minister of Health said on Monday.

The minister broke the news on Monday during the inauguration of a treatment research group for Ebola in Nigeria .

According to the Minister, 70 people are now placed under surveillance while eight people would be quarantined on Monday for developing symptoms of the disease.

Apart from taking those steps, the government has also set up a treatment research group, that will carry out treatment research, receive and verify treatment claims as well as advise government on issues relating to Ebola virus in Nigeria.

The group which is co-chaired by Professor Shingu Gamaliel and Professor Innocent Ujah also has Maurice Iwu, a Professor of Pharmacognosy and officials from the Centre for Disease Control as members.

The minister advised the public to be wary of treatment claims including the use of bitter-cola as most treatment findings are still in their laboratory stages.

There is currently no known cure for Ebola virus in the world, but medical experts say efforts are on to find a remedy to the disease that has claimed over seven hundred since its out-break this year.

United States, President Barack Obama has revealed that some African participants attending the African/American Leaders Summit billed for Monday in Washington DC will undergo screening for the dreaded Ebola virus.

Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan is expected to be there along his aides and other African leaders.

Obama explained the reason for such, was the prevention and protection of the United States from an outbreak of the killer disease that has been ravaging west Africa.

He said, “Folks who are from these countries that have even a marginal risk, or an infinitesimal risk of having been exposed in some fashion, we’re making sure we’re doing screening.”

President of Liberia and Sierra Leone, Mrs Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Ernest BaiKoroma, respectively have however stated that they won’t attend the meeting due to their country being in shutdown mode after the outbreak.

Also foreign professional health bodies and medical experts have described Nigeria’s response to the outbreak of Ebola in its borders as very poor and have condemned the poor preventive measures put in place by the Federal Government.

Nigeria has only still one case of Ebola virus after, Liberian man Patrick Sawyer, flew into the country in July 20 and collapsed on his arrival to Lagos, then rushed to the hospital.

Where he was diagnosed with  EVD. He later died on July 25.

Ebola, which has killed scores in Guinea, Gambia and Sierra Leone and Liberia, is an acute viral illness and often characterised by fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat.

These are followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding.

Free Hulu media contents now on Android

Hulu has just announced that users of the updated Hulu app for Android will now be able to access the same free ad-supported content as that found on Hulu.com.
Hulu, has decided to give Android users a very nice gift anyway: free streaming content on their redesigned mobile app, you will no longer require a subscription to watch Hulu content on your mobile device. Well, that is, unless you have an iOS device.

Apple owners will be getting the free treatment soon enough though, when the Hulu app for iOS gets an update, which the Android app has just received. The streaming content you'll be able to watch for free will of course still be ad-supported in the app, but previously you could only watch free content without a subscription on Hulu's website. For the ad-averse or seriously screen addicted amongst you, there's always Hulu Plus.

Hulu has indicated that not all content is included in the new offering, but states that ''the content available on the updated app will mirror the ad-supported Hulu.com with a few exceptions.'' Hulu's press release clearly states ''sample content'' though, so don't think this means you'll be able to access the full paid Hulu library with ads on your mobile. Rather, this is clearly a move to get you hooked on your portable device so that you'll be more inclined to invest in a subscription. Until then though, you can start streaming for free on the go!

BlackBerry is rounding out its multiplatform mission for BBM, announcing Today that the messaging service – a longstanding keystone of its operating system – is fully available on Windows Phone 8 and higher. 

"We are intent on bringing the most popular application experiences to Windows Phone, and with BBM, we are pleased to bring many of its top features to the Windows Phone platform," said Bryan Biniak, Vice President and General Manager, Developer Experience, Microsoft. "BBM on Windows Phone brings our customers the secure, easy-to-use messaging experience they demand, and we expect that new features will roll out in the months to come."

A primative beta launch of BBM for Windows Phone began just a few weeks ago. The app was already available on iOS and Android, so landing permanent placement on the Windows Phone was the next logical fete for BlackBerry.

"As the popularity of BBM continues to grow, we are thrilled to have the opportunity to expand its availability to the Windows Phone community," said John Sims, President Global Enterprise Services at BlackBerry. "The BBM app for Windows Phone shows our commitment to supporting cross-platform capabilities, and we are excited to be working with Microsoft to deliver a new level of collaboration to the Windows Phone platform."

BlackBerry said BBM for Windows is tailored specifically for the Windows Phone UI, with a familiar, native user experience and a clean, modern design. Windows Phone users will find traditional BBM features such as Chats, Groups and Feeds within the app.

The BBM app for Windows Phone builds on the collaboration, privacy and security features that are at the core of the BBM experience loved by more than 85 million monthly active users around the world. Built specifically for the Windows Phone experience, BBM users will have a familiar, native user experience that embraces the clean, modern design of the Windows Phone UI.

About BBM

Introduced in 2005, BBM set the standard for mobile messaging and continues to drive innovation in messaging and private social networking. Today, BBM is one of the largest private social mobile networks, driving real, active conversations. Customers love BBM for its privacy, controls and immediacy with Delivered and Read statuses and message-in-progress notices.