iBeacons are a promising iOS7 feature that’s based on Bluetooth Low energy
http://www.fastcolabs.com/3017263/why-apples-ibeacon-is-better-than-nfc
MLB to use iOS7’s iBeacons
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/27/mlb-to-use-ios-7s-ibeacon/
Blackberry gets bough for $4.7B
Twitter Creates An Alert System
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/25/twitter-announces-twitter-alerts-for-sms-and-push-notifications/
New Amazon Kindles Fires
A few months ago wrote about the Kindle Device as a service business model on my blog about disruptive technology:
http://www.dsrptv.com/deviceasaservice/
This week Bezo’s team came out with some updated models and are still focused on their model of getting tablets into peoples hands so that they buy more digital content from Amazon.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/25/rekindled-fire-hd/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/25/amazon-debuts-kindle-fire-hdx-7-and-8-9-inch-tablets-we-go-han/
New Roku Devices
In other media device news Roku has updated the rest of their line up
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/25/roku-2013-refresh/
Steam
And Steam unveiled an OS, partnerships for gaming rigs, and a controller to match
http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/29/what-games-are-steams-big-bet/
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/23/4762370/steam-box-os
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/25/4762374/steam-box-hardware-spec
Apple adds Haswell to the iMac
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/24/apple-updates-imac/
Apple does Breaking Bad subscribers a solid
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/24/apple-refunds-breaking-bad-season-passes/
Evernote
Evernote creates a market for physical goods that help you stay organized:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/26/4769844/evernote-market-lifestyle