Viira Outlook Suite 2.1 Released for BlackBerry (September,2012)

Karta Mobile let us know that the Viira Outlook Suite 2.1 is now available for download. The goal of this release is to provide support for more advanced aspects of GTD and personal organization like multiple contexts, next actions and an intuitive dashboard as well as to further refine the Outlook plugin to make it more intuitive, smart and effective.Here is what’s new in version 2.1 of the Viira Outlook Suite:Next Actions View. Next Actions are a core concept in Getting Things Done and you can now manage those with ease with the Viira Outlook Suite. The new Next Actions view (available on both the BlackBerry client and the Outlook Plugin) displays all tasks that have been marked as next actions.  To help you focus on what is actionable first, next actions also appear specially marked and are automatically displayed at the top of any list.Multiple contexs. Any task can now be tagged with multiple contexts from both the BlackBerry client and the Outlook plugin.  You can assign as many contexts as you want! This powerful feature will allow you to file and organize a task in multiple filing “buckets” and make it easier to find the task when it’s time to find the next action that needs to be completed.Dashboard. The new dashboard is your new organization control center and provides you with one-click access to the major areas from within the BlackBerry client. The dashboard is touch screen enabled making navigation on touchscreen models like the Bold 9900 or Torch 98xx series as easy as a tap on the screen.Hide Completed. Focus only on the things that are left uncompleted. Hide Completed is now available on both the Outlook plugin and the BlackBerry client.Enhanced Outlook plugin. We have made numerous improvements to the Outlook plugin to make it more intuitive, smarter and effective. We have added right-click menues to make performing common operations quicker and easier as well as improved the stability and overall performance.You can download the latest version from the Viira Outlook Suite download page. The Viira Outlook Suite 2.1 is a complimentary upgrade to all buyers of version 2.0. Buyers of the previous version of the Viira Outlook Suite or Viira (including older versions like the 2.0 and 3.0) are elligible to upgrade for a special low price.Version 2.1 requires BlackBerry OS 5 or better and Microsoft Outlook 2003 or better.

Yahoo!: You Can Choose Any Smartphone, Except a BlackBerry (September,2012)

Yahoo!’s new CEO, Marissa Mayer, has informed employees that they can choose a new smartphone of their choice and Yahoo! will even cover the monthly bill for voice and data. However, it seems Yahoo! is snubbing BlackBerry.Yahoo! employees in 22 countries can now choose a handset from Apple, HTC, Nokia or Samsung including the recently announced iPhone 5, the Galaxy S III, HTC’s One X or Evo 4G LTE or Nokia’s Lumia 920. The CEO says she wants her employees to have devices similar to their users so they can think and work as the majority of their customers do.However, absent from the list is any BlackBerry. Some have suggested that Mayer’s decision to move away from BlackBerry as their corporate phone could signify to the industry that she believes Research In Motion won’t have a miraculous comeback and is a dead company.It’s an ironic scenario given how many people believe Yahoo! to be a dead company. Nonetheless, it will be interesting to see how Yahoo! determines BlackBerry 10 receptiveness once on the market.via TechSpot

TIFF BlackBerry People’s Choice Awards go to… (September,2012)

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the BlackBerry People’s Choice awards. The film, starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro, and directed by David O. Russell (“The Fighter”), won the BlackBerry People’s Choice Award.The BlackBerry People’s Choice first runner-up was Ben Affleck’s “Argo,” which is about an attempt to help Americans trapped in Tehran during the Iranian Revolution to escape while disguised as a film crew.Also, the BlackBerry People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award went to “Seven Psychopaths” by Martin McDonagh (“In Bruges”). First runner-up was Barry Levinson’s horror flick “The Bay.”via CBS